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
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Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990 |
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Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile By John Allen Ochsendorf; Photography by Michael Freeman Visit the exhibition page |
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Kevin Roche: Architecture As Environment By Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen Visit the exhibition page |
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Intelligent Cities Edited by Susan Piedmont-Palladino |
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Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s Edited by Robert Rydell and Laura Schiavo Visit the exhibition page |
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Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey By Irene Murray, Guido Beltramini, Charles Hind, and Calder Loth Visit the exhibition page |
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Green Community |
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Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future By Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Donald Albrecht visit the exhibition page |
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Marcel Breuer: Design and Architecture Vitra Design Museum Visit the exhibition page |
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Prairie Skyscraper: Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower |
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The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture By Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne Visit the exhibition page |
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Tools of the Imagination By Susan Piedmont-Palladino Visit the exhibition page |
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OPEN: New Designs for Public Space By Raymond Gastil and Zoe Ryan Visit the exhibition page |
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Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete Co-edited by Martin Moeller and Jean-Louis Cohen Visit the exhibition page |
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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 |
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Stories of Home and the Mobile Gallery: Photography, Architecture, Community Introduction by Chrysanthe B. Broikos, Photographs by Bill Bamberger and Greg Snyder |
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Up, Down, Across: Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks By Alisa Goetz Visit the exhibition page |
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Big & Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century Edited by David Gissen Visit the exhibition page |
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Do It Yourself: Home Improvement in 20th-Century America By Carolyn M. Goldstein Visit the exhibition page |
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Twin Towers Remembered By Camilo Jose Vergara Visit the exhibition page |
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On the Job: Design and the American Office By Donald Albrecht and Chrysanthe Broikos |
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Between Fences Edited by Gregory K. Dreicer |
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World War II and the American Dream: How Wartime Building Changed a Nation Edited by Donald Albrecht |
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Building a Landmark: A Guide to the Historic Home of the National Building Museum By Linda Brody Lyons Visit the exhibition page |
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Sheet Metal Craftsmanship: Progress in Building By David Chase and Carolyn Laray |
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Building a National Image: Architectural Drawings for the American Democracy, 1789-1912 By Bates Lowry |
Collection-Related Books
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Taliesin Diary: A Year With Frank Lloyd Wright By Priscilla J. Henkin Edited by Sara Leavitt |
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America's 5 & 10 Cent Stores: The Kress Legacy By Bernice L. Thomas |
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The Corner Store: An American Tradition, Galveston Style By Ellen Beasley |
General Museum-Related Books
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National Building Museum By Laura Schiavo, PhD. |
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Building a Landmark: A Guide to the Historic Home of the National Building Museum By Linda Brody Lyons visit the exhibition page |
