Ongoing Series Information
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Building in the 21st CenturyThe Building in the 21st Century lecture series offers free noontime lectures, eight or nine times a year, addressing sustainable design and energy-efficient building technologies and construction techniques. |
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Building ToursNational Building Museum's Building Tours offer a behind-the-scenes look at many of Washington's fascinating building projects—from bridges and embassies to museums and condominiums. |
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Charles H. Atherton Memorial LectureDedicated to providing a forum for discourse on the planning and design of Washington, D.C., the Charles H. Atherton Memorial Lecture series commemorates the life and legacy of Charles Atherton, who served for almost four decades as Secretary of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. The program examines the architectural, historical, and natural context of the city and its development to promote visionary planning and design excellence in the nation’s capital. |
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Community in the AftermathThe Alternative Housing Pilot Program (AHPP), funded by FEMA, is a grant competition to develop more useful, readily available, and culturally appropriate post-disaster housing for Hurricane Katrina-ravaged areas. Community in the Aftermath is a three-year series that will explore the AHPP's objectives and follow the progress of the grant recipients. |
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Construction Watch ToursTour the area's newest buildings—before they are completed! |
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D.C. BuildsThe National Building Museum celebrates its connection to Washington through the D.C. Builds lecture series, which tackles explores current architectural, planning, and public policy issues affecting the District of Columbia and its surrounding metropolitan region. |
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Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's CapitalThe National Building Museum proudly partners with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital to show films related to both the natural and built environment. |
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For the Greener GoodA public series that affirms the National Building Museum’s commitment to environmental sustainability. It calls on experts from diverse backgrounds to investigate links between environmental sustainability and design, public health, energy policy, bioscience, infrastructure, education, and even popular culture. |
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L'Enfant Lecture on City Planning and DesignThe National Building Museum and the American Planning Association (APA) established the annual L'Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design to draw attention to critical issues in city and regional planning in the United States. The lecture features leading figures in planning, architecture, urban design, governance, and other fields. The lecture series is named for Pierre Charles L’Enfant, who created the acclaimed plan for Washington, D.C. |
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Smart GrowthThe Smart Growth speaker series, a free, noontime program, is presented in association with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Smart Growth Network. The goal of the series is to promote dialogue and research on sustainable development strategies that preserve community character and protect the environment. |
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Spotlight on DesignSpotlight on Design is an ongoing lecture series featuring architects and designers of distinction from around the world. Since its inception in 1997, the series has presented many of the world's premier design voices in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and design. |
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Things to Come: the City Imagined on FilmThe National Building Museum is proud to partner with the American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Theatre and Cultural Center to present a film series associated with the Museum’s exhibition Unbuilt Washington. The City Imagined screens ten films that feature striking alternative visions of urban life.
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Three Movements in ArchitectureEvery summer the National Building Museum hosts a series of lectures dedicated to significant movements in architectural history. The series offers the general public, students, and professionals an opportunity to learn more about these important historical movements by understanding the cultural, social, and technological contexts of that period. |
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Women of ArchitectureIn partnership with the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, the Museum holds an annual lecture program on the topic of Women of Architecture in conjunction with Women’s History Month. The goal of the Women of Architecture Series is to recognize and celebrate the professional and personal accomplishments of women in the field of architecture. |
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