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Audio Library
Spotlight on Design: Brenda Levin
Spotlight on Design
May 7, 2007
Founding principal of the architecture firm Levin & Associates, Brenda Levin, FAIA, discusses her firm’s role as an active problem-solver in this complex urban center and demonstrate the important role of preserving the built past. Sponsored by Lafarge.
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The Solaire and Beyond
Building in the 21st Century
May 1, 2007
Rafael Pelli, partner of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, will discuss the Solaire project and his upcoming projects. Solaire residential tower in New York City’s Battery Park, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, was chosen as an AIA Top Ten Green Project for 2004. The same team is designing two other Battery Park buildings—the Verdesian and the Visionaire—using lessons learned from the Solaire project to further the state of the art of sustainable high-rise residential design.
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
Framing a Capital City
April 11, 2007
Welcoming remarks to the Framing a Capital City symposium by Earl A. Powell III, John V. Cogbill, III, and Robert Ivy. Organized collaboratively by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the National Building Museum, this symposium provides an opportunity for scholars, designers, policy makers, and citizens to consider how the nation’s capital will evolve in its dual role as a showcase for the nation and a livable city.
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Democratic Space
Framing a Capital City
April 11, 2007
The third panel in the Framing a Capital City symposium, panelists Lucy Barber, Larry Beasley, and Joe Brown discuss the qualities and use of public space in Washington that have long served as a backdrop for the expression of our democratic values while accommodating local needs.
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Sustaining the City: Urban Ecology
Framing a Capital City
April 11, 2007
Speaker Timothy Beatley discusses sustaining the city and urban ecology.
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Idea to Reality: Building a Capital City
Framing a Capital City
April 11, 2007
A panel made up of Maurice Cox, Alex Krieger, and Dan Tangherlini discuss the process of planning and building a capital city.
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Commemoration and Symbolic Narrative
Framing a Capital City
April 11, 2007
A panel made up of Judy Scott Feldman, Lawrence J. Vale, and Michael Z. Wise discuss commemoration and symbolic narrative.
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Sustaining the City: Urban Ecology
Framing a Capital City
April 11, 2007
Speaker Timothy Beatley discusses sustaining the city and urban ecology.
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