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BZA approves Hoover Institution’s adaptive reuse of 16th Street building with limited FAR and penthouse setbacks
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Summary
The Board approved Stanford University's request to renovate 1128 16th St. NW for the Hoover Institution, granting small nonresidential FAR relief, penthouse setback exceptions and limited rear-yard relief to support a 1,000-square-foot convening room and necessary egress and elevator upgrades. Office of Planning and ANC 2C supported the plan.
The Board of Zoning Adjustment voted Nov. 19 to permit the Hoover Institution (a Stanford University research center) to renovate and adaptively reuse a historic 4‑story building at 1128 16th Street NW (application 21380). The project will create a roughly 1,000‑square‑foot convening room at the piano nobile level, an accessible elevator sized to modern code and a small penthouse and rear-stair addition to meet egress and mechanical needs. The board granted a limited area‑variance increase in nonresidential FAR (0.18 FAR) and special exceptions for penthouse setbacks and rear-yard elements, concluding the modifications are minimal, subordinate to the historic building and supported by preservation review, Office of Planning analysis and ANC 2C. Project architects explained alternatives considered and why the elevator and rear stair needed the requested locations.
