National Building Museum

May 17 2013

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Our reflection in the Metro building.

May 11 2013

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Heading to Hill Country’s Backyard BBQ for a late night snack. (Open til 11!) http://www.nbm.org/exhibitions-collections/related-exhibition-resources/hill-countrys-backyard-bbq.html

May 4 2013

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Early morning at the Museum.

April 29 2013

NPR: How One Family Built America's Public Palaces

April 22 2013

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Happy Earth Day! Today we’re celebrating Green Schools:

Ever wanted to create a worm compost or learn about ways to clean and be green? Check out our list of Green Schools resources.

Learn about all of the green features in Sprout Space.

See some of the greenest schools in the country.

Photo by Sam Kittner/kittner.com

April 17 2013

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John Ochsendorf, the MacArthur Fellow who masterminded our current exhibition on Rafael Guastavino, is looking to inspire more “Guastafarians.” That is, those who come to appreciate the importance of the Guastavino family’s influence on building technology and their work on some of the most iconic buildings in the U.S., such as the Supreme Court, the National Museum of Natural History, Grand Central Station’s Oyster Bar, and many more. So many more, in fact, that Ochsendorf and his colleagues are constantly finding hitherto undocumented Guastavino projects around the nation. They keep track of them at the Guastavino Project web site. And at a recent talk on the subject by Ochsendorf, he promised to buy lunch for anyone that identifies a bona fide Guastavino building that he didn’t already know about. Tips for finding a Guastavino tile vault? Look up! The herringbone tile patterns are often a giveaway.