Capital Council for the Built Environment

The highest membership level of the Capital Society, the exclusive Capital Council for the Built Environment, serves as a forum for strategic, interdisciplinary leadership. The Capital Council comprises exceptional leaders who determine and influence the quality of our built world, not only here in the Washington, D.C. region, but also nationally and internationally.

Members are convened at least three times each year to discuss topics related to industry trends and issues. Though our meetings are informational, they also include dialogue, networking, and opportunities for our most valued donors to meet one another. In this fashion, design, planning, construction, and engineering practitioners join with those in real estate, finance, policy, and media to debate how best to produce a safe, healthy, and vibrant built environment.

2013 Capital Council Meetings
 

The New Downtown is Almost Here: A Conversation about CityCenterDC
Downtown D.C. has changed remarkably in the past 15 years, but its growth and evolution is not yet complete. On January 16, Howard Riker, Hines, offered an insider’s update and tour of CityCenterDC's sales gallery, including up-to-the-minute details on the project's construction, retail and office tenants, and new amenities. Downtown D.C. BID executive director Richard Bradley then provided a larger contextual framework through a discussion on CityCenterDC’s transformative impact of Downtown Washington.

What's Next for Green Schools?
On April 30, National Building Museum curators conducted a tour of our Green Schools exhibition, after which representatives from Perkins+Will led a tour of the sustainable modular classroom, Sprout Space™, featured on the Museum’s west lawn. A facilitated roundtable discussion over lunch in the Pension Commissioner’s Suite focusing on lessons learned and next steps for green schools, and featuring McGraw-Hill Construction's Smart Market Report, New and Retrofit Green Schools, followed the tours.

Capital Council members*:

For more information, email capitalsociety@nbm.org or call 202.272.2448.

*Updated April 1, 2013