Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey
September 23, 2010
The National Building Museum has the rare privilege of exhibiting a collection of original drawings by Andrea Palladio (1508-80), widely regarded as the western world’s most significant architect. In this interview, Calder Loth, senior architectural historian with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, traces Palladio’s influence on American architecture.

National Building Museum Names Adele Chatfield-Taylor as the Twelfth Laureate of the Vincent Scully Prize
September 15, 2010
The National Building Museum will present its twelfth Vincent Scully Prize to Adele Chatfield-Taylor, president of the American Academy in Rome, on November 8, 2010 at the National Building Museum. In announcing her selection, members of the Vincent Scully jury—jury chair David Schwarz, Deborah Berke, Ned Cramer, and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk—noted that through a variety of positions in her career, Ms. Chatfield-Taylor has consistently promoted excellence in the design world, while ensuring that the planning, architecture, and historic preservation disciplines remain connected to the public.

Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s Press Release
September 13, 2010
On October 2, 2010, the National Building Museum will open "Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s," the first-ever exhibition to consider the impact of all six American world fairs of the depression era on the popularization of modern design and the creation of a modern consumer culture.

National Building Museum Honors Engineers Without Borders-USA with 2010 Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology
August 31, 2010
The National Building Museum will award Engineers Without Borders–USA (EWB–USA) the 2010 Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology on September 21, 2010 for its inspirational work providing clean water, sustainable energy, and needed infrastructure to communities in every corner of the world. EWB-USA is a non-profit that connects developing countries around the world with student and professional engineers. The Turner Prize jury was especially impressed with EWB-USA’s innovative approach to solving the engineering problems of communities in developing countries. EWB-USA teaches engineers about global responsibility while teaching developing communities how to effectively use engineering, thus creating a mutually beneficial relationship.

Palladio and His Legacy: Media Avisory
August 10, 2010
Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey brings together 31 rare drawings by late Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio from the collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects Trust. The exhibition explores the development of Palladio’s design sensibility and his profound influence on architecture in Britain and America.

LEGO® Architecture: An Interview with the Master Architect
July 22, 2010
The exhibition LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition features 15 large-scale models of some of the most famous buildings in the world. The models were made by Adam Reed Tucker, a Chicago architect who is one of only 11 LEGO Certified Professionals in the world. In this interview with Mr. Tucker her discusses how he came to work with LEGO bricks and how he learns from his model-making activities.

Enroll in Architecture 101
July 21, 2010
The Three Movements series serves as a sort of “Architecture 101” introduction to various types of architecture. The summer 2010 Three Movements series highlights: Gothic Revival, Brutalism, and Postmodernism.

Spotlight on Design Lecture with Rojkind and UrbanLab: Media Advisory
July 15, 2010
Michel Rojkind, founding principal of the Mexico City-based Rojkind Arquitectos, seeks new forms through innovative technologies, materials, and construction methods. Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen of Chicago’s UrbanLab address issues of civic space through ecological urbanism. Both firms were selected this year as Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York for their innovative approaches to design.