Hear Daniel Parolek, AIA, principal, Opticos Design discuss the firm's concept of Missing Middle Housing and how this approach can help communities bridge the gap between single family homes and apartment buildings.
Go inside the stories of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, one of Washington's most prominent government buildings of the Gilded Age (1870s- 1900) including its elaborate design, occupants, and the saga of decline and rehabilitation.
Urban Salon: Olmsted Woods at Washington National Cathedral
Explore Olmsted Woods, the last vestige of an extensive oak and beech forest on the grounds of Washington National Cathedral, get an exclusive look at copies of historic documents from the National Building Museum's National Cathedral collection.
Talk and Book Signing: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
How can we address the eviction crisis in America? Author and Eviction Lab founder Matthew Desmond transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of America's most devastating problems.
The ISDC convenes teams of students from the D.C. area's six collegiate architecture programs to participate in a design challenge in which they are tasked with producing a creative solution that addresses real world architecture.
Learn how the architecture firm Perkins + Will is helping to position the architecture profession at the epicenter of social and economic challenges confronting communities across the world.
Discover how to make strong, tall towers with Play-Well Teknologies. Celebrate the engineering feats of skyscrapers and design buildings that you think should be added to our nation's capital.
Canceled - Asana & Architecture: Yoga in the Great Hall
Rise and shine at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Join a mellow, all-level yoga class under the colossal, 75-foot-tall Corinthian columns.
Talk: Design in Crisis: Providing Humanity in Disaster
Explore how design and humanitarian efforts can work together to provide innovative and long-term solutions to crisis response efforts around the world.
National Building Museum Angry spirits. Mysteries and lies. Can you find the truth in time? Join the escape room followed by ghostly tales of the museum.
Celebrate architecture with activities at two iconic D.C. buildings: the National Building Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Drop into either or both museums for tours, talks, activities, and more.
Celebrate architecture with activities at two iconic D.C. buildings: the National Building Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Drop into either or both museums for tours, talks, activities, and more.
Film and Talk: Good Work: Masters of the Building Arts
Watch the new film Good Work: Masters of the Building Arts, which examines the work of stone carvers, masons, and decorative painters and their role in creating and preserving the built environment.
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