National Building Museum Online (NBM Online): Please tell our readers a little about the history of Sharon Davis Design. Give us a snapshot of what the culture of your practice is like. How does it differ from other firms? Sharon Davis (SD): I founded Sharon...

The National Building Museum opened an exhibition titled The Architectural Image, 1920–1950: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings from a Private Collection. The person behind the collection was David M. Schwarz, founder of the Washington, D.C.-based firm David M. Schwarz Architects, which has a large portfolio of...

What exactly is a maze? What have mazes been used for throughout history? How have mazes been used in pop culture? Is a labyrinth the same thing as a maze? Though the words are often used interchangeably, the answer is no. A labyrinth has winding,...

By Martin Moeller, Senior Curator Tod Williams, FAIA, and Billie Tsien, FAIA, are the founders of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, which received the AIA Architecture Firm Award in 2013. Williams and Tsien spoke at the National Building Museum as part of the Spotlight on Design...

The Designing for Disaster exhibition investigates how we can build communities that are safer and more disaster resilient, through stories, video, objects, and interactive tools from around the nation. National Building Museum Online sat down with Museum curator Chrysanthe Broikos and her team, Christine Canabou...