Design Principles & Guidelines

Citywide/Topic-Oriented:

• BAR Design Guidelines for Historic Districts
• General Design Principles for the City of Alexandria
• Green building in Alexandria 
• Landscape Guidelines, April 2007
• Outdoor Dining Design Guidelines
• Solid Waste and Recycling Space Requirements
• Urban Design (Supplemental chapter of the Master Plan)
• Wayfinding Design Guidelines, September 2010 (Link goes to Wayfinding web page - document is very large and consists of multiple pieces)

Specific to a Location:

• Arlandria Facade and Streetscape Improvement Guidance
  • Guidelines for Mount Vernon corridor from Four Mile Run to Glebe Road
  • Guidelines for Mount Vernon corridor from Glebe Road to Herbert Street  
• Carlyle Streetscape Design Guidelines, as amended 1998
• Eisenhower East Design Guidelines, March 2006
• Four Mile Run Design Guidelines, September 2009
  • View and download chapters as separate files 
• Mount Vernon Business Area Plan Chapter 6: Urban Design & Streetscape, 2005
• Mount Vernon Avenue (Del Ray and Arlandria) Urban Design Guidelines, 1993
• Old Town North Urban Design Guidelines, 1994
• Potomac Yard Urban Design Guidelines, 2007 
• Washington Street Public Space Design Guidelines