Mindful Make-Over
Kenwood Station, was developed in 1990 from a former bowling alley. The long-span steel structure was deemed ideal for an anchor grocery tenant, and in the interim has become the highest grossing Whole Foods Market in the US. Given the development’s success, the dark and dated 90’s edifice was in serious need of a major make-over.
The communities in and around Bethesda are known for their long-established housing stock; well crafted homes, rich in material expression with classic lines and vernacular forms. Thus the aesthetic direction for the project sought to parlay this contextual reality with a material palette of quality, durable, low-maintenance materials.
