​Achieving Passive House Standards: Insights from H.R. Crawford Gardens

For real estate developers and builders considering incorporating Passive House standards into a future multifamily residential project, Soto Architecture’s design
of HR Crawford Gardens provides several lessons...

2023 Year in Review

​Please join us in celebrating the end of another great year at Soto Architecture and Urban Design!  As always, we could not have achieved anything without our faithful partners, local community, and passionate people.......

Breaking Ground at Cold Spring Lane

On Thursday, October 27, 2022 Soto attended the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Residences at Cold Spring Lane.....

The Residences of Springbrook Groundbreaking

On Thursday June 16, 2022, Soto attended the Groundbreaking Ceremony of The Residences at Springbrook.  The Residences at Springbrook is a four-story new-construction senior housing development in Clinton, Maryland...

Revitalizing the Reeves Center: Soto's Proposal

The redevelopment of the Reeves Center is an incredible opportunity to celebrate Black culture and the legacy of the African American...

Livingston Place at Southern is a Golden Nugget Award Winner!

The Soto team is excited to share that Livingston Place at Southern Avenue has been awarded the Golden Nugget Award for Best Affordable Senior Housing Community...
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High School Intern Spotlight: Janine James

The Soto team is excited to welcome our second junior intern of the summer, Janine James,  to our team for the next three weeks...

Livingston Place Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

On Friday, June 4th, 2021, the Soto team proudly attended the ribbon cutting ceremony of the firm’s first completed new construction project...

Progress at Suitland Senior

On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, the team went to the construction site of the future Suitland Senior.  Suitland Senior is a senior development...

Barnaby & 7th: Buildings 2C & 2D

​Barnaby & 7th is a 470-unit mixed-income redevelopment in the Washington Highlands neighborhood of Southeast Washington, DC. The redevelopment plan replaces existing small cluster.....

2022 RECAP

Please join us in celebrating the end of another great year at Soto Architecture and Urban Design!  As always, we could not have achieved anything without our faithful partners, local community, and passionate people.......
2022 Montgomery County Affordable Housing Conference + More Awards! 
On Friday, May 20, 2022, the Soto Team attended the Montgomery County Affordable Housing Conference...

Woodmore Topping Out Ceremony

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, the Soto team excitedly attended the Topping Out Ceremony at Woodmore...

Livingston Place and 22 Light Street: 
​Award Winners! 

The Soto team is proud to share that Livingston Place, located in Southeast Washington DC, and 22 Light Street...

17 Mississippi Avenue SE: 
​Construction Update!

Soto is excited to see our project at 12 Mississippi Avenue SE make significant progress and rise out of the ground...

Todd A. Lee Residences Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

On Wednesday, July 7, 2021, the ribbon was cut at 809 Kennedy Street NW, in the Brightwood Park Neighborhood in the District of Columbia... 

22 Light Street: The Final Touches

Final touches are underway at 22 Light Street in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland.  22 Light Street will serve as an affordable residence...

Elizabeth Seton High School: Dining Hall Update

Elizabeth Seton, a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Bladensburg, Maryland, is just about ready to welcome a brand new...

The Case for Corten:
Material Case Study 

Attending architecture school in the mid-2000's, I was always enamored with the material Corten steel. Corten is a great material that has not only a nice warm hue and texture, but also is authentic........

Harvard Hall Updates

We are excited to share that construction at Harvard Hall Apartments has kicked into high gear!......

The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at The Lewis senior residences

On Tuesday, August 16, 2022, the Soto team attended the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at The Lewis in Suitland, Maryland.   It was great to see our work come to fruition, and celebrate this milestone...
Demolition has begun at Park Morton: Phase 1!
The Soto team is excited to share that Phase One of Park Morton has begun, alongside the developer The Community Builders and...

Suitland Senior Progress Update

We are excited to see and share the progress being made at Suitland Senior in Suitland, Maryland...

Construction Update and Roof-Raising Celebration at 17 Mississippi Ave SE

On Tuesday, the Soto team joined partners from the NHP Foundation, Legacy Real Estate Development, Aetna CVS...

High School Intern Spotlight: Alina D'Andrade

This summer, Soto brought on two junior interns from Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Maryland, to teach them...

Soto's Interns at Southern Avenue: It's almost done!

February 23, 2021
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As our latest assisted living project takes shape, we put our hard hats on and enter the construction site to learn first hand...

Elizabeth Seton High School: Dining Hall Renovation

Recently at Soto, our design team has been working on a project that looks a bit different than our typical portfolio: a civic renovation...

Livingston Place Takes Shape in Ward 8

This year, our team at Soto has been working with Hamel Builders to deliver the first affordable assisted living community in Ward 8...
ARCHIVES
Soto's Commitment to Furthering Sustainability  |  22 Light Street: Construction Check-In 
Design for Impact: Livingston Place at Southern Avenue  |  1201 Jefferson Street: Creating a Home in Downtown D.C.
Impact Design for Senior Living: In Response to COVID-19  |  Walkability Amid Suburban Sprawl: The Shops at the Oxford
Mayor Bowser Leads Groundbreaking Ceremony at Livingston Place  |  Meet Sydney, Summer Intern! 
Oxford Retail Construction Progress  |  Southern Avenue Assisted Living Starts Construction  |  Harold Webb Completed ARE 5.0 Exams
Soto Turns Five!  |  UMD Wins HUD Affordable Housing Competition  |  Mississippi Avenue Apartments Receives DHCD Funding
Oxford Apartments: From Office to Home  |  A New Associate at Soto  |  The Shops at the Oxford Breaks Ground  
​Sneak Peak at the Oxford  |  Soto receives MBE, SBE, & DBE Certification from the State of Maryland  |  Oxford Starts Construction
The Oxford Received DSP Approval  |  The Century Apartments: Construction Update  |  On the Boards: The Oxford
Century Apartments Starts Renovations  |  Varsity on K: Update  |  Varsity on K: Near Completion  |  On the Boards: Suitland Senior
Soto Receives CBE re-certification from DSLBD & DBE Registration From DDOT  |  Parkchester Apartments Start Construction
Varsity on K on the Media |  Varsity on K Starts Construction  |  Good Hope Road is Selected by DHCD
   
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