The Columbia Square in Washington, DC is a 29,100 square foot vertical and atrium spaceframe that is ten stories tall and provides the natural daylighting to reflect off beautiful marble walls and the waterfall in the lobby. The spaceframe, painted with a kynar finish, supports a vertical curtain wall and a series of ridge atrium skylights which form the roof.


Client: Gerard D. Hines Interests, Washington DC

Architect: I.M. Pei, New York, NY

Contractor: George Hyman, Bethesda, MD