Learn more about House & Home, an exhibition at the National Building Museum: http://go.nbm.org/house-home
The National Building Museum presents House & Home, a kaleidoscopic array of photographs, objects, models, and films that takes us on a tour of houses both familiar and surprising, through past and present, challenging our ideas about what it means to be at home in America. Remarkable transformations in technology, laws, and consumer culture have brought about enormous change in American domestic life. The breathtaking variety of stories about the American home will surprise, teach, and entertain.
The exhibition features "please-touch" walls made out of different materials used in residential construction over time, from adobe bricks to Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) systems. Intricate scale models present iconic residential architecture including Fallingwater and Chicago's Hancock Center. Three sets of specially commissioned films featuring contemporary and historical images round out the experience.
LEGO® buildings are amazing! Here are great videos related to the National Building Museum's LEGO® Architecture exhibition. More information at http://go.nbm.org/LEGO
Spotlight on Design is an ongoing lecture series at the National Building Museum, featuring architects and designers of distinction from around the world. Since its inception in 1997, the series has presented many of the world's premier design voices in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and design.
Past Speakers include Pritzker Prize Laureates Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, and Rem Koolhaas; American Institute of Architects' Gold Medalists Antoine Predock, Santiago Calatrava, and Frank Gehry; and the American Society of Landscape Architects' Medal recipients Richard Haag and Joseph E. Brown.
Visit the Spotlight on Design webpage: go.nbm.org/spotlight
Spotlight on Design is sponsored by Lafarge, the world leader in construction materials, with additional support from the American Institute of Architects.
In partnership with the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, the Museum holds an annual lecture program on the topic of Women of Architecture in conjunction with Women's History Month. The goal of the Women of Architecture Series is to recognize and celebrate the professional and personal accomplishments of women in the field of architecture.
Learn more about Women of Architecture: http://www.nbm.org/programs-lectures/series/women-of-architecture.html
For as long as we have lived in cities we have reflected on their form, feel, and function. From the launch of the first hot air balloon to the creation of geospatial information software, we have developed technologies that enable us to assess what we have done, what we are doing, and what we wish to do. Today, the scale and complexity of neighborhoods, towns, and cities are unprecedented, and so are our tools for understanding them. Intelligent Cities, an initiative of the National Building Museum, supported by its partners TIME and IBM and funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, explores the intersection of information technology and urban design to understand where we are, where we want to be, and how to get there.
From sustainably-designed homes and intelligently planned cities to marvels of engineering and unique architectural photography collections the built environment takes center stage at the National Building Museum.
Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the National Building Museum is private, non-profit committed to educating the public about the built environment and its impact on their lives.
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From sustainably-designed homes and intelligently planned cities to marvels of engineering and unique architectural photography collections the built environment takes center stage at the National Building Museum.
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