36 CFR § 910.31 - High architectural quality.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s910.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 910.31 - High architectural quality."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "910.31"
section_name: "High architectural quality."
chapter_name: "PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION"
part_number: "910"
part_name: "GENERAL GUIDELINES AND UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT AREA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 6(8) Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 875(8))."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 36642, Aug. 23, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "910"
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# 910.31 High architectural quality.
*Development* must maintain a uniformly high standard of architecture, representative of the best contemporary design and planning concepts. Great care and sensitivity must be shown in the architectural treatment of new buildings, particularly in terms of massing, facade design (including materials, composition, and detailing), the ground floor and sidewalk pedestrian environment, interior public spaces, and provisions for pedestrian and vehicular *access.* Special design considerations for each *coordinated planning area* are set forth in *Square Guidelines.*