National Geographic Headquarters, Edward Durell Stone 1963
Architect Edward Durell Stone, best known for his formal compositions he designed in the 1950s and 1960s designed the National Geographic Society's Headquarters in a New Formalism architectural style in 1963. The 10-story office building and exhibition hall is mad up of reinforced concrete ,white marble, black granite and dark glass. Here the Society's magazine, maps, globes and books are prepared. The first floor houses Explorer's Hall, the Society's museum of discovery.
Located at 1145 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Kodachrome by James E. Russell Copyright National Geographic Society
National Geographic Headquarters, Edward Durell Stone 1963
Architect Edward Durell Stone, best known for his formal compositions he designed in the 1950s and 1960s designed the National Geographic Society's Headquarters in a New Formalism architectural style in 1963. The 10-story office building and exhibition hall is mad up of reinforced concrete ,white marble, black granite and dark glass. Here the Society's magazine, maps, globes and books are prepared. The first floor houses Explorer's Hall, the Society's museum of discovery.
Located at 1145 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Kodachrome by James E. Russell Copyright National Geographic Society