Learn about one of the most influential landscape architects of...
Learn about one of the most influential landscape architects of the 20th century. Our Lawrence Halprin exhibition opens Saturday. Go.nbm.org/Halprin Photo by Roger Foley. (at Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
View ArticleConstructed between 1882-1887 with over 15 million red bricks,...
Constructed between 1882-1887 with over 15 million red bricks, the Pension Building was at one time the largest brick building in the world. Photo from The National Archives.
View ArticleFreeway Park in Seattle, designed by landscape architect...
Freeway Park in Seattle, designed by landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, set precedents in new land-use typology for American cities. See it in The Landscape Architecture of Lawrence Halprin:...
View ArticleIt’s been one cool year! Thanks to everyone who supported...
It’s been one cool year! Thanks to everyone who supported the Museum and made 2016 memorable. Photos by @timothyschenck, @dylvnfischer, @raisaaziz, @studiogang, @someguy, & @fieldoperations. (at...
View ArticleAwesome 1918 view inside the Pension Building via Ghosts of DC....
Awesome 1918 view inside the Pension Building via Ghosts of DC. Circa 1918, the Pension Office interior was the former repository of Civil War veterans’ pension record.
View ArticleGetting nostalgic at the end of the year, so we’re looking...
Getting nostalgic at the end of the year, so we’re looking back at some of our favorite installations that took over the Museum. Summer 2014: @bjarkeingelsgroup’s BIG MAZE brought a 60-foot square of...
View ArticleContinuing our #throwback to exhibitions that took over the...
Continuing our #throwback to exhibitions that took over the Museum: Summer 2015 @snarkitecture brought us #TheBEACHDC with an “ocean” of nearly a million translucent balls. Photo of @blueskyrevisit via...
View Article“A waterfall flows in downtown Portland, Ore., ribbons and...
“A waterfall flows in downtown Portland, Ore., ribbons and rivulets of water cascading over slabs of rough, reddish concrete into pools filled with wading children in the summer.” Lawrence Halprin...
View ArticleWhat’s your weekend plan? Stop by for building tours,...
What’s your weekend plan? Stop by for building tours, exhibitions, and a walk around Judiciary Square. Photo by @oscarvajanel (at Judiciary Square)
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