Catalogues & Books

The National Building Museum has had a hand in numerous publications that provide additional information about our exhibitions, collections, and historic home. The following is a list of some of the catalogues and books related to the Museum.

Exhibition Catalogues

		Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future by Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Donald Albrecht view the exhibition page
		Marcel Breuer: Design and Architecture Vitra Design Museum view the exhibition page
		OPEN: New Designs for Public Space by Raymond Gastil and Zoe Ryan view the exhibition page
		Big & Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century Edited by David Gissen visit the exhibition page
		Prairie Skyscraper: Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower By Anthony Alofsin (Editor), Joseph M. Siry, Hilary Ballon, Pat Kirkham, Scott W. Perkins visit the exhibition page
		Up, Down, Across: Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks By Alisa Goetz visit the exhibition page
		The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture By Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne visit the exhibition page
		Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset Contributors: Adrienne Schmitz (Urban Land Institute, DC), Suzanne Corcoran (Corcoran Jennison Associates, Alexandria, VA), Isabelle Gournay (UMD, College Park, MD), Matthew Kuhnert (NBM, DC), Michael Pyatok (Pyatok Architects, Oakland, CA), Nicolas Retsinas (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), Jason Scully (ULI, DC) visit the exhibition page
		Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete Co-edited by Martin Moeller and Jean-Louis Cohen
		Twin Towers Remembered By Camilo Jose Vergara visit the exhibition page
		Do It Yourself: Home Improvement in 20th-Century America By Carolyn M. Goldstein visit the exhibition page
		Building a Landmark: A Guide to the Historic Home of the National Building Museum By Linda Brody Lyons visit the exhibition page
		Tools of the Imagination By Susan Piedmont-Palladino visit the exhibition page
		On the Job: Design and the American Office By Donald Albrecht and Chrysanthe Broikos
		Between Fences Edited by Gregory K. Dreicer
		Stories of Home and the Mobile Gallery: Photography, Architecture, Community Introduction by Chrysanthe B. Broikos, Photographs by Bill Bamberger and Greg Snyder
		World War II and the American Dream: How Wartime Building Changed a Nation Edited by Donald Albrecht

Collection-Related Books

		America's 5 & 10 Cent Stores: The Kress Legacy By Bernice L. Thomas
		The Corner Store: An American Tradition, Galveston Style By Ellen Beasley

General Museum-Related Books

		National Building Museum By Laura Schiavo, PhD.
		Building a National Image: Architectural Drawings for the American Democracy, 1789-1912 By Bates Lowry
		Sheet Metal Craftsmanship: Progress in Building By David Chase and Carolyn Laray