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Marriott Marquis Washington, D.C.

The largest hotel in Washington D.C., the Marriott Marquis is a 15-story high rise surrounding an atrium lobby with ground-floor retail and restaurants.

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Project Details

Project Partners
tvsdesign, Cooper Carry & Hensel Phelps
Owner
Marriott International
Location
Washington, D.C.
Completion Date
Area
1.1 million ft²
Sustainability
LEED Silver Certification
Number of Rooms
1,175
Number of Stories
15
Number of Suites
49
Project Awards

NCSEA, Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards, 2015

ASCE, Project of the Year, National Capital Section, 2015

ENR Mid-Atlantic, Best Projects, Residential / Hospitality, 2014

Washington Building Congress, Craftsmanship Award, Cast-in-Place Concrete and Sitework, 2014

SEAMW, Excellence in Structural Engineering, 2014

NAIOP Maryland / DC, Award of Excellence, 2014

ACI, Award of Excellence, Merit Award, 2014

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The Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti
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The Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti
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The Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti
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The Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti
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The Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti
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The Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti
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The Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti
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The Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti
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The Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti
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Revit model of the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Thornton Tomasetti

Building on a tight site with top-down construction

The largest hotel in Washington D.C., the Marriott Marquis is a 15-story high rise surrounding an atrium lobby, ground-floor retail and restaurants, a 5,200 square-foot outdoor event terrace and a two-story fitness center. Seven below-grade levels house 105,000 square feet of event space, including three double-height ballrooms, mechanical and back-of-house areas, and parking for 400 cars. The hotel also integrates a renovated historic building.

We provided structural design services to tvsdesign and Cooper Carry for this hotel, which was completed in 2014.

Highlights

  • To fit the hotel’s 1.1-million-square-foot program on a tight 100,000-square-foot site and within Washington’s strict height limits required the use of top-down construction.
  • The design called for extending the construction 100 feet below grade, which is deeper than any other building in the city.
  • While the building is primarily framed with concrete, its seven below-grade levels rely on more than 5,100 tons of structural steel to facilitate its top-down construction method.
  • The superstructure construction began while basement levels were still being excavated.

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