Citadel DCA

Founded as Paden de la Fuente in 1992, by Ana Gemma de la Fuente and Lynn Scott Paden, Citadel DCA is an architecture and design firm in Washington, D.C. with a special focus on planning, preservation and heritage conservation. Over the past six years, Citadel has overseen rehabilitation and restoration projects for many of Washington’s most important historic sites including Blair House, the Old Post Office and the United States Department of Agriculture’s campus on the National Mall. Their recently completed restoration of the U.S. Naval Academy’s only remaining 19th century structures, won a 2017 Preservation Maryland Award. Citadel’s recent commissions include multiple projects at the U.S. Treasury, restoration of Delano & Aldrich’s iconic Hemicycle at the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building in the Federal Triangle, and developing a Preservation and Maintenance Plan for the 1746, National Register, Elizabeth Furnace Plantation in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The firm’s work over the last twenty‐five years has been diverse in scope and budget. From master planning of historic sites, to heritage museums and the adaptive reuse of historic structures. Citadel is known for being a collaborative partner who bring passion and perseverance to each project; whether it be a small intervention to a historic building, a heritage site, or peer review and preservation oversight of a multi‐million‐dollar adaptive reuse project. Citadel has established strong working relationships with the foremost historians and conservators, as well as every preservation trade. Their expertise in authoring award winning Historic Structure Reports continues to inform their designs, preservation oversight, and construction management.