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Robert Lautman Memorial Service
November 19, 2009
Details on the December 4, 2009 memorial service for architectural photographer Robert Lautman.
Christopher Alexander: 2009 Vincent Scully Prize recipient
November 13, 2009
An interview with Michael Mehaffy about Christopher Alexander, 2009 Vincent Scully Prize recipient, and his impact on the profession.
My Experience in the Design Apprenticeship Program
November 13, 2009
An interview with Zachary Jones, Design Apprenticeship Program participant about his experiences in the program and his interest in design.
Picturing the Nation
November 11, 2009
A brief history of stereoscopic photography as a tool for promoting tourism in late nineteenth-century America
Remembering our Veterans at the National Building Museum
October 22, 2009
The National Building Museum invites you to join us on Sunday, November 8 to honor veterans past and present. Bring the family, a blanket, and picnic (food can be purchased in the café) in the Museum’s Great Hall, while listening to a free, noon-time performance by the United States Navy Band Cruisers.
2009 Scully Prize Alexander: Media Advisory
October 21, 2009
Christopher Alexander named eleventh Vincent Scully Prize Laureate.
Spotlight on Design: Léon Krier
October 20, 2009
Léon Krier will discuss his work, including the Krier House and Tower in Seaside, Florida and the town of Poundbury in England, which he designed for the Prince of Wales.
House of Cars
October 15, 2009
The National Building Museum’s new exhibition, House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage, explores the integration of parking into our cities and towns over the past century and invites us to look more closely at parking issues as we plan our future communities.
Urban Portraiture
October 15, 2009
Camilo José Vergara, one of the nation’s foremost urban documentarians, has been photographing the landscape of urban poverty for nearly 40 years. In this article, Chrysanthe B. Broikos, curator of the National Building Museum’s exhibition Storefront Churches: Photographs by Camilo José Vergara on display through November 29, examines the elements of portraiture in Vergara’s photographs of Christian houses of worship in the inner city.
National Building Museum Online Evolves
October 15, 2009
Over the next few months, we will be making some changes to National Building Museum Online, gradually incorporating some of the material that previously appeared only in Blueprints.
Green Community, a ground-breaking new book, published by the National Building Museum and the American Planning Association
October 13, 2009
The book and its essays focus on the interconnectivity of density and transportation, conservation and preservation, energy and resources, and local health and global health. The contributors represent a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives, resulting in a multi-disciplinary collection of essays which examine the people and places of sustainable communities.
2009 Festival of the Building Arts
September 29, 2009
At the National Building Museum's annual Festival of the Building Arts the Museum presents the ABC's and D's of our built environment: Artisans and Architects, Builders, Contractors and Craftspeople, and Designers and Decorators. Visitors of all ages can join in the fun!
The Places We Live
September 15, 2009
In a multimedia installation, visitors are admitted into the homes of 20 different families in four slums from around the world: Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya; Dharavi in Mumbai India; several barrios within Caracas, Venezuela; and the kampongs of Jakarta, Indonesia and are compelled to consider what it means to live in a city in the 21st century.
Greenovation
September 15, 2009
An Interview with Bill Sisson, Director of Sustainability at United Technologies Corporation
Create Your Own Behind-the-Scenes Look at Green Public Spaces
September 8, 2009
We’re calling on architects, planners, landscape architects, students, and the general public to grab a video camera, or even their cell phone, and document great green places in their communities. Films should be no longer than six minutes and should investigate what works as the local neighborhood’s “Great Green Place.”
