Reinventing the Globe Exhibition: News Release
December 15, 2006
If “all the world’s a stage,” as William Shakespeare put it in As You Like It, then it had better be well designed. The National Building Museum’s newest exhibition, Reinventing the Globe: A Shakespearean Theater for the 21st Century, traces the longstanding fascination with the Globe theater, in which many of Shakespeare’s plays premiered, and the numerous efforts to evoke the spirit of that structure in subsequent theater designs. The show culminates with a series of hypothetical Shakespearean theaters for the 21st century, which suggest innovative strategies for bringing the playwright’s work to modern audiences.

2006 Turner Prize: News Release
November 20, 2006
The National Building Museum announces Dr. Paul Teicholz as the fifth recipient of the Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology. The Prize is being awarded to Teicholz for carrying the architecture, construction, and engineering fields into the information age through his development and integration of information technology into the building and design industries. For more than 40 years, Teicholz has worked in the academic and engineering industries, bridging cutting-edge research and real-life needs to create industry-wide improvements in project management, modeling, and business processes.

2007 Scully Prize Rybczynski: News Release
September 11, 2006
The National Building Museum's eighth Vincent Scully Prize will be presented on January 17, 2007 to Witold Rybczynski. The award recognizes Rybczynski's contributions as a scholar, author, professor, and architect to the fields of architecture and urban planning.

All That Glitters Isn't Green
September 1, 2006
Dr. Martin and Mr. Foss of PATH Partners share their insights on evolution and future of the green building movement.

A Green Fall: News Release
August 10, 2006
In response to the growing appetite for green living, the National Building Museum is expanding its menu of green offerings with practical “how-to” sessions for homeowners, architects, interior designers, and planners, and fun introductions to green principles for young people. This fall, the Museum is building on the current exhibition The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design and its comprehensive website with a wide selection of green programming. General interest and technical lectures; family activities and festivals; a one-day home renovation expo called Greenovation; and more will promote “going green” and help satisfy the growing demand for information on how to make environmentally-conscious lifestyle and design choices.

Bridge Basics: News Release
July 13, 2006
For the first time in its history, the National Building Museum is making available one of its highly-acclaimed, award-winning education programs as a comprehensive curriculum for nationwide classroom use. Developed by the Museum in partnership with the Construction Industry Round Table, the innovative, multi media Bridge Basics Program Kit introduces students to the fields of design, engineering, and construction through bridges. With lesson plans, a computer interactive, and hands-on activities, the curriculum teaches the fundamentals of structural engineering while fostering critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills required for life.

The Pope-Leighey House
June 1, 2006
Loren Pope recounts the story of how Frank Lloyd Wright came to design his famous home in Virignia and the details of its design and construction.