For Immediate Release: January 6, 2012
Media Contact: Marketing and Communication Department
Edward Durell Stone: A Son’s Untold Story of a Legendary Architect
Lecture and book-signing presented by the National Building Museum
WHAT
Edward Durell Stone is the architect of Radio City Music Hall, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Kennedy Center and was an early proponent of modern architecture in the United States. Hicks Stone, Edward Durell Stone’s youngest son and author of his biography, will lecture on the breadth of his father’s life and career.
Following the lecture, Mr. Stone will sign copies of Edward Durell Stone: A Son’s Untold Story of a Legendary Architect (Rizzoli). Edward Durell Stone’s work on the Kennedy Center appears in the exhibition Unbuilt Washington, which will be open for viewing prior to the lecture.
Continuing education credits are available as follows: 1.5 LU HSW (AIA)
WHO
Hicks Stone, author of Edward Durell Stone: A Son’s Untold Story of a Legendary Architect
WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
(Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
$12 Member | $12 Student | $20 Non-member.
Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.
WHEN
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
6:30 – 8:00 pm
SHOP
The Museum's award-winning Shop is open for one hour prior to the start of the program and afterwards for the book-signing.
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