Kennedy–Warren Apartment Building vs Omni Shoreham Hotel

Comparing the Kennedy–Warren Apartment Building and the Omni Shoreham Hotel is interesting because they both stand in Washington DC, DC, and were completed just one year apart, but they were designed by different architects.

This offers a unique glimpse at how rival designers approached projects in the same city during the same era.

Both the Kennedy–Warren Apartment Building and the Omni Shoreham Hotel were designed in line with the aesthetic conventions of the Art Deco style.

At the time, this style was at the height of its popularity. So both Joseph Younger and Joseph Henry Abel followed what was in many ways expected of them, producing designs that fit comfortably within contemporary architectural norms, rather than breaking with convention.

The Kennedy–Warren Apartment Building is primarily residential, while the Omni Shoreham Hotel is primarily hotel.

The Omni Shoreham Hotel incorporates a 4-star hotel with 834 rooms. More information is available at the official website.

The Kennedy–Warren Apartment Building offers 425 residential units.

The Kennedy–Warren Apartment Building also provides 200 parking spaces.

These two towers illustrate the many possible ways to combine structure and enclosure in skyscraper design.