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A double elliptical staircase and dramatic interior art anchor the lobby of the KTGY designed Aperture Apartments in Reston.
mix of heights and surfaces, they resemble a playful jumble of children’s blocks. In another recent project, The Brownstones at Chevy Chase Lake in Chevy Chase, Md., Smita tries to incor- porate “the notion of wellness,” she says, by including ground-floor bedrooms for aging in place, spa baths and exercise rooms, and integrated indoor and outdoor spaces. Jeff Kayce, senior vice presi-
dent and managing director of the Bozzuto Group, a Maryland-based real estate development company that has worked with KTGY on The Aperture and other develop- ments, has high praise for the firm’s Tysons office. “Rohit’s team believes in great design and that has proven out in a variety of projects.” Natives of India, the Anands
Aperture’s exterior plays on the
area’s industrial history with a contemporary facade of dark brick. A bronze and stainless steel sculpture sets off the building’s entry plaza.
home for older millennials, now hitting their 30s, and younger Generation X’ers in their 40s, and he made sure that it checked all the boxes to attract those age groups. The Aperture has easy transit
access, sitting across the street from the Wiehle-Reston East stop on Metro’s Silver line. It brims with trendy amenities, such as an outdoor kitchen, dog park and the kind of open gathering spaces where millennials expect
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to mingle. A striking lobby with a bronze and stainless-steel sculpture and a dramatic double elliptical staircase gives the project flair. Like many developments near mass transit, plans for this area of Reston include 1.3 million square feet of mixed uses that will eventually include office buildings, restaurants, shops and a hotel. Smita’s new town houses at
Crown Farm in Gaithersburg, Md., catch the eye as well. With their off-center windows and
met as undergraduates at the Indian Institute of Technology. Both then pursued master’s degrees in architecture in the U.S. – Rohit at Virginia Tech, and Smita at UCLA. The couple has two children, ages 19 and 24. Running a busy architectural
firm doesn’t leave a lot of leisure time. When they aren’t working, Smita enjoys hiking and trying new restaurants, while Rohit is passionate about golf and tennis and watches a lot of cricket on TV. Being together at the office
as well as at home might be a strain on some marriages, but the Anands seem to have it figured out.
“Over the years, we have built
up a degree of honesty,” Rohit says. “We can be professionally critical about the work without fear of offending.” For this pair of architects, that
development has to be as satisfy- ing as any they have crafted out of bricks and mortar.
Photos courtesy Taylor Johnson
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