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Audio Library
Enterprise's Green Communities Program
Smart Growth
February 9, 2009
Dana Bourland, senior director of Green Communities for Enterprise Community Partners, presents the organization’s national initiative to bring the economic, environmental, and health benefits of green building to affordable housing. To view the associated PowerPoint presentation visit: http://www.nationalbuildingmuseum.net/pdf/SmartGrowth_DanaBourlandppt_02.09.09.pdf
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Robert Lautman: Remembering a Lifetime of Architecture on Film
February 3, 2009
In 2007, Washington’s dean of architectural photography, Robert Lautman, donated his photographic archives to the National Building Museum. In this special celebration, Lautman and Museum curator Chrysanthe Broikos discussed his 60-year career capturing architecture on film.
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How to Spend a Trillion Dollars
Sustainable Communities
February 2, 2009
Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D., Herbert and Joyce Morgan senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and Bill Millar, president, American Public Transportation Association, and moderator Dr. Jonathan L. Gifford, George Mason University School of Public Policy, debate the future of transportation in America.
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A Room With a View
Detour: The Landscape of Travel on Film
January 28, 2009
Detour: The Landscape of Travel on Film
In this three-week series, Ann Hornaday, Washington Post film critic, and Deborah Sorensen, curatorial associate at the National Building Museum, introduce films featuring unexpected and powerful encounters with the natural world. In A Room With a View, a young Englishwoman tours Italy in the early 1900s and is transformed by its culture, the countryside...and her fellow travelers.
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Sustainable Communities: Connecting Infrastructures and People to Protect the Environment
Building in the 21st Century
January 26, 2009
Dr. Woodrow Clark discussed his work developing “agile” energy systems, which generate energy for a cluster of buildings, such as a college campus, from local or on-site power while also tying to the central grid. To view the associated PowerPoint presentation go to: http://www.nationalbuildingmuseum.net/pdf/DoE12609_GreenCampusesNBM.pdf
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Post-Election Analysis: What the Outcomes Mean for Smart Growth
Smart Growth
January 6, 2009
Geoff Anderson, President and CEO of Smart Growth America, analyzes the November election results and the implications for state and local governments’ ability to implement a more sustainable approach to growth.
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Greening Streets and Cities: The Copenhagen Experience
Smart Growth
December 4, 2008
Copenhagen's well-known Stroget car-free zone is the result of the efforts of Jan Gehl, noted author, architect, and urban design expert. Hear him discuss how cities and neighborhoods can transform car-dominated streets into zones that support vibrant pedestrian and bicycle activity. To view associated PowerPoint presenation, visit: http://www.nationalbuildingmuseum.net/pdf/SmartGrowth_JanGehlppt12.04.08.pdf
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The National Mall: Rethinking Washington's Monumental Core
December 1, 2008
Increased demand for additional buildings and usage has sparked debates over the future of Washington, D.C.’s National Mall. Hear a panel of experts discuss the complicated task of preserving the legacy of the National Mall, while addressing the needs of disparate interest groups. Panelists: Marcel Acosta, Executive Director, National Capital Planning Commission Dr. Judy Scott Feldman, President, National Coalition to Save Our Mall Dr. Cynthia Field, Architectural Historian Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution Roger K. Lewis, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland School of Architecture & Planning; Preservation, and Columnist, The Washington Post, moderated the program.
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