The firm has been hired by the JBG Companies to design a new-construction boutique hotel and mixed use project within Washington, DC’s Greater U Street Historic District.  The project will be located at 13th and U Streets NW, across from the U St/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station. The first two floors will be devoted to restaurant and retail uses, along with the hotel lobby and meeting spaces. 250 hotel rooms will occupy the upper floors. Other amenites that will be provided include a spa, health club, rooftop pool and bar. Public lobby spaces will double as gallery space featuring the work of local artists. The project will be formally submitted to the City for reviews and approvals this spring.  JBG and representatives of the firm have engaged in a series of meetings over the past several months with neighborhood groups and community representatives.