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Monday, July 14 2025

Reimagined Loft Crafted for Modern Life

Woodward 607 2311 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC historic ● live ● transform ● interiors Nestled within the historic Woodward Apartment building at 2311 Connecticut Avenue NW, Woodward 607 is a reimagined two-story residence that fuses early 20th-century architecture with a resilient and healthy urban lifestyle. Originally constructed in 1909 and located in the historic

Monday, May 5 2025

Strings of Time – An Italianate Gem Reimagined

5 Logan Circle Washington, DC historic ● live ● accessory-dwelling units 5 Logan Circle is a historic residential landmark in Washington, D.C., designed in 1882 by Prussian architect Emil Sophus Friedrich for diplomat and noted violin collector Dwight J. Partello. This Italianate-style residence underwent a meticulous three-year restoration, incorporating multiple accessory dwelling units for both

Monday, March 24 2025

Hypothetical Historic Church Conversion

Over the course of the 2024 fall semester, Senior Partner Bill Bonstra, FAIA, LEED AP, Associate Partner Jack Devilbiss, AIA, LEED AP, and Designer Adeola Okubadejo worked with a Community Development Clinic class at the Georgetown University Steers Center for Global Real Estate, led by Professor Matthew Cypher. The class centered around a hypothetical conversion

Thursday, November 7 2024

Side by Side :: The Bonsai and 1200 Bladensburg Road, NE

On October 24th, 2024, B|HA led a tour showcasing the full spectrum of designing and constructing new buildings in redeveloping neighborhoods in collaboration with the District Architecture Center (DAC). Sitting side by side on Bladensburg Road, NE, the tour allowed for participants to explore two distinct phases of the architectural process: the recently completed Bonsai

Tuesday, October 22 2024

From Sketch to Site :: Construction Spotlight

We’re excited to share our projects that are currently under construction throughout the DC metropolitan area! Projects include office-to-residential adaptive reuse, offices for nonprofit clients, affordable housing communities, and market-rate new construction and modernization. Congratulations to our clients, contractors, consultants, and our incredibly talented team at B|HA! One Hawaii is a new affordable multi-family residential

Monday, October 23 2023

Reassembled Cultural Heritage

Composition Reinforces and Expands Historic Retail The creative transformation of the 508 K Street, NW project demonstrates sound preservation planning, collaboration, and architectural ingenuity. Located at the intersection of Sixth and K Streets, NW in the heart of the Mount Vernon Triangle district, the project seamlessly combines and reconstructs three historic buildings—a 1920s Lord Baltimore Filling Station, a

Tuesday, February 7 2023

Twice Breaking Ground

10 Affordable Buildings in Maryland and DC The shovels have officially met the dirt! Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS is proud to support and be a part of two successful projects that recently broke ground and will provide high-quality, community-serving affordable housing. 4010 RANDOLPH ROAD Silver Spring, MD In an innovative, new partnership between AHC Inc.

Wednesday, October 27 2021

Filling the Urban Void in Montgomery County, Maryland

Edgemoor Randolph

Montgomery County, Maryland’s growing and increasingly diverse population requires the development of various housing typologies to meet the needs of a wide range of resident demographics. Our clients, along with the county, are filling these urban voids with innovative, intergenerational communities that include moderately priced dwelling units (MDPUs), senior housing, and multi-unit, clustered “missing middle” housing. New projects in Wheaton with affordable housing developer AHC Inc., and in Bethesda with market-rate developer Acumen, have received Montgomery County Certified Site Plan (CSP) approvals and will offer a combined 268 new residential units.