Robert C. Weaver Federal Building

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The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building is a modernist federal office building in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal office building
headquarters building
modernist building
architect Herbert Beckhard
Marcel Breuer
Nolen-Swinburne
architecturalStyle Brutalist architecture
Modernist architecture
category Brutalist architecture in Washington, D.C.
Federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
Government buildings completed in 1968
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
city Washington, D.C.
completionDate 1968
constructionType cast-in-place concrete
coordinates 38.8844°N 77.0169°W
country United States of America
surface form: United States
floorCountAboveGround 10
hasFeature central courtyard
elevated plaza
pilotis
ribbon windows
hasFunction administrative headquarters
government office building
hasLobbyArtwork public art installations
hasTenant HUD program offices
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
surface form: Office of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
inaugurationDate 1968
locatedIn Southwest Federal Center
Southwest Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
maintainedBy U.S. General Services Administration
surface form: General Services Administration
materialUsed glass
reinforced concrete
namedAfter Robert C. Weaver
namedForPosition first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
numberOfFloors 10
occupant United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
owner United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf Federal Triangle
surface form: Federal Triangle–Southwest area
postalCode 20410
region Mid-Atlantic states
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
servesAs headquarters of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
shape curved plan
startDateOfConstruction 1965
state District of Columbia
streetAddress 451 7th Street SW

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Southwest Washington, D.C. contains Robert C. Weaver Federal Building
this entity surface form: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters