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For the Greener Good Passive House
April 7, 2011
What if the only heat for your home was the occupants’ body warmth? The For the Greener Good panelists discuss the growing popularity of hyper-energy efficient buildings called Passive Homes.
The Country
April 4, 2011
Full text of curator Susan Piedmont-Palladino's essay on "The Country" for Intelligent Cities.
2011 Charles H. Atherton Memorial Lecture with architect Jan Gehl
March 30, 2011
Jan Gehl, Danish architect, planner, and author, focuses on how Washington, D.C. can become a more sustainable and human-scaled city in the context of his work making cities across the United States more walkable and bikable.
Historic Preservation vs. Sustainability--Can't we have both?
March 17, 2011
For the Greener Good lecture on March 24, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the National Building Museum
Women of Architecture
March 17, 2011
National Building Museum Online spoke to Annabelle Selldorf about her background, design process, and role as a female architect in a male-dominated profession.
Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière
March 17, 2011
Learn about prominent artist Hildreth Meière in an excerpt from the exhibition catalogue Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière.
Spotlight on Design: Nieto Sobejano
March 14, 2011
The Spanish architecture firm Nieto Sobejano continues Spain’s architectural exploration of form and material in innovative ways. Founding principals Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano discuss their work, including the Madinat al Zahra Museum in Córdoba, Spain, recipient of a 2010 Aga Kahn Award for Architecture.
Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière Exhibition Opens
March 4, 2011
The National Building Museum proudly opens Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière, the first major retrospective of Hildreth Meière, a twentieth century Art Deco muralist, mosaicist, painter, and decorative artist.
The Region
March 4, 2011
Full text of curator Susan Piedmont-Palladino's essay on "The Region" for Intelligent Cities.
Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s
March 4, 2011
Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s Press Images
The Architecture of Harry Weese
March 1, 2011
Robert Bruegmann, historian and author of The Architecture of Harry Weese (Norton), and Roger Lewis, The Washington Post's "Shaping the City" columnist, explore the life of Weese, focusing on his local work that includes the Washington, D.C. Metro system and Arena Stage and his role in selecting Maya Lin’s winning design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière Press Images
February 25, 2011
Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière Press Images
General Museum Press Images
February 25, 2011
Press images for the National Building Museum
The Building Toy
February 24, 2011
Karen Hewitt, president and toy designer of Learning Materials Workshop, discusses the history of architectural toys and the significance of play in developing creativity and lifelong learning skills.
Women of Architecture: Annabelle Selldorf
February 23, 2011
Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA, founding principal of Selldorf Architects and designer of the Neue Galerie New York, will discuss her current work including 200 Eleventh Avenue, a residential tower in Manhattan’s West Chelsea neighborhood; the SIMS Municipal Recycling Facility, New York City’s principal processing facility for recyclables; as well as a museum renovation and research center at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
