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Audio Library
Snohetta
Spotlight on Design
July 19, 2012
Vanessa Kassabian, director of design at the Oslo- and New York-based architecture firm Snøhetta, presented some of the firm's recent work, which includes the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York, expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Norwegian Wild Reindeer Center Pavilion.
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Nearing Naples
July 16, 2012
In anticipation of the Sixth World Urban Forum (WUF 6) in Naples, Italy in September 2012, the National Building Museum hosts a series of dialogues chaired and organized by a network of cross-sector U.S. urban policy stakeholders. This session is titled "Productive Cities: Competitive and Innovative Cities."
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Victorian
Architecture 101
July 14, 2012
Richard Guy Wilson presents the characteristics of the style or, more accurately, multiple styles, which coincided with the reign of England’s Queen Victoria.
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Creating Space for Artists - Part 2, Maggie Michael
D.C. Builds
June 25, 2012
Washington, D.C., is one of the nation’s premier cities for arts and culture with a variety of venues and a robust professional class dedicated to the visual arts. However, few working artists are able to afford housing and studio space in the city, which deprives D.C. of a valuable spark for creativity and economic development. A panel of experts discusses the role of planners, architects, and policy makers to create live/work space for artists.
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Creating Space for Artists - Part 4, Travis Bowerman
D.C. Builds
June 25, 2012
Washington, D.C., is one of the nation’s premier cities for arts and culture with a variety of venues and a robust professional class dedicated to the visual arts. However, few working artists are able to afford housing and studio space in the city, which deprives D.C. of a valuable spark for creativity and economic development. A panel of experts discusses the role of planners, architects, and policy makers to create live/work space for artists.
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Creating Space for Artists - Part 3, Kimberly Driggins
D.C. Builds
June 25, 2012
Washington, D.C., is one of the nation’s premier cities for arts and culture with a variety of venues and a robust professional class dedicated to the visual arts. However, few working artists are able to afford housing and studio space in the city, which deprives D.C. of a valuable spark for creativity and economic development. A panel of experts discusses the role of planners, architects, and policy makers to create live/work space for artists.
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Creating Space for Artists - Part 1, Introduction
D.C. Builds
June 25, 2012
Washington, D.C., is one of the nation’s premier cities for arts and culture with a variety of venues and a robust professional class dedicated to the visual arts. However, few working artists are able to afford housing and studio space in the city, which deprives D.C. of a valuable spark for creativity and economic development. A panel of experts discusses the role of planners, architects, and policy makers to create live/work space for artists.
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Creating Space for Artists - Part 5, Jim Abdo
D.C. Builds
June 25, 2012
Washington, D.C., is one of the nation’s premier cities for arts and culture with a variety of venues and a robust professional class dedicated to the visual arts. However, few working artists are able to afford housing and studio space in the city, which deprives D.C. of a valuable spark for creativity and economic development. A panel of experts discusses the role of planners, architects, and policy makers to create live/work space for artists.
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The Biography of a Building: How Robert Sainsbury and Norman Foster Built a Great Museum
June 20, 2012
Witold Rybczynski discussed the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norman Foster’s first public commission.
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The Suburban Office: Understanding the Past to Redesign the Future
Smart Growth
June 19, 2012
Louise Mozingo, author of Pastoral Capitalism: A History of Suburban Corporate Landscapes, presents a history of an overlooked archetype of sprawl, the suburban office, and discusses ideas for and challenges of redesigning work-places for a post peak oil metropolis.
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