L'Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design

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The 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 will feature leading figures in planning, architecture, urban design, governance and other fields. The L’Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design is named for Pierre Charles L’Enfant, who created the acclaimed plan for Washington, D.C.

“Great plans, like L’Enfant’s, address real-world issues of development while also serving as aspirational visions to be achieved,” said American Planning Association President David Siegel, AICP. “The lecture series we are naming in his honor will have a similar, dual purpose: to enliven our national dialogue about urban and regional growth while challenging us to create communities of lasting value for the 21st century and beyond.”

“We are delighted to join with the American Planning Association in presenting this major annual event,” said Carolyn Schwenker Brody, chair of the Museum’s Board of Trustees. “Through its on-site and traveling exhibitions, educational programs, and web site, the Museum regularly attracts both national and international audiences to learn and think about important issues in planning, urban design, and the building arts. The annual L’Enfant Lecture is an excellent way to engage even more Americans in a conversation about the future of their own communities.”