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News Releases
Elizabeth K. Meyer named 19th Laureate of Vincent Scully Prize
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
University of Virginia professor to accept during public program at the National Building Museum WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum will present the 2019 Vincent Scully Prize to Elizabeth K. Meyer, FASLA, the Merrill D. Peterson Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia School...
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Remembering César Pelli at the Museum
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
We were saddened to hear of the death of César Pelli at 92. Pelli left an indelible mark on the Museum over the years. Here is a drawing he made of our building, which hangs in one of our meeting spaces and was featured in...
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Prominent storytellers lend voices to Lawn, the 2019 Summer Block Party installation at the National Building Museum
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Bette Midler, Venus Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Norman Lear, Susan Stamberg, and other actors, chefs, and architects tell their tales of summer WASHINGTON, D.C.—Lawn, the 2019 Summer Block Party installation at the National Building Museum designed by LAB at Rockwell Group, will feature interactive elements, games,...
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The Future of Disaster Recovery
Friday, May 10, 2019
SBP, a disaster resilience and recovery nonprofit, shares its approach to disasters using private industry innovations and organizational culture WHAT A talk and book signing with SBP (formerly Saint Bernard Project), a disaster recovery organization whose mission is to shrink the time between disaster and...
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NPR’s Joshua Johnson to emcee National Building Museum gala
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
On May 29, JBG SMITH and Washington Housing Initiative will receive 2019 Honor Award WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum will present its Honor Award to JBG SMITH and Washington Housing Initiative at its annual gala on Wednesday, May 29. Joshua Johnson, host of NPR’s 1A,...
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