The District Architecture Center Opens to the Public

As a collaboration between the Washington Architectural Foundation and AIA DC, the District Architecture Center (DAC) is a place to celebrate architecture. On November 4, the DAC hosted their Grand Opening at their new location at 421 7th Street NW, Washington, DC. Cunningham | Quill Architects was in attendance, including Founding Principals Lee Quill, FAIA and Ralph Cunningham, FAIA, who also serves as the Vice President of the Washington Architectural Foundation.

Cunningham | Quill Architects staff at the District Architecture Center Opening.
Image appears courtesy of DC Modern Luxury, and was taken by Daniel Schwartz Photography.

At the event, winners of the DAC Service Awards were honored along with this year's newest DC area Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, which included Lee Quill, FAIA. Attendees also shared in the celebration of the Washington Architectural Foundation’s and the AIA DC Chapter’s future.

AIA DC and the DAC recognized this year's newest members of the College of Fellows.
Lee Quill, FAIA on the right.

Cathedral Heights Residence: Restoring Order

Cunningham | Quill Architect's award-winning Cathedral Heights Residence was recently published in Home & Design Magazine's September/October Issue. The ten page article highlights our design intent as we created a intimate, yet open space for our clients.

Cathedral Heights Residence Featured on the Home & Design Front Page

To read the complete article online, please visit Restoring Order.

Mother & Child Wins Its Sixth AIA Award

Ralph Cunningham, FAIA and Sarah Shipp, AIA with Scott Matties, AIA, LEED-AP.

Cunningham | Quill Architects attended the AIA Northern Virginia Design Awards Gala last Saturday night at the Founder's Hall building on the George Mason University campus in Arlington, Virginia. Emceed by one of our Principals, Mr. Scott Matties, AIA, LEED-AP, the evening's event was filled with tastings of local wines paired with food from Lyon Hall. At the end of the night, CQA received its sixth AIA Award for Mother & Child. The Merit Award honors excellence in Historic Architecture. For more information on Mother & Child, please visit Cunningham | Quill Architects.

Mother & Child wins AIA DC Washingtonian Award

Cunningham | Quill Architects received an AIA DC Washingtonian Award for Mother & Child Wednesday night at the Mexican Cultural Institute during the annual Washington Chapter Garden Party.  The award honors Distinctive Residential Design Excellence through the Washington DC Metropolitan Region. Only six firms were recognized with this honor in 2011.

Sarah Shipp, AIA and Ralph Cunningham, FAIA accept the 2011 AIA DC Washingtonian Award
from Tom Luebke, FAIA and Yolanda Cole, AIA for Mother & Child.

This is the fifth American Institute of Architects award Mother & Child has received. For more information on Mother & Child, please visit Cunningham | Quill Architects.

15 Projects in 15 Weeks: Cibo Restaurant (Week 1)

One of our earliest projects was Cibo Restaurant in New York City.

Located in the Daily News Building, a National Historic Landmark, the restaurant was designed to reflect the grand character of the building and its surrounding professional community of advertising agencies, attorneys, and architects. In collaboration with the Owner and the Chef, we designed Cibo as an architectural complement to the rich yet uncomplicated flavors of the Mediterranean food.

The Bar at Cibo Restaurant.

A curving membrane wall separates the service/kitchen areas of the restaurant from the dining rooms and bar. Interior finishes and fabrics seek to complement the natural materials of the architecture while warm, low-voltage lighting highlights the Tuscan color of the interior elements.

Entrance to the Main Dining Room.

To learn more information about Cibo Restaurant or view more images, please visit Cunningham | Quill Architects.

Cunningham | Quill Architects Celebrates 15 Years

To celebrate our 15th Anniversary, we've taken a look back to see how far we've come. When Cunningham | Quill Architects began in 1996, there were only two employees, Ralph Cunningham and Lee Quill, in a small Georgetown office at 2529 P Street NW.

Lee (left) and Ralph (right) at P Street Office.

Fifteen years later, Cunningham | Quill Architects is 23 employees strong, on two floors of the Canal Square Building at 1054 31st Street NW. Ralph and Lee have since been joined by Scott Matties, AIA, LEED-AP (Principal), Chris Morrison, AIA, LEED-AP (Principal), and David C. Bagnoli, AIA (Associate Principal) as leaders in the firm.

The Cunningham | Quill Architects team at Canal Square Office in Georgetown.

Through the years, the scope of our work has grown. Our portfolio includes over 300 projects, from fifty square feet to hundreds of acres. Over the next fifteen weeks beginning Monday, we'd like to share some of these projects with you.