Workbook: New Life for a Historic DC Building

For a new outpost of Matchbox, the firm Studio3877 transformed a 1907 Washington, DC, building into a warm bistro. Photography by Ron Ngaim/Courtesy Studio3877.

“It was in rough shape from years of use and misuse and had seen better days,” architect David Shove-Brown says of an 8,000-square-foot, 1907 building in Washington, DC, that he and his Studio3877 partner David Tracz had been asked transform it into the latest outpost of Matchbox. Over the years, the building had done duty as a bowling alley, a jazz club and a car dealership and still retained a great character, so, he says, “It was pretty clear we wanted to be true to the building”—with a straightforward approach to its history and materials that matched the restaurant’s approach to ingredients.  

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2010 ASLA Annual Meeting & Expo: Washington DC, September 10-13

More than 6,000 landscape architecture professionals from across the U.S. and around the world will gather in Washington, D.C., September 10–13, to earn up to 21 professional development hours, to enjoy the fellowship of the profession, and to reconnect with the fundamental elements of design.

With more than 400 exhibitors, the ASLA EXPO is the largest trade show in the industry. The average attendee spends four to six hours test-driving products in the EXPO. Explore hundreds of new products, services, technology applications, and design solutions — all under one roof. Full registrants will receive a $10 voucher to be used at EXPO concession stands on Sunday. For your convenience, a number of popular activities will be located in the EXPO.

For more information and to register for the Meeting and Expo, visit the ASLA Annual Meeting Website.