Dupont Circle Building, Art Deco office building in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.
The Dupont Circle Building is an Art Deco office structure occupying half a block along Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington, with twelve stories rising above the intersection. Its distinctive wedge shape follows the angled corner where multiple streets converge.
The structure opened in 1931 as a residential apartment building before converting to office use in 1942. It subsequently housed the headquarters of the United Nations Relief Administration.
The limestone exterior features low-relief sculptures of women and decorative pilasters arranged in vertical patterns. These ornaments show the Art Deco style that defined the era when the building was completed.
The main entrance sits at 1350 Connecticut Avenue NW with retail shops at ground level. The upper floors house various office tenants and are generally closed to public access.
The designers created geometric patterns and relief ornaments that specialists regard as more refined than those on New York's famous Flatiron Building. This reflects how Washington developed similarly impressive modern architecture during the same period.
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