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Free Hands-on Community Day for the Whole Family WHAT The Big Build, a free drop-in, hands-on community day WHO Architects, designers, builders, artisans, contractors, plumbers, electricians, iron workers, landscape architects, woodworkers, and experts in many other fields demonstrating their expertise Joshua David Stein, author, Brick...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists to accept during public program at the National Building Museum WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum will present the 2018 Vincent Scully Prize to two Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critics: Robert Campbell, FAIA, The Boston Globe, and Inga Saffron, The Philadelphia Inquirer. A public...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Architecture students from six local universities got a firsthand look at how creative design solutions can improve their community during the National Building Museum’s 2018 Interschool Design Competition. Armed with essential drafting tools, each team had just eight hours to design a mixed-use building in Washington,...
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Iconic Washington Buildings Host Two Days of Themed Tours and Talks The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will partner with the National Building Museum to celebrate World Architecture Day with two full days of dynamic programming for all ages, Sunday, Sept. 30–Monday, Oct. 1. Two...
Read MoreA new housing stability loan for renters will be featured at the Community Day in Washington, DC on September 16 Washington, D.C.—Make Room, Inc., the national advocacy nonprofit raising awareness about the 25 million Americans struggling to pay rent, is collaborating with Citi Community Development...
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Award-winning Investigating Where We Live exhibition opens August 11 WHAT Exhibition opening for Investigating Where We Live WHO Lauren Wilson, education program manager, National Building Museum Teens in the Investigating Where We Live program WHEN Saturday, August 11, 1–3 pm Exhibition is open to the...
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WHAT Press preview for Fun House WHO Alex Mustonen, co-founder, Snarkitecture Maria Cristina Didero, curator, Fun House Daniel Arsham, co-founder, Snarkitecture Benjamin Porto, partner, Snarkitecture Chase Rynd, executive director, National Building Museum Cathy Frankel, vice president for exhibitions and collections, National Building Museum WHEN Tuesday,...
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On May 31, Madison Marquette and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington honored at annual gala WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum will present its Honor Award to Madison Marquette and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington at its annual gala on May...
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Interactive exhibition features well-known Snarkitecture projects in all-new context WASHINGTON, D.C.—This summer, the National Building Museum presents a new, interactive exhibition designed by Snarkitecture. Titled Fun House, it is the latest in the Museum’s imaginative Summer Block Party series of temporary structures inside its historic...
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New exhibition examines the three cities built from scratch as part of the quest to develop the atomic bomb WHAT Press preview for Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project WHO G. Martin Moeller, Jr., senior curator, National Building Museum WHEN Tuesday,...
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