National Building Museum Annual Report 2005

Detail of the terra cotta frieze by sculptor Caspar Buberl, which surrounds the full, 1,200-foot-long perimeter of the National Building Museum. Photo: © Maxwell MacKenzie MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

year. Contributed income remained the most important component of the institution’s revenue, amounting to over $4.5 million, reflecting a 17 percent increase over 2004. The popular and well-regarded Museum Shop continued to do well financially, bring- RCHITECTURE IS THE UNIVERSAL ART, ing in more than $1 million in revenue. and construction the universal craft. As this exciting and successful AVirtually all of humankind ultimately fiscal year at the Museum was drawing to shares in the creation of the built environ- a close, we were shocked and saddened to ment in some way, whether by fabricating learn of the devastation wreaked by a rudimentary shelter or by developing a Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf commercial office complex. The National Coast. Like the terrorist attacks of Building Museum, then, is arguably the September 2001, these natural disasters universal museum, dedicated to promoting served as tragic reminders of the deep a better understanding of the physical emotional resonance with which buildings world that we create for ourselves, in all of and communities are often imbued. In the its aspects. aftermath of the hurricanes, the Museum Carolyn Schwenker Brody Toward that end, the Museum began organizing an ongoing series of pub- Chair pursues a rigorous schedule of exhibitions, lic programs to address the impact of the Photo by Diana Walker education programs, and publications that disasters on the built environment. This appeal to people of diverse ages and back- initiative continues, as does the Museum’s grounds. During the 2005 fiscal year, commitment to serve as the nation’s pre- which ran from October 1, 2004 through mier forum for the discussion of ideas and September 30, 2005, the Museum opened information about all facets of the world five new exhibitions, presented a series of we build. informal, rotating exhibits in a special As always, we are grateful for “Building Learners” gallery, and conducted the support of the many people, compa- hundreds of lectures, symposia, youth pro- nies, and organizations that have made the grams, and family festivals. A total of Museum’s work possible. We encourage your 329,705 visitors came to the Museum dur- involvement in our exciting upcoming ing the year, a majority of them from out- activities and look forward to welcoming side the Washington metropolitan area, you back to the Museum frequently. Chase W. Rynd and many of them from foreign countries. President and Executive Director In addition, our website attracted a record- Photo by Liz Roll breaking 1,171,249 unique visitors, nearly Sincerely, double the number for the previous year. Once again, press coverage of Museum activities was voluminous, with newspa- per, magazine, radio, and television stories Carolyn Schwenker Brody about our exhibitions and programs reach- Chair ing a potential audience of literally hun- dreds of millions of people. The year was a strong one not only in programmatic terms, but also Chase W. Rynd financially. The Museum’s total income President and Executive Director during fiscal year 2005 was nearly $8.2 mil- lion, up 12 percent over that of the previous

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From the urban history of Washington, DC, to the domestic culture of Japan, and from obscure drawing tools to avant garde designs for public spaces, the National Building Museum’s exhibitions for fiscal year 2005 spanned a broad range of subjects. Five new exhibitions opened during the year, while an additional gallery space was devoted to rotating shows based on the Museum’s youth programs. All told, these exhibitions offered something for everyone, from children to Exhibitions professionals in the design and building industries.

Early sketch (2001) of the Museum of American Folk Art, New York, by Billie Tsien of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. From the exhibition Tools of the Imagination. “Original drawings by Thomas Jefferson, Louis Sullivan, Courtesy Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, New York Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Frank Gehry provide a rare and intimate view of America’s icons at work.”

— from an article in The Washington Post by Linda Hales regarding the exhibition Tools of the Imagination

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Washington: Symbol and City as a capital, including embassies, museums, and memorials, as well as sites for protest Opened October 9, 2004 and national celebration. The city of Washington is strongly associ- For tourists and locals alike, ated not only with political power, but also Washington: Symbol and City provides pro- with the American ideals of democracy found insights into the manifold forces and freedom. This heavy symbolic burden that have made the nation’s capital the is nobly borne by the magnificent monu- complex, imposing, and beautiful place ments that occupy the National Mall and that it is today. other prominent sites throughout the capi- tal. At the same time, however, Washington Washington: Symbol and City was made possible by is a living, working community, where res- The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, idents go about their daily business like so Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers many other Americans. It is thus a city of Fund, Government of the District of Columbia, American Express Company, Fannie Mae Foundation, dichotomies, of contrasts, and often, of Jim and Sharon Todd, Blake Real Estate, Inc., Chevy conflicts, many of which are expressed— Chase Bank, D.C. Office of Planning/Historic often clearly but sometimes quite subtly— Preservation Office, HITT Contracting, The Kiplinger in works of architecture and urban design. Foundation, Lt. Col. and Mrs. William Karl Konze, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, the Peterson Washington: Symbol and City is a Family Foundation, the Straley, Katrivanos, and Mazza long-term exhibition that examines the Families, the Stephen G. and Thelma S. Yeonas overlapping histories of the capital as an Foundation, Douglas Development Corporation, Louis international icon and as a constantly Dreyfus Property Group, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., Richard and Lois H. England, Horning evolving metropolis. Although based in Brothers, Humanities Council of Washington, D.C., part on a previous show of the same name Frederick A. Kober, James & Theodore Pedas Family that the Museum organized and presented Foundation, PEPCO, Samuel G. Rose, Hattie M. Strong Section through the dome of U.S. Capitol, as designed Foundation, Sunrise Foundation, Washington Real from 1991 to 2001, the current exhibition by Architect of the Capitol Estate Investment Trust, James G. Davis Construction offers a completely new treatment of the Thomas U. Walter, 1859. Corporation, Charles H. Atherton, FAIA, Shalom Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division subject matter. Baranes and Associates, Clark Enterprises, The The exhibition begins with a sec- Honorable Robert W. and Louisa C. Duemling, Cynthia tion called “City of Intent,” devoted to the R. and Charles G. Field, Jillian Poole, Albert and Shirley Small, Jessica and Henry Townsend, Virginia Business monumental core of Washington, featuring Interiors, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr photographs, drawings, historic models, and LLP. Initial research for the exhibition’s redevelopment newly commissioned touchable models that was generously funded by additional grants from strikingly convey the grandeur for which the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation and the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. the city is famous. “Evolving City” exam- ines the neighborhoods, local institutions, and infrastructure that most visitors to the nation’s capital rarely see, but which are just as important in defining the city’s character. Finally, a section on the “Federal Presence” addresses the unique elements of the city that relate to its role

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Five Friends from Japan: Children in Japan Today November 4, 2004–February 13, 2005 Five Friends from Japan: Children in Japan Today explored contemporary Japanese architec- ture and culture through the daily lives of five real-world children. The exhibition began with a replica of a typical Japanese elementary school classroom, which served as the setting for videotaped greetings from the “five friends.” From there, visitors ventured into re-creations of spaces in the children’s own homes, which featured more in-depth video narratives and inter- active components, such as a music-listen- ing station, designed to introduce specific aspects of Japanese culture. Although conceived primarily for young audiences, the exhibition proved thought-provoking for adults. By exploring both the similarities and the differences between Japanese and American domestic environments, the show challenged stereo- types of Asian lifestyles and raised broader questions about what happens to distinct cultural traditions in an age of fluid ex- changes of people, projects, and information across regional and national boundaries.

Five Friends from Japan was presented by the National Building Museum in partnership with the National Children’s Museum. Designed by the Capital Children’s Museum and the Children’s Museum, Boston, the exhi- bition was made possible by the Freeman Foundation View of one of the replicas of and supported by the Association of Children’s a room from a typical Japanese Museums. Its presentation at the National Building house, as seen in Five Friends from Japan. Museum was made possible in part by The Japan-US Photo by Allan Sprecher Friendship Commission and Weyerhaeuser Company.

A young visitor enjoys one of the interactive elements in the classroom setting in Five Friends from Japan. Photo by F.T. Eyre

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OPEN: new designs for public space January 15–May 15, 2005 Around the world, many longstanding assumptions about the role of public space in communal life are now being reconsid- ered in the face of heightened security con- cerns, aging infrastructure, and various economic and social factors. In response to what some see as significant threats to the quality and integrity of the public realm, a number of talented architects and plan- ners have produced ambitious schemes for new open spaces and improvements to existing public places, with an eye toward enhancing and strengthening the commu- nities they serve. The Van Alen Institute in New York City organized an exhibition called OPEN: new designs for public space, exploring some of these innovative designs. The fea- tured projects included a new urban plaza in Melbourne, Australia, that provides a popular venue for recreation, cultural activities, and public gatherings, as well as a re-design of a faded commercial street in Macon, Georgia, which had fallen into disuse as businesses and residents left for the suburbs. Also featured were two projects in Latin America that served to weave together disparate and neglected neighbor- hoods through new networks of roads, bicycle paths, and pedestrian corridors. In presenting this exhibition, the OPEN: new designs for public space was organized View of the visually striking National Building Museum added a section by the Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture. installation of the exhibition OPEN The exhibition was made possible by generous grants at the National Building Museum. describing several relevant local projects Photo by Allan Sprecher from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, that had been recently proposed or were the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Proposal for Ponte Parodi, under construction. These included a new State Council on the Arts, and the Stephen A. and a project to make a commercial Diane L. Goldberg Foundation. At the National Building pier in Genoa, Italy, available federal office building by architect Moshe as a public park, by UN Studio. Museum, OPEN was made possible by the American Safdie, the design of which strives to address Rendering courtesy of UN Studio Planning Association, EDAW Inc., the American stringent security requirements while Society of Landscape Architects, ULI-the Urban Land reinforcing the public streetscape, and a Institute, Polshek Partnership Architects, and Moshe proposed plaza and collateral structures Safdie and Associates Inc. intended to establish a stronger connection between the currently isolated John F. Ken- nedy Center for the Performing Arts and the adjacent Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

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Tools of the Imagination March 5–October 10, 2005 Architects practicing today routinely employ sophisticated digital tools to develop and communicate complicated ideas. At the same time, most architects still own various hand drawing instruments, many of which would have been familiar to Thomas Jefferson when he designed Monticello and the orig- inal campus of the University of Virginia more than two centuries ago. From simple wooden pencils, to precisely crafted metal instruments such as compasses and ellipso- graphs, to highly complex computer pro- grams, the tools that architects have used over time to convey their designs are often technologically fascinating and aesthetically intriguing in their own right. Tools of the Imagination traced the development of such tools over the past 250 years, presenting archaic devices such as a volutor—a remarkably specialized implement invented to facilitate the draw- ing of the ornamental scrolls on Ionic column capitals—as well as some of the most current design and drafting software including CATIA and Autodesk Revit. Examples of original drawings, three- dimensional models, and digital renderings helped to convey the vital role that tools have played in helping architects to turn ideas into reality.

Circular staircase plan and section, by Richard Morris Hunt Architect, Tools of the Imagination was made possible by 1846. Autodesk Inc., Bentley Systems, Incorporated, Prints & Drawings Collection, The Octagon Museum, The American Architectural McGraw-Hill Construction, Business Software Alliance, Foundation, Washington, DC Microsoft, Inc., Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., Ellipsograph, made by John Farey, Norbert W. Young, Jr., E3 Synergy. ca. 1813. Courtesy of David and Renae Thompson

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Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community June 24, 2005–July 4, 2006 The National Building Museum stands in an area now associated almost exclusively with governmental and institutional buildings. This was not always the case, however—for most of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Judiciary Square area was a diverse residential and commercial neighborhood with a rich eth- nic identity. For many decades, in fact, it was one of the centers of Jewish life in Washington. Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community was developed by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington to shed light on some of the people and places that have been important Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Stained glass window, originally Community, an exhibition curated by the Jewish from a synagogue in Brooklyn, in the history not just of one ethnic group, New York, which hung for many Historic Society of Greater Washington, was presented but of the nation’s capital in general. years at Litwin’s antique furniture in partnership with the National Building Museum. The store in the Judiciary Square Organized chronologically, the exhibition exhibition was made possible in part by major support neighborhood of Washington. used 1795 as a starting point, the year in from the Albert and Lillian Small Foundation, Small-Alper Photo by F.T. Eyre Family Foundation, The Jewish Federation of Greater which the city’s first known Jewish resident Visitors viewing the exhibition Washington, Barbara & Bert Rein, Dr. Jonathan Jewish Washington: Scrapbook arrived, and then followed the community’s Grossman, The Marjorie Kovler Fund, Rory & Shelton of an American Community. growth from a population of 200 at the Zuckerman, Brenda & Paul Pascal, Abramson Family Photo by F.T. Eyre time of the Civil War to more than 200,000 Foundation, Paula Pascal Levine & Family, Joanne & in the metropolitan area today. Photographs, Matthew Tobriner, Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation, Humanities Council of Washington, videos, architectural artifacts, and personal D.C., the United Jewish Endowment Fund, and many mementos illustrated various milestones in other supporters. the history of both Washington and modern Judaism. The content of this exhibition com- plemented that of the Museum’s ongoing show, Washington: Symbol and City.

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Building Learners Gallery The Building Learners Gallery provides a venue for the presentation of informal exhibitions based on the Museum’s school, family, and outreach education programs, along with occasional shows addressing other topics of interest to families. In fiscal year 2005, the Museum presented three exhibitions in this gallery. Origami as Architecture (November 6, 2004–March 27, 2005) was a showcase for works of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, as well as architectural origami, a new art form inspired by the traditional technique and focused on the depiction of buildings. The display complemented the Museum’s exhibition Five Friends from Japan: Children in Japan Today. Kids’ View of the City (May 7–July 31, 2005) featured projects by local elementary students, who explored their schools’ neighborhoods and created models, drew pictures, took photographs, and wrote stories based on what they observed. Investigating Where We Live (August 13 –October 9, 2005) presented the results of the Museum’s outreach program of the same name, in which students are taught to use photography as a vehicle for docu- menting and analyzing their neighborhoods.

An origami rendition of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, by artist Kazukiyo Kurosu. Photo by F.T. Eyre

A quilt of images by students from the Margaret M. Amidon Elementary School in Southwest Washington, from the exhibition Kids’ View of the City. Photo by F.T. Eyre

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Virtual Exhibitions The National Building Museum’s website, www.nbm.org, features several virtual exhi- bitions, making some of the institution’s content available to those who cannot visit in person. Building America was conceived as an exclusively online exhibition, providing a vehicle for Internet users to learn about various themes in the history of American architecture, engineering, and construction. The site allows visitors to view video clips and listen to audio recordings without hav- ing to download custom programs, and is accessible directly at www.building-america.org or through the Museum’s main site, www.nbm.org. Also on the website are two vir- tual exhibitions developed to complement physical shows that were presented in the Museum’s galleries. Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset demonstrates that low-cost housing need not be of low quality. It presents numerous examples of affordable developments that have been beautifully and successfully incorporated into existing communities. Another virtual exhibition, Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete, pre- sents nearly three dozen innovative projects from around the world in which the use Sunlight streaming into the windows of concrete is an essential aspect of the of Grand Central Terminal, design. The site includes a virtual tour of New York City, 1903-13, from the “Connecting the Continent” the exhibition galleries, conveying a clear section of the Building America sense of the physical installation at the online exhibition. Courtesy Library of Congress Museum, which was designed by the firm of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. Model of proposed new central train station in Stuttgart, Germany, by Ingenhoven und Partner in collaboration with Frei Otto, from the online exhibition Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete. Courtesy of Ingenhoven und Partner

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Traveling Exhibitions and Publications A number of the exhibitions developed by the National Building Museum have traveled to other institutions around the country. Such tours are an important mechanism for disseminating ideas and information to broader audiences, while building aware- ness of the Museum and its mission. During fiscal year 2005, the exhibi- tion Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset traveled to three venues: the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia (March 19– May 31, 2005); the Museum of History and Industry, in Seattle (June 25–August 28, 2005); and The Lyceum, Partnership for Strong Communities, in Hartford, Connec- ticut (September 7–October 16, 2005). Also in 2005, the National Building Museum and ULI-the Urban Land Institute co-published a book based on the Affordable Housing exhibition. The book is available through the National Building Museum shop and other sources.

