Topic: National Building Museum

Could We Get the System For Free?

Just one of the many exciting diagrams in this exciting study! . . Finally, finally the Office of Planning has released the full results of their...

This Week

The week in vaguely real estate-related news. Holler if I missed something: ldepillis@washingtoncitypaper. com. . Monday. . 11:15 a.m. - Council...

AIA|DC Announces Architecture Week 2011

Architecture Week (September 9 -23, 2011) brings the building profession and the public together to celebrate and explore architecture and design...

How Washington, D.C. Might Have Been

Washington, D.C., is full of iconic images—President Lincoln sitting on his marble throne, the pointed tip of the Washington Monument, the dome...
Last Friday night TNT aired Christmas in Washington, and I was tuned in to see Maxwell in a rare television performance as he sang to President...

Books on eco-friendly, beautiful home design

0 . Two timely books dispel the notion that green design is less than beautiful. . . In "Houses: Modern Natural, Natural Modern" (Rizzoli, $60)...

This Week

But if you've got more to add, send it my way: ldepillis@washingtoncitypaper. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 6:30 p.m. - ANC 1B Design Committee meeting on plans for United Negro College Fund ...

Smithsonian Craft2Wear Lecture and Brunch: Be Dazzled!

Smithsonian Craft2Wear Lecture and Brunch: Be Dazzled! Presented by the Smithsonian Women's Committee Sunday, October 24 - 11:30 a.m. Calendar . Lecturer Jeffrey Post, curator in-charge National Museum of Natural History Gem and Mineral Collection gives a talk on what's ...

Rick Cook on Sustainable Design

Rick Cook talks to the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt staff.. Cook+Fox Architects is a firm devoted to creating environmentally responsible, high-performance buildings. The firm has become known for innovative design at the highest standard of environmental responsibility and for their commitment to excellence ...
When you're a kid, there are few better ways to spend an afternoon than playing with LEGO bricks. Or maybe, like me, you grew up and wrote a book about LEGO minifigures.. The architectural artist and LEGO Certified Professional (seen above ...