Discovery Again Puts ‘Shark Week’ Building Design Up For A Vote

Silver Spring-based company is considering three ways to celebrate event later this month

By Aaron Kraut

Discovery Communications Inc. is again asking how it should decorate its Silver Spring headquarters building ahead of this month’s annual “Shark Week” block of shark-related TV programming.

Like last year, the company has released a survey with three potential options for the south façade of the building along Colesville Road.

They include the “Toothy Grin,” “I Heart Shark” and “Fintastic Shark” murals.

It will be yet another year without “Chompie,” the giant inflatable shark that was last attached to the building during Shark Week 2012, the event’s 25th anniversary. It was made of almost seven miles’ worth of fabric with a shark head attached to one side of the building and two side fins, a dorsal fin and a tail attached to the other sides of the building and its roof.

The deadline to vote for this year’s design is Friday. Shark Week begins June 26.

From left to right: The "Toothy Grin," "I Heart Shark" and "Fintastic Shark" design options for Discovery Communications headquarters during Shark Week. Via Discovery Communications.