The traveling version and associated tour of Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset were made possible by generous grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae Foundation, and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.

Installation of Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset at the University of Pennsylvania. Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania

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Collection The National Building Museum’s permanent collection comprises more than 110,000 items, including photographs, original drawings, and three-dimensional artifacts such as material samples, tools, and build- ing remnants. The collection supports spe- cific Museum exhibitions, and is accessible to scholarly researchers by appointment. Among the most significant items in the collection are elements from build- ings that are either listed on the National Register of Historic Places or designated as National Historic Landmarks, including a portion of the stamped sheet metal façade from an addition to the Z.C.M.I. depart- ment store in Salt Lake City, and a copper dormer surround from the former Andrew Carnegie Mansion in New York. Other important items include the extraordinary archives of the Wurts Brothers and the Stewart Brothers architectural photogra- Electric light sconce from the Kress store in Anniston, Alabama, phy firms, along with drawings from the c. 1935, from the S.H. Kress Northwestern Terra Cotta Company, which & Co. Collection. Gift of Genesco Inc., Collection of the produced material for thousands of com- National Building Museum mercial and public structures in the late Photo of a trellis in Kingsport, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tennessee, from the Wurts Brothers Photography Collection. Gift of Geraldine and Richard Wurts, Collection of the National Building Museum

11 Lectures, tours, hands-on demonstrations, and other educational activities expand upon the issues raised in the National Building Museum’s exhibitions and address a wide range of other mission-related topics. During fiscal year 2005, a total of 71,297 adults and children participated in education Education programs at the Museum.

Participants in the Be a Builder program hold up a truss that they are about to install in a small house in the Museum’s Great Hall. Photo by National Building Museum staff “[The students] are extremely bright. They just kind of gradually blossomed. It is like opening the floodgates to use their creative skills.”

—Daniel Shapiro, volunteer mentor for CityVision program

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Spotlight on Design Spotlight on Design is the Museum’s most pop- ular lecture series, attracting distinguished architects, landscape architects, and other designers from around the globe. Lecturers in fiscal year 2005 included Charles Gwathmey of New York, Enrique Norten of Mexico City, landscape architect Walter Hood of Oakland, California, and local architect Robert M. Gurney, who has received many prestigious awards for his residential projects. One extraordinary pro- gram in the series involved three of the partners in the firm Polshek Partnership, providing unusual insights into the nature of their collaborative practice.

The 2005 Spotlight on Design series was sponsored by Lafarge North America, the leading building materials company in the United States and Canada.

Building for the 21st Century Building for the 21st Century is a lunchtime lec- ture series examining emerging construc- tion technologies and techniques, with an emphasis on economy and energy-effi- ciency. The roster of programs for the 2005 Natatorium at the Cranbrook fiscal year included a presentation on Educational Community, Swedish and Japanese innovations in pre- Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, fabricated housing, and a lecture by the who participated in the Spotlight principals of KieranTimberlake Associates, on Design lecture series. Photo by Michael Moran an architecture firm known for its research into, and application of, new building Project for a shelter in Africa by Cameron Sinclair, another materials and methods. Spotlight on Design speaker. Image courtesy of Architecture for Humanity

The 2005 Building for the 21st Century series was Landscape architect Walter Hood sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. during his Spotlight on Design lecture. Photo by National Building Museum staff

