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Panel Discusses Urban Design and Architecture in the Public Realm
October 5, 2012
David M. Childs, FAIA, consulting design partner at SOM and former chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, receives the American Architectural Foundation’s inaugural George M. White Award.
Taliesin Diary
October 4, 2012
The National Building Museum recently published "Taliesin Diary: A Year With Frank Lloyd Wright", the first-ever publication of a diary by a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice.
Spotlight on Design Lecture with Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
September 18, 2012
The architecture firm of Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis uses the constraints of small budgets, awkward spaces, and strict zoning to generate innovative architecture. Marc Tsurumaki, AIA, LEED® AP, one of the founding principals of the studio, shows how this “opportunistic architecture” results in compelling projects.
Interior Design Series Lecture Focuses on 18th Century Wallpaper
September 11, 2012
Author Judy Anderson discusses the original hand-painted English wallpapers that embellished the opulent interiors of the 1766-68 Jeremiah Lee Mansion.
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Notes on Detroit
September 10, 2012
On September 30, the National Building Museum opens two concurrent exhibitions on photography of Detroit: Detroit Is No Dry Bones: Photographs by Camilo José Vergara and Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore. Curator Deborah Moore Sorenson reveals the city’s turbulent story of decline and rebirth behind this unprecedented photographic journey.
Meet a Log Cabin Builder at the Big Build
September 10, 2012
Read the Museum's interview with Craig Jacobs of Salvagewrights, Ltd., the man behind the Big Build’s extremely popular log cabin display.
The National Building Museum’s Board of Trustees Elects Whayne S. Quin as Chair
September 10, 2012
On October 1, 2012, Whayne S. Quin begins his three-year term as Chair of the Board of Trustees at the National Building Museum, succeeding Michael Glosserman, who is completing his second term as Chair.
National Building Museum Names Paul Goldberger as the Fourteenth Laureate of the Vincent Scully Prize
August 29, 2012
The National Building Museum presents its fourteenth Vincent Scully Prize to Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Paul Goldberger, for his lifetime work of encouraging thoughtful discourse and debate about the importance of design.
Last week of LEGO® at the National Building Museum
August 27, 2012
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition, one of the National Building Museum’s most successful exhibitions welcoming over 259,510 visitors since July 2010, is closing this Labor Day, September 3.
Canstruction® 2012 at the National Building Museum
August 27, 2012
Twenty-two teams representing architecture and engineering firms throughout the D.C. Metro area will gather at the National Building Museum to assemble their own works of edible architecture for Canstruction®.
Steven Holl: Not a ‘Signature’ Architect (And Why That’s Good)
August 22, 2012
National Building Museum Online contributor Andrew Caruso speaks with AIA Gold Medal-winning architect Steven Holl.
Detroit Photography at the National Building Museum
August 3, 2012
In the fall of 2012, the National Building Museum presents two photography exhibitions exploring the meaning of Detroit, Michigan.
Free Sunday Concerts in the Great Hall
August 1, 2012
The National Building Museum and the Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) have teamed up to present free concerts every Sunday at 2 pm this August.
Investigating Where We Live 2012: Media Advisory
July 23, 2012
Opening reception for Teen-Produced Exhibition about Anacostia
AIDS Memorial Quilt at the National Building Museum
July 11, 2012
Blanketing the Museum’s historic Great Hall for five days this summer, this presentation of a portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be one of the largest such installations off the Mall.
