National Building Museum
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Architecture & Design Film Festival Coming to DC in 2018
I hope everyone had a good Christmas and is having a wonderful holiday season. I am happy to write about this gift coming next year read more >
December 26, 2017
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Event: Considering Modernist Landscapes – May 15
Springtime has finally hit DC. The cherry blossoms have come and gone and now the azaleas are in full swing. It is a good time read more >
April 19, 2017
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Event: A Portrait of Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier was designing super-efficient housing seen in today’s trend of micro-apartments, but 60 years ago. This is Unite d’Habitation in Nantes-Reze. Photo by Anthony read more >
December 15, 2014
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Wright Weekend at the National Building Museum
If you are looking for architecture-related activities to do before traveling for Thanksgiving, take a look at the schedule for the National Building Museum’s Wright read more >
November 14, 2012
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Preserving DC’s MCM Architecture
Interested in what is happening in efforts to preserve Washignton’s mid-century modern architecture? If you are, pick up tickets for an Oct. 4 read more >
September 18, 2012
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Architecture Golf, Kevin Roche at Building Museum
Looking for a place to beat the heat? Head to the National Building Museum for some architectural mini-golf and an exhibit on the work of Kevin read more >
July 4, 2012
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America’s World’s Fairs: Introducing Modernism to the Masses
U.S. Government Building, Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago 1933-34. Photo by Kauffman & Fabry, Co. Collection of Jim Sweeney.
As the nation was gripped with the read more >
September 29, 2010
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National Building Museum Event to Explore ‘Hated’ Brutalism
I.M. Pei's 1967 library in Columbus, Indiana, is a brick, boxy structure with exposed concrete ceiling.
Brutalism. Do you love it or hate it? Derived from read more >June 23, 2010