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Other Lectures and Seminars In addition to the ongoing series described above, the Museum frequently presents “one-off” public programs addressing his- torical topics and contemporary issues. Examples from the past fiscal year include a lecture by the author of Louis I. Kahn: Building Art, Building Science, who traced the master architect’s influence on the “high- tech” school in the 1970s and ‘80s, and a revealing presentation about the rivalry between the great Italian Renaissance architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, whose brilliant designs A large audience assembles Smart Growth in the Great Hall to hear one of transformed the character of Rome. Also the Museum’s lecture programs. The Smart Growth lectures explore develop- Photo by F.T. Eyre offered were a lecture by an engineer who ment strategies aimed at enhancing the has used sophisticated computer technolo- Craig B. Smith, author of How quality of life in American cities and the Great Pyramid Was Built, gies to investigate the construction of the pictured at the site of his subject. suburbs while also protecting the natural Great Pyramid at Giza, and an astonishing Photo courtesy of the author environment. Among the speakers for presentation by Chris Luebkeman, director fiscal year 2005 was Dhiru Thadani, an of global foresight and innovation for the architect and planner who discussed the engineering firm of ARUP, who encouraged integration of college buildings and cam- the audience to imagine exciting new puses into their host communities, to the possibilities for the future of design and mutual benefit of “town” and “gown.” construction. The Museum periodically pre- The Smart Growth series for fiscal year 2005 was sents major symposia addressing complex presented in association with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Smart Growth Network. issues in great depth, such as one con- ducted in cooperation with the Sustainable D.C. Builds Buildings Industry Council on “green” building guidelines for home builders, The D.C. Builds lecture series examines architects, and remodelers. Another sym- design, planning, and public policy issues posium about privately developed open in Washington and the surrounding region. spaces was cosponsored by the American Programs in fiscal year 2005 included a Planning Association. discussion of managed growth in the Wash- ington metropolitan area and a present- ation about the vast and complicated Woodrow Wilson Bridge project, now under construction over the Potomac River.

The D.C. Builds lecture series for fiscal year 2005 was supported by Forest City Washington.

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Construction Watch Tours Construction Watch Tours are an exclusive benefit of Museum membership, providing behind-the-scenes glimpses into the design and construction of major new buildings. During fiscal year 2005, members visited the construction sites of the new Woolly Mammoth Theatre, the Katzen Arts Center at American University, the District of Columbia’s Unified Communications Center, and a 255-unit residential project at the charmingly eclectic National Park Seminary compound in Silver Spring, Maryland, among others. The series also Films included visits to local architects’ offices, as well as to several buildings undergoing In anticipation of its upcoming 25th restoration, such as the lavishly elegant anniversary (celebrated in fiscal year 2006), Turkish Ambassador’s Residence on the Museum organized the first Reel Washington’s Embassy Row, and Benjamin Architecture Film Series, offering 16 movies Latrobe’s historic basilica in Baltimore. free of charge during the festival’s opening weekend and then on a series of weekday evenings during the summer of 2005. The films were selected with an eye toward vari- ous themes raised in the Museum’s current and past exhibitions—for example, the 1967 comedy classic How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, in its depiction of the left / Members were invited to take part in a special bus tour to post-World War II corporate office environ- Montpelier, the estate of President ment, evoked the content of the popular James Madison in Orange County, Virginia, which was undergoing exhibition On the Job: Design and the American renovation. Office, which was presented in 2001. Local Photo by National Building Museum staff bands performed before the weekly films, top / Tour of the renovation of Latrobe’s Basilica in Baltimore. providing entertainment as audience mem- Photo by National Building Museum staff bers enjoyed picnic dinners in the Museum’s above / Audience members listen Great Hall. to live music before the start of The Museum also presented one of the movies in the Museum’s Reel Architecture Film Series. numerous individual films throughout Photo by National Building Museum staff the year on topics ranging from Japanese gardens to the “Government Girls” who moved to Washington during World War II and helped change the character of the city. In conjunction with the annual D.C. Environmental Film Festival, the Museum screened two movies, one of which traced the precarious condition of Venice, Italy, and was followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.

