For Immediate Release: November 21, 2007
Media Contact: Marketing and Communication Department
2007 Scully Award Moe: Media Advisory
Richard Moe to Receive National Building Museum’s Ninth Vincent Scully Prize
“The Scully Prize is thus, in the larger order of things, infinitely more important than…other prominent design awards precisely [because] it is not primarily about our individual work, but how we and our work makes us feel more at home in our communal settings, our built culture, the house as the city, and vice versa.” - Jacquelin T. Robertson, Cooper, Robertson & Partners
What
The Vincent Scully Prize and endowment was established by the National Building Museum in 1999 to recognize exemplary practice, scholarship, or criticism in architecture, historic preservation, and urban design. The National Building Museum will present its Ninth Vincent Scully Prize to Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 6:30 pm at the National Building Museum. The award recognizes Moe’s leadership in moving historic preservation into the mainstream of American life and expanding the public’s understanding of the importance of protecting and celebrating our heritage. Carolyn Brody, Paul Goldberger, and William Hart will provide opening remarks. After the prize ceremony, Mr. Moe will give a presentation on how preservation is making a difference in the economic vitality and livability of communities by supporting smart growth and sustainability.
Who
Richard Moe, Recipient of the Ninth Vincent Scully Prize Carolyn Brody, Immediate Past Chair, National Building Museum and Chair of the Capital Campaign, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker William Hart, Chairman Emeritus, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Chase W. Rynd, President and Executive Director, National Building Museum
David M. Schwarz, David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services Inc. and Chair of Vincent Scully Prize Jury
Where
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW Washington, DC 20001 (Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
When
Thursday, December 13, 2007 / 6:30 – 8:00 pm Prize Ceremony & Lecture
Tickets
$12 Museum and National Trust for Historic Preservation members and Students; $20 Nonmembers. Prepaid registration required.
To register please visit www.www.nbm.org or call 202.272.2448.
Contacts
Marketing and Communications Department, 202.272.2448, ext. 3458
Virgil McDill, virgil_mcdill@nthp.org, 202.588.6218
Background
The National Building Museum, created by an act of Congress in 1980, is a private, nonprofit institution that examines and interprets achievements in building through exhibitions, education programs, and publications. Public inquiries: 202.272.2448 or visit www.www.nbm.org.
The Vincent Scully Prize was instituted in honor of Vincent Scully, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of the history of art at Yale University and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Miami. For more than four decades his teaching and scholarship have profoundly influenced prominent architects and urban planners. The jury for the Prize is comprised of Chairman David Schwarz; Carolyn Brody; Robert Peck; Samina Quraeshi; and Deborah Berke. Past recipients of the Scully prize include Vincent Scully, Jane Jacobs, Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, His Highness The Aga Khan, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Phyllis Lambert, and Witold Rybczynski.
The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution dedicated to advancing the quality of the built environment by educating people about its impact on their lives. Through its exhibitions, educational programs, online content, and publications, the Museum has become a vital forum for the exchange of ideas and information about the world we build for ourselves. Public inquiries: 202.272.2448 or visit www.nbm.org. Connect with us on Twitter: @BuildingMuseum and Facebook.
