Background

Construction for The Edmond J. Safra Family Lodge at NIH began in the spring of 2003. It was designed by Amy Weinstein, Weinstein Associates of Washington, DC, in conjunction with the architectural firm Louviere, Stratton and Yokel of Greenbelt, Maryland.

The Clinical Center initiated the pilot NIH Guest House, which opened in 1996 in the old Apartment House (Building 20). With the demolition in 1998 of Building 20 to make way for the new Clinical Research Center, the 6-unit Guest House moved to a nearby apartment building on Battery Lane in Bethesda and continues today in a combination of local hotel rooms and two apartments.

Construction

East side of Edmund J. Safra Family Lodge facing the Clinical Center

April 27, 2004

East side facing the Clinical Center

Northwest side of the Lodge

April 27, 2004

Northwest side of the Lodge

a room insode the Lodge under construction

April 27, 2004

Inside the Lodge

Four views from the Lodge's second-floor guest rooms

December 1, 2003

Views from the Lodge's second-floor guest rooms

View of the Lodge from Center Drive and Old Georgetown Road

December 3, 2003

View of the Lodge from Center Drive and Old Georgetown Road

View of the Lodge from Center Drive

December 1, 2003

View of the Lodge from Center Drive

View of Clinical Center Campus "across the street" from the Lodge

December 1, 2003

View of Clinical Center Campus "across the street" from the Lodge

Second-floor walls of the Lodge going up

October 21, 2003

Second-floor walls going up

First-floor walls of the Lodge going up

October 7, 2003

First-floor walls going up

Interior basement walls of the Lodge

July 15, 2003

Interior basement walls

Basement walls of the Lodge going up

June 17, 2003

Basement walls going up

Beginning of the foundation for the Lodge

June 6, 2003

Beginning of the foundation