The Silva

The Silva is a new 10-story, residential building in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of northwest DC. The building features 172 luxury apartment units and amenities such as a rooftop pool, café/lounge, courtyard with fire pits, fitness center, and pet spa. Below grade are two levels for parking along with bike storage and electric vehicle charging stations. The building also provides an internal connection to the existing Scottish Rite Temple building.

The Silva is a multi-story concrete frame structure. The slabs are post-tensioned at upper levels and conventionally reinforced slabs at ground and underground floors. Lateral resisting system consists of concrete shear walls in combination with moment frames.