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Last week of LEGO® at the National Building Museum
August 27, 2012
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition, one of the National Building Museum’s most successful exhibitions welcoming over 259,510 visitors since July 2010, is closing this Labor Day, September 3.
Canstruction® 2012 at the National Building Museum
August 27, 2012
Twenty-two teams representing architecture and engineering firms throughout the D.C. Metro area will gather at the National Building Museum to assemble their own works of edible architecture for Canstruction®.
Steven Holl: Not a ‘Signature’ Architect (And Why That’s Good)
August 22, 2012
National Building Museum Online contributor Andrew Caruso speaks with AIA Gold Medal-winning architect Steven Holl.
Detroit Photography at the National Building Museum
August 3, 2012
In the fall of 2012, the National Building Museum presents two photography exhibitions exploring the meaning of Detroit, Michigan.
Free Sunday Concerts in the Great Hall
August 1, 2012
The National Building Museum and the Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) have teamed up to present free concerts every Sunday at 2 pm this August.
Investigating Where We Live 2012: Media Advisory
July 23, 2012
Opening reception for Teen-Produced Exhibition about Anacostia
AIDS Memorial Quilt at the National Building Museum
July 11, 2012
Blanketing the Museum’s historic Great Hall for five days this summer, this presentation of a portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be one of the largest such installations off the Mall.
Learn about Architecture in Three Saturdays in July
July 10, 2012
Architecture 101 explores significant periods in architectural history, serving as a refresher course for the professional or student or providing the novice with a chance to learn more about the world of architecture.
The Biography of a Building
June 18, 2012
Prize-winning author, professor, and architecture critic Witold Rybczynski discusses his latest book, which tells the inside story of the United Kingdom’s Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norman Foster’s first public commission.
D.C. Builds: Creating Space for Artists
June 18, 2012
A panel of experts discusses the role of planners, architects, and policy makers to create live/work spaces for artists.
Mini-Golf News Release
June 7, 2012
Play an Architecture-Themed Mini-Golf Course Inside the National Building Museum from July 4 through Labor Day.
Kevin Roche in His Own Words
June 6, 2012
Kevin Roche reflects on various projects he completed for Eero Saarinen and Associates in the early 1960s.
Hancock²
May 31, 2012
For a limited time, you can see two large-scale models of Chicago’s famous John Hancock Center at the National Building Museum.
Rising from Tragedy: A Conversation with Calatrava, Childs, and Libeskind
May 29, 2012
National Building Museum Online contributor Andrew Caruso speaks with three architects about the rebirth of the former World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan.
National Mall Competition
May 25, 2012
Hear representatives from the winning teams in the Trust for the National Mall-sponsored National Mall Design Competition share their ideas and images.
