The Glass Box

Architecture 101

July 23, 2011   1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Three Movements in Architecture is a three part lecture series exploring significant periods in architectural history—Gothic Revival (lecture on July 9), Frank Lloyd Wright: Prairie School (lecture on July 16), and The Glass Box.

Long used pejoratively, the term “glass box” described the cold, abstract, often lifeless curtain-wall structures common in the corporate world of the 1950s and 1960s. Many of these buildings were also environmentally disastrous, requiring vast amounts of energy for heating and cooling. Today, with advances in material technology, glass is often a smart choice from an environmental standpoint and architects are returning to the use of glass curtain walls in imaginative and varied ways. G. Martin Moeller, Jr., National Building Museum senior vice president and curator, looks at the resurgence of this building type and reveals an emerging “cool” factor.

1225 Connecticut Avenue

Photograph by Paul Warchol

Continuing Education Credits: 1.5 LU HSW (AIA)

Members: $12.00
Students: $12.00
Public: $20.00

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Special Instructions: Special pricing for all three lectures in the series: $30 Member | $30 Student | $50 Non-member Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.