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Family Programs Zoom™ into Engineering Families constitute an important—and Family Festival growing—audience for the National The annual Zoom™ into Engineering Family Building Museum, which offers numerous Festival took place in February 2005, family-oriented programs throughout the attracting 6,966 enthusiastic and inquisi- year. On weekends, for instance, visitors tive participants. Visitors had a chance to may participate in regularly scheduled meet cast members from the popular PBS interactive “Discovery Cart” demonstra- television series ZOOM™, and took part in tions. Bridging the Gap engages adults and numerous hands-on activities designed to children in a problem-solving exercise to enhance their understanding of the many determine which type of bridge structure distinct types of work that engineers do. would be most appropriate to span a given site. Another Discovery Cart, called Arches The event was sponsored by The National Engineers and Trusses: The Tension Builds, encourages vis- Week Foundation with major support provided by itors to test the properties of various mate- IEEE-USA, and additional funding from ASME and BE&K. rials and then to apply what they have learned to build basic structural forms. Festival of the Building Arts Custom family programs offered on weekends during fiscal year 2005 One of the National Building Museum’s included workshops for creating holiday most popular ongoing programs is the ornaments depicting prominent Washington Festival of the Building Arts, which in 2005 buildings, and making “haunted houses” drew 3,265 people, including 348 scouts and for Halloween. In conjunction with the their leaders. Children and parents alike exhibition Five Friends from Japan: Children in enjoyed dozens of activities and demon- Japan Today, the Museum collaborated with strations by master craftspeople, including the National Children’s Museum to offer carpenters, roofers, plumbers, stonecarvers, numerous programs, including the Five bricklayers, and woodworkers. A perennial Friends Family Day celebrating the opening favorite, the construction equipment of the exhibition and attracting over 1,300 “petting zoo,” allowed kids to clamber into visitors. Other programs complementing the the cabs of earth movers, concrete mixers, exhibition were a Japanese New Year’s and other large vehicles used in major Celebration, Calligraphy Creations, which building projects.

Students prepare their robot for explored the artistry of Japanese calligra- The 2005 festival was presented by The Associated competition in the FIRST Robotics phy, and Taketombo, a program in which demonstration area of the 2005 General Contractors of America. ZOOM™ Into Engineering participants created their own flying toys. Family Festival. The Museum also worked with the Photo by F.T. Eyre Washington Ballet to offer Artful A young visitor proudly displays her Architecture, a day during which 638 family uniquely designed “public space” at the Designing Public Spaces visitors viewed selections from the com- family program held in April 2005. pany’s new Nutcracker ballet and designed Photo by National Building Museum staff architecturally inspired hats. Several activity booklets, geared toward children ages 6 to 13, are available free to visitors at the Museum information desk. These booklets introduce engineering and architecture concepts using the Museum’s historic home and other Washington landmarks as case studies. 16 YOUTH PROGRAMS

School and Summer Programs Every year the Museum offers interactive, curriculum-based programs for elemen- tary, middle, and high school groups, in which young people take part in activities such as constructing a one-room house in the Great Hall, assembling a geodesic dome, or planning and creating a model city. These programs develop students’ analytical, problem-solving, and teamwork skills as they use the design process to solve building challenges. Participating teachers receive comprehensive resource packets including pre- and post-visit class- room activities, bibliographies, and related reference material. A Teacher Advisory Board, comprising ten public and private school teachers from the Washington area, meets quarterly to offer feedback and guidance on these programs. During the 2004–05 academic year the Museum offered ten different types of school programs, with a total of 767 individual programs drawing nearly 23,000 students and teachers—a record- setting number reflecting a 10 percent increase over the previous year. Nearly one-fifth of the programs were conducted for groups from Federal Title I schools serving low-income communities. As part of an effort to expand the reach of its educational activities to a more national audience, the Museum developed the self-contained Bridge Basics School Programs received generous support from The A group finishes construction of a Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Clark geodesic dome in the Great Hall. Photo by National Building Museum staff Program Kit, based on a program offered in Charitable Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, house for many years. The kit is available the Construction Industry Round Table, the Bender Possible future construction to teachers across the country, who may Foundation, Hattie M. Strong Foundation, Sunrise managers participate in the Foundation, and the Turner Construction Company. Be a Builder program. conduct the activity independently in Photo by National Building Museum staff their own classrooms. In addition to school programs, the Museum offered six different summer programs for school-aged children. These hands-on programs focused on teambuilding and cooperation and served 1,929 young people and chaperones through 76 individ- ual programs.

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Scout Programs The Museum offers fun and engaging pro- grams for Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. These programs also help scouts fulfill many requirements for activity badges. During the 2004–05 academic year, the Museum conducted 74 programs for more than 1,700 scouts and chaperones.

