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University of Maryland’s Thurgood Marshall Hall Featured in ArchitectureDC Magazine
“The modernization of the dominant neo-Georgian style is understood as the architectural manifestation of how public policy evolves,” it says. “Both architecture and public policy inherently require traditional foundations and new thinking. In particular, at this point in time, public policy requires more transparency, which here translates directly into architecture.”
Two LEO A DALY Leaders Honored as Los Angeles Business Journal Women of Influence
Christy Coleman and Michelle Saquilayan, of LEO A DALY’s Los Angeles studio, have been recognized as Women of Influence in construction, engineering and architecture by the Los Angeles Business Journal. This honors their impactful contributions to architecture, design, and their communities.
Expert AEC executive Josh Roehm joins LEO A DALY as Dallas studio managing principal
Josh Roehm, PE, LEED AP, PMP, will lead LEO A DALY’s Dallas studio as its new managing principal and a vice president of the firm.
20 Mass earns GADA award
The Global Architecture Design Awards have honored the LEO A DALY-designed 20 Mass with a silver award for mixed-use development.
LEO A DALY Wins AIA Potomac Valley Merit Award for Thurgood Marshall Hall
The AIA Potomac Valley jury praised the project’s thoughtful response to the campus context, saying, “We appreciated the response to the campus architecture—it contributes to the surrounding context with a modern building that reinterprets the Georgian campus. It carries its strength in the exterior.”
American Architecture honors 20 Massachusetts Ave NW in Washington, D.C.

LEO A DALY’s 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW redevelopment project has earned an American Architecture Award for 2024. This prestigious accolade celebrates cutting-edge design in the U.S. and recognizes the year’s most innovative architectural achievements, making it the highest honor in the domestic building awards circuit.
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, alongside The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies awarded the project in the renovation category.
“20 Mass revitalized a key area of D.C. and offered a blueprint for future adaptive reuse projects in the district,” said LEO A DALY Global Design Principal Irena Savakova. “This award affirms the importance of this project to our community and our profession.”
For the 29th year, this lauded awards program shone a spotlight on architectural artistry and pioneering designs. From a shortlist of 500 nominations, a jury of distinguished architects and designers selected over 150 groundbreaking projects for recognition this year.
The celebrated redevelopment, commissioned by The RMR Group, transformed a former federal office building into ‘20 Mass’ — an urban mixed-use destination. Designed to harmonize with the historic avenues of Washington, D.C., the project included a rejuvenated streetscape with retail spaces, a premium hotel, and Class-A office accommodations, all tied together with shared amenities and crowned with a green roof and penthouse.
Project Architect Janki Bhatia said: “Adaptive reuse of this office building provides economic growth for a once under-utilized federal building. This is a win for our city as we face the task of doing more with less. That we won the highest design award at the same time shows we can do urban repurpose with excellence.”
Architects Irena Savakova, Andrew Graham, Janki Bhatia and Shanshan Yin led the LEO A DALY design team, ensuring the structure respects and enhances its storied location’s vistas while providing modern functionality and aesthetic appeal.