For Immediate Release: June 18, 2012
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The Biography of a Building
How Robert Sainsbury and Norman Foster Built a Great Museum
WHAT
Prize-winning author, professor, and architecture critic Witold Rybczynski discusses his latest book, which tells the inside story of the United Kingdom’s Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norman Foster’s first public commission. Rybczynski explores the founding of the Centre, the relationship between patron and architect and the inspiration behind Foster’s design. Rybczynski signs books after the program.
Continuing Education Credits as follows: 1.5 LU (AIA)
WHO
Witold Rybczynski, Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania
WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
(Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
WHEN
Wednesday, June 20, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
$12 Museum | $12 Student | $20 Non-member. Pre-paid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.
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