Tour the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial with National Park Ranger Jan Buerger to see how landscape architect Lawrence Halprin used water, stone, and sculpture in his design to embody the dramatic legacy of America's only four-term president.
A cross-generational conversation on how architecture has evolved in the past half-century, what lies ahead, and the pressing issues practicing architects face today.
National Building Museum Construct your own rubber-band-propelled model airplane and learn about aeronautics with the D.C. Maxecuters, then try a test flight in the Great Hall.
Witness death-defying feats of aeronautics well, model aeronautics, anyway when the D.C. Maxecuters return to fly their model airplanes in the Museum's Great Hall.
Family Program: Model Airplane Workshop (Afternoon)
National Building Museum Construct your own rubber-band-propelled model airplane and learn abut aeronautics with the D.C. Maxecuters, then try a test flight in the Great Hall.
Trophy homes threaten Martha's Vineyard, MA. When an enormous compound is built beside a fragile pond, a carpenter takes off his tool belt and picks up a camera.
The story of St. Elizabeths' change over time, reflecting evolving theories of how to care for the mentally ill, as well as the later reconfiguration of the campus as a federal workplace and mixed-use urban development.
Discussion of The Wharf as an exploration of questions around resilience in the built environment and solutions that designers and developers are uniquely positioned to offer.
March 2017
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