Improving I-95

On a recent round-trip drive from NYC to DC, I noticed a rest stop on the side of I-95 closed for reconstruction. At another rest stop a pamphlet described the new designs of two "travel plazas," as they're called: Chesapeake House and Maryland House. Given the sad state of highway architecture in the United States (evidenced in the "before" photos below), I was taken aback by the quality of the architecture. Both travel plazas are designed by <a href="http://asg-architects.com/">Ayers Saint Gross</a> and are presented below in before and after states without comment.<br /><br /><b>Maryland House (expected completion December 2013):</b><br /><img alt="i95-3.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/i95-3.jpg" title="Maryland House exterior" /><br />[exterior rendering by Ayers Saint Gross | image <a href="http://www.i95mdtravelplazas.com/">source</a>]<br /><br /><img alt="i95-3a.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/i95-3a.jpg" title="Maryland House exterior before" /><br />[exterior "before" condition, architect unknown | image <a href="http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/2009/08/toll_authority_plodding_ahead.html">source</a>]<br /><br /><img alt="i95-4.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/i95-4.jpg" title="Maryland House interior" /><br />[interior rendering by Ayers Saint Gross | image <a href="http://www.i95mdtravelplazas.com/">source</a>]<br /><br /><img alt="i95-4a.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/i95-4a.jpg" title="Maryland House interior before" /><br />[interior "before" condition, architect unknown | image <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maryland_House_main_atrium,_December_28,_2010.jpg">source</a>]<br /><br /><b>Chesapeake House (expected completion September 2014):</b><br /><img alt="i95-1.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/i95-1.jpg" title="Chesapeake House exterior" /><br />[exterior rendering by Ayers Saint Gross | image <a href="http://www.i95mdtravelplazas.com/">source</a>]<br /><br /><img alt="i95-1a.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/i95-1a.jpg" title="Chesapeake House exterior before" /><br />[exterior "before" condition, architect unknown | image <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chesapeake_House_viewed_from_southbound_car_parking.jpg">source</a>]<br /><br /><img alt="i95-2.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/i95-2.jpg" title="Chesapeake House interior" /><br />[interior rendering by Ayers Saint Gross | image <a href="http://www.i95mdtravelplazas.com/">source</a>]<br /><br /><img alt="i95-2a.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/i95-2a.jpg" title="Chesapeake House interior before" /><br />[interior "before" condition, architect unknown | image <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chesapeake_House_interior.jpg">source</a>]

Improving I-95

On a recent round-trip drive from NYC to DC, I noticed a rest stop on the side of I-95 closed for reconstruction. At another rest stop a pam...

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