For Immediate Release: August 3, 2009
Media Contact: Marketing and Communication Department
Drawing Toward Home: Media Advisory
WHAT
Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England a traveling exhibition at the National Building Museum.
Open from February 13 through August 15, 2010, Drawing Toward Home features 100 architectural drawings from the vast collections of Historic New England, spanning nearly 200 years of design inspiration for the home—from Federal to the International Style. Unattributed works and those from the hands of lesser-known architects share the stage with drawings created in the venerable offices of McKim, Mead & White; Peabody & Stearns; and Little & Browne.
The drawings featured in the exhibition range in date from the late eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. A wide scope of architectural drawing is included, from studies and preliminary sketches to highly finished presentation drawings for clients, as well as detailed plans, elevations, and sections. From Great Diamond Island, Maine, to Boston’s Beacon Street and from cottages on Cape Cod to mansions in Newport, the houses featured in Drawing Toward Home remind us that the architecture of New England is a touchstone of American architecture.
Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England is organized by Historic New England in celebration of its centennial.
CURATOR
Chrysanthe Broikos, Coordinating Curator for the National Building Museum
WHEN
February 13 – August 15, 2010
WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW (Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
First Floor Galleries
CONTACT
Marketing and Communications Department, 202.272.2448, ext. 3458
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