National Capital Planning Commission

Tishman Speyer has toned down its renovation plans for 601 D St. NW once the Justice Department moves out.

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is gearing up for more change with a new food and beverage vendor on board and the approval of a long-awaited exterior improvement project.

Significant safety changes have been approved for several spots along Rock Creek Parkway, including near the Kennedy Center and Memorial Bridge, where it can be tough for fast-moving cars to see people walking or biking.

The zoo will maintain its three main entrances but shed seven pedestrian access points

Better days are ahead for Franklin Park.

The National Zoo said Wednesday that it received permission last week from the National Capital Planning Commission to proceed with a controversial plan to extend security fencing around its complex.

The Smithsonian National Zoo has backed off an earlier proposal to build security checkpoints at zoo entrances after public backlash against the plan. But in a new plan approved by the National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday, it’s…

Good fences make good neighbors, and Smithsonian’s National Zoo is hoping to continue making the place a neighborly place to visit by adding more fences throughout the zoo to increase visitor safety.

Planet Word, the new language museum taking over D.C.’s historic Franklin School, will feature a talking tree.

The Navy is weighing whether to construct a large flood wall at Washington Navy Yard on the Anacostia River, a project that could ultimately make neighboring developments more vulnerable to flooding, Bloomberg reported Friday.

The yearslong pursuit to revive the second-largest National Park Service-owned square in downtown Washington with a host of amenities and programmed open spaces is nearing an important milestone.

President Trump has appointed National Civic Art Society President Justin Shubow to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that oversees the design and construction of all buildings, monuments, and memorials in…

The Smithsonian Institution says it will submit a “revised project later this fall”