Cooper Carry - The Center for Connective Architecture

Location: Arlington, Virginia
Client: Marriott International
Contact: Rob Uhrin, Andrea Schaub

This 625-room hotel complex is situated at the northern end of Potomac Yards, a 1.5-mile-long rail yard redevelopment site in Arlington, Virginia. Two distinct Marriott hotel products will occupy the site: a full-service Renaissance, and an extended-stay Residence Inn. These will be the first new hotel rooms built in office-heavy Crystal City in more than 10 years. The project will be completed in first quarter 2011. The project will also provide 10,000 square feet of street-level retail space, a 24,000-square-foot conference center, and below-grade parking. Both hotel products will be LEED Certified, with a planted roof and other sustainable aspects; these are the first LEED Certified hotels in Arlington County. The project forms the terminus for Center Park, a linear greenspace with amphitheatre, retail, and public art. The park’s sight lines terminate at National Gateway through a narrowed pedestrian walkway bordered by retail and office buildings.

Potomac Yard Renaissance & Residence Inn