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Building Museum Presented: Cityscapes Revealed : Highlights from the Collection
The National Building Museum presents a first-time survey of its holdings in the long-term exhibition Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection.
Cityscapes Revealed explores America's architectural heritage through original building fragments; rare, early-20th-century photographs; intricate architectural drawings; and more.
The exhibition reflects the Museum's rich permanent collection relating to quintessentially American, 20th-century- building typologies, from Beaux-Arts-style residences to main street storefronts and sleek downtown skyscrapers.
The exhibition, presented in honor of the Museum's 25th anniversary, is on view in first-floor galleries.Phyllis Lambert Accepts NBM's 2006 Vincent J. Scully Prize The National Building Museum presented its seventh Vincent J. Scully Prize to Phyllis Lambert. The Museum's Prize recognizes Lambert's outstanding contributions to the design of the built environment, advancement of public awareness of design, and dedication to architectural preservation. Over the past 50 years, Phyllis Lambert-architect, educator, activist, and philanthropist-has championed excellence in the design of the built environment and worked to improve public understanding of modern design.
Calatrava's works will be on display through March 5. Admission to the museum is free. The art museum is well suited to hold the impressive exhibit as its architecture and design archives are among the five largest in the country, said Kurt Helfrich, a museum curator. Helfrich said Calatrava bases his architecture on analogies of the human form, a perfect example of which is the Turning Torso building in Malm, Sweden, whose appearance matches it moniker. |
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