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Intelligent Cities Forum
May 9, 2011
On June 6, 2011, the National Building Museum convenes a one-day forum with experts from across the country to explore the evolving, deep-rooted connections between technology and ever expanding cities.
National Building Museum Presents 25th Annual Honor Award
May 9, 2011
On May 17, 2011, a special 25th anniversary celebration of the National Building Museum’s Honor Award is planned to reexamine the vast contributions made by its esteemed honorees and consider the potential future of the built environment.
D.C. Builds: Build It and They Will Ride
May 3, 2011
Panel discussion: Washington, D.C., has increased the number of bicyclists traveling for transportation by adding bike lanes and bike share stations throughout the city, but how should the District expand biking infrastructure in the future?
Intelligent Cities Forum
April 22, 2011
The National Building Museum convenes a one-day forum with experts from across the country exploring how data can improve the way our cities look, feel, and function.
What Do IBM, The Rockefeller Family, Major League Baseball, and the U.S. Department of Energy Have in Common?
April 20, 2011
Since 1986, the National Building Museum has presented its Honor Award to leaders who shaped America’s heritage, defined its culture, developed its communities, and crafted its built environment. Individually, they advanced the building arts and sciences. Collectively, their legacy is profound. On May 17, 2011, a special 25th anniversary celebration of the National Building Museum’s Honor Award is planned to reexamine the vast contributions made by its esteemed honorees and consider the potential future of the built environment.
Spotlight on Design Lecture: Andrea Cochran
April 15, 2011
The founding principal of California-based Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, Andrea Cochran, FASLA, discusses her firm's recent residential and large-scale work
Hildreth Meière's Washington Frieze
April 15, 2011
Art Deco muralist Hildreth Meière designed an eighty-one-foot-long frieze depicting ten scenes illustrating public health and welfare benefits available to Washington residents in 1940.
For the Greener Good Passive House
April 7, 2011
What if the only heat for your home was the occupants’ body warmth? The For the Greener Good panelists discuss the growing popularity of hyper-energy efficient buildings called Passive Homes.
2011 Charles H. Atherton Memorial Lecture with architect Jan Gehl
March 30, 2011
Jan Gehl, Danish architect, planner, and author, focuses on how Washington, D.C. can become a more sustainable and human-scaled city in the context of his work making cities across the United States more walkable and bikable.
Historic Preservation vs. Sustainability--Can't we have both?
March 17, 2011
For the Greener Good lecture on March 24, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the National Building Museum
Women of Architecture
March 17, 2011
National Building Museum Online spoke to Annabelle Selldorf about her background, design process, and role as a female architect in a male-dominated profession.
Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière
March 17, 2011
Learn about prominent artist Hildreth Meière in an excerpt from the exhibition catalogue Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière.
Spotlight on Design: Nieto Sobejano
March 14, 2011
The Spanish architecture firm Nieto Sobejano continues Spain’s architectural exploration of form and material in innovative ways. Founding principals Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano discuss their work, including the Madinat al Zahra Museum in Córdoba, Spain, recipient of a 2010 Aga Kahn Award for Architecture.
Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière Exhibition Opens
March 4, 2011
The National Building Museum proudly opens Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière, the first major retrospective of Hildreth Meière, a twentieth century Art Deco muralist, mosaicist, painter, and decorative artist.
The Architecture of Harry Weese
March 1, 2011
Robert Bruegmann, historian and author of The Architecture of Harry Weese (Norton), and Roger Lewis, The Washington Post's "Shaping the City" columnist, explore the life of Weese, focusing on his local work that includes the Washington, D.C. Metro system and Arena Stage and his role in selecting Maya Lin’s winning design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
