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  • Spotlight on Design: Höweler+ Yoon

    This series presents a unique window into the creative journey and cultural influences of visionary practitioners, illuminating the powerful role of design in shaping the built environment. This upcoming lecture features Eric Höweler, FAIA and Meejin Yoon, FAAR.

  • Future Friday: Washington, DC

    This Future Fridays session brings together local leaders and community builders who are shaping the city’s civic life through connection and storytelling. Through personal narratives and conversations, participants will explore belonging, representation, and the future of DC.

  • Designing the Exhibition

    Designers from three current exhibitions at the National Building Museum discuss the creative and collaborative work that transforms ideas into compelling visitor experiences.

  • Neuroscience, Architecture, and Human Experience

    Marking the republication of Richard Neutra’s landmark book Survival Through Design, Raymond Neutra, president of the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design, will be joined by Anjan Chatterjee, professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania; Milton Shinberg, architect, educator, and author of People-Centered Architecture; and Carolyn Rickard-Brideau, architect at Little Architects, for a conversation exploring the intersection of neuroscience and architecture, with particular attention to educational environments and the ways design influences wellbeing, perception, and health .

  • NBM & Building Bridges Present…The Moth StorySLAM

    The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is A WOMAN’S WORK.

  • Book Talk: American Shrines

    Thomas Luebke, Secretary of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and Kay Fanning, architectural historian, will share insights from their book, American Shrines: The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration.

  • Spotlight on Design: Olson Kundig

    Join us for a talk by Jim Olson, founding principal of Olson Kundig and one of the Pacific Northwest’s most influential architects.

  • Book Talk: A Better Life for Their Children

    Andrew Feiler, photographer, author, and exhibition curator, will discuss his book A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America and the accompanying exhibition of the same name.

  • Future Friday: Los Angeles

    This Future Fridays session brings together artists, organizers, and civic voices who are shaping the region’s evolving identity. 

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