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CityVision Program Engages Students with Real-life Development Project
January 7, 2009
On January 9, fall 2008 CityVision students will explain how their designs connect the Penn Quarter and Union Station neighborhoods, and meet the needs of people who live and work there.
Sustainable Communities
January 5, 2009
Sponsored by United Technologies, "Sustainable Communities," a year-long lecture series, expands on the themes presented in "Green Community" and examines the past, present, and future of sustainable communities.
Words, Words, Words
January 1, 2009
Paul Farmer, executive director and CEO of the American Planning Association, relects on the value of various sustainable planning initiatives.
The Lay of the Landscape
January 1, 2009
In an interview, landscape architect Len Hopper discusses his profession's inherent commitment to sustainability and growing involvement in large-scale planning efforts.
Healthy Communities, Green Communities
January 1, 2009
Howie Frumkin, a physician and epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explores the importance of planning communities that are healthy and sustainable.
Gingerbread Workshop in The WETA Guide to Christmas
December 17, 2008
WETA explores Christmas festivities and rituals around Greater Washington, offering a host of ideas about where and how to experience the spirit and atmosphere of the holiday - from local sights, incuding the National Building Museum, to popular annual performances and much more.
Think Green This Holiday Season
December 15, 2008
Great holiday shopping ideas from the National Building Museum
2008 Careers in Construction EXPO: Media Advisory
November 20, 2008
Careers in Construction EXPO 2008 is a day-long education event for middle and high school students to introduce them to jobs in the construction industry.
2008 L'Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design
November 20, 2008
Paul Goldberger revisits Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's seminal book "Learning from Las Vegas" and asks looks at whether we can still learn from Las Vegas.
Revisiting Learning from Las Vegas
November 18, 2008
Interview with Paul Goldeberger, architectural critic at the New Yorker about the 30 year anniversary of the Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's seminal book Learning from Las Vegas.
2008 Vincent Scully Prize Lecture to be held at the Embassy of Canada
November 3, 2008
Robert A.M. Stern, the tenth Scully Prize laureate, will discuss the state of design education.
For the Greener Good: A Green Apple: Media Advisory
October 16, 2008
Examining sustainability from a different angle, the National Building Museum is producing an eight-part series that will reveal the options, choices, and impact of going green around the country and the world. In this lecture, a New York developer and representatives from the Department of Transportation describe their visions of a green New York.
Greening the National Building Museum
October 16, 2008
The National Building Museum's ongoing efforts to green the facilities gallery spaces and installation practices.
Stella, Missouri and SMARTe
October 16, 2008
Interview with Bob Hart, a member of Stella’s town council, and Verle Hansen, community planner and architect in EPA’s Office of Research and Development, about Stella, Missouri's role as a beta test site for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools - electronic, known as SMARTe, web-based planning tool.
Green Community: News Release
October 15, 2008
Green Community is the first major exhibition in the United States to explore the complex process of creating and sustaining healthy communities. Beyond bamboo floors and fluorescent light bulbs, Green Community looks at how communities large and small are changing their global impact.
