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Green Garages: Oxymoron or Objective?
March 17, 2010
Sarah Leavitt, the curator of House of Cars, and Susan Piedmont-Palladino, curator of the recent exhibition Green Community, which surveyed outstanding examples of sustainable urban design, planning, and infrastructure, assess the past and present roles of parking garages in cities and their potential to contribute to more sustainable urbanism in the future.
The Parking Garage as Muse
March 17, 2010
Interview with artist Mark Shetabi whose sculpture Endless Column (2007), which evokes the spiral parking ramps at the base of the Marina City towers in Chicago, appears in the exhibition House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage. In the interview, Shetabi talks about his fascination with parking garages and their influence on his art.
Civic Innovator: New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village
March 17, 2010
New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village is being honored for its role as a civic innovator along with design firm Perkins+Will and the Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. In this interview, one of the Village's founders Jim Pate discusses the vision for the Village and its future.
Enigmatic Landscapes: Parking Garages in the Photography of Carsten Meier
March 16, 2010
Carsten Meier’s often haunting photographs of parking garages—including Columbus, Ohio (2002), which appears in the National Building Museum exhibition House of Cars—are marked by a curious absence of people, and an even more curious absence of cars. In this interview, Meier discusses his use of parking garages as a means of depicting the “ambivalent relationship” between humans and their environment.
2010 National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day and Opening Ceremony
March 5, 2010
To celebrate the 2010 cherry blossom season the National Building Museum has partnered with the National Cherry Blossom Festival to present a day full of fun family activities to celerate the beginning of Spring.
For the Greener Good: Greening the Supply Chain Media Advisory
March 4, 2010
The third program in the Spring 2010 For the Greener Good lecture series will explore what "green" means in the building supply chain, while discussing how to tell which building materials meet "green" standards.
For the Greener Good: A Green Building is a Healthier One Media Advisory
February 18, 2010
The second program in the Spring 2010 For the Greener Good lecture series will explore the potential health and cost benefits of building green.
Drawing Toward Home
February 16, 2010
Exhibition preview of "Drawing Toward Home," 100 drawings of domestic buildings in Historic New England’s collection
Interview with DesignSquad's Nate Ball
February 16, 2010
DesignSquad's Nate Ball Nate talks about engineering, his favorite part of the design process, and what new activities he has planned for this year's Discover Engineering Family Day.
The Scene of the Crime: Parking Garages in the Movies
February 16, 2010
In this article, curatorial associate Deborah Sorensen, who collaborated on the Museum's exhibition House of Cars, discusses how parking garage locations have been put to use in crime films.
The Making of A Girl is a Fellow Here
February 16, 2010
An interview with architect Beverly Willis who wrote and directed the short documentary "A Girl is a Fellow Here": 100 Women Architects in the Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright. In the interview, Wright discuss the inspriation behind the film and how it was made.
Civic Innovator Perkins+Will: An Interview with President and CEO Phil Harrison
February 16, 2010
The National Building Museum's 2010 Honor Award salutes civic innovators. One of the honorees, Perkins+Will is an architecture firm renowned for their socially-conscious designs. National Building Museum online interviewed Perkins+Will President and CEO Phil Harrison about the firm's legacy and what it means to receive the Museum's most prestigious award.
Discover Engineering Family Day Media Advisory
February 11, 2010
The 2010 Discover Engineering Family Day will take place at the National Building Museum on Saturday, February 20. This fun-filled family festival celebrates the wonders of engineering and is part of E-Week.
2010 Honor Award Honors Civic Innovators
February 3, 2010
National Building Museum announces its honorees for the 2010 Honor Award: Perkins+Will, the founders of New Orleans Musician's Habitat Village—Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis, Ann Marie Wilkins, and Jim Pate; and the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
Women of Architecture: Toshiko Mori - Media Advisory
February 1, 2010
Toshiko Mori, FAIA, founder and principal of Toshiko Mori Architect, will present "Role Models and Paradigm Shifts: Frank, Paul, Marcel and Me," a discussion of her work, including the creation of the Visitors Center at the Darwin D. Martin House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s residential complex in Buffalo, N.Y.