Birthday Parties Parents seeking a special experience may arrange for birthday parties at the National Building Museum for children ages three to eleven. Museum teachers take the children Investigating Where We Live on an investigative tour of the historic Investigating Where We Live is an intensive building, lead them through a construction summer program that teaches teenagers to project, and provide space for a birthday cel- use photography as a tool for documenting ebration. In the 2005 fiscal year, more than and interpreting local urban neighbor- 1,400 guests celebrated their birthdays at the hoods. In 2005, participants explored the Museum. Anacostia area, the Washington Navy Yard, and the New York Avenue corridor. At the CityVision conclusion of the documentation phase, the students developed an exhibition of CityVision is a longstanding Museum program their work, which was presented in the that teaches at-risk middle and junior high top / CityVision students sketch Building Learners Gallery. and take notes during a neighbor- school students to think creatively and hood tour. Photo by National Building Museum staff positively about their communities. Each semester, students from public, inner-city Design Apprenticeship Program above / A colorful structure designed and built by a team middle and junior high schools in the The Design Apprenticeship Program, informally taking part in the Design District of Columbia learn urban planning known as the DAP Squad, gives teenage Apprenticeship Program. Photo by National Building Museum staff principles in study sessions at the Museum, students an opportunity to develop their

above right / A group from the complemented by organized neighborhood design skills and then to turn their ideas Investigating Where We Live expeditions. The participants identify urban into reality. The focus of the program for program visits Cedar Hill, the historic home of Frederick Douglass problems, develop design-based solutions, fall 2004 was a project complementing the in the Anacostia neighborhood and then present their ideas to an audience exhibition Five Friends from Japan: Children in of Washington. Photo by National Building Museum staff of students, teachers, administrators, and Japan Today, while in the spring of 2005, family members. the students pursued a project based on the exhibition Tools of the Imagination.

Outreach Programs received generous support from the Freddie Mac Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Mead Family Foundation, Bank of America, Bloomberg, The Beech Street Foundation, The Clark Charitable Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation, the History Channel Save Our History Grant Program, Hearst Endowment for CityVision, the Dimick Foundation, and Forest City Enterprises. 18 AWARDS

The Vincent Scully Prize Named after famous architectural histo- rian Vincent J. Scully, the Scully Prize was inaugurated in 1999 to recognize outstand- ing contributions to the understanding of architecture, planning, preservation, and design through writing, research, or schol- arship. The fifth prize was presented in January 2005 to His Highness The Aga Khan, who has devoted much of his life to promoting design excellence, urban revital- ization, and historic preservation through- out the Muslim world. The Aga Khan is perhaps best known in architectural circles for his eponymous awards program, which has called attention to projects that simul- taneously reflect Muslim culture and accommodate the needs of modern societies. His Highness graciously donated the $25,000 cash prize that accompanies the Scully Prize to several American universities. The Henry C. Turner Prize for left / His Highness The Aga Khan accepting the Scully Prize. Innovation in Construction Photo by Vivian Ronay

Technology bottom left / Al Azhar Park, in Cairo, The Turner Prize is presented for outstand- Egypt, a project made possible by The Aga Khan’s charitable ing contributions to the advancement of foundation. construction technology, and was named Photo by Vivian Ronay after the founder of the Turner Construction top / Atrium of the Genzyme Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Company, which also generously endowed which was designed and built in the $25,000 prize. The 2005 award went to accordance with the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED standards the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), for environmental design. in recognition of the organization's efforts Photo by Anton Grassi to advance the cause of environment-con- scious design through the promulgation of standards and information. The USGBC was the fourth winner of the prize, and the first institutional recipient, following in the footsteps of engineer Leslie Robertson, architect I.M. Pei, and Charles DeBenedittis, director of design and construction at Tishman Speyer Properties.

19 Visitor Services

Visitors explore the merchandise in the Museum Shop. “Never thought I would enjoy a building museum Photo by F.T. Eyre but this has been fascinating and I’ve learned a lot. And this is the best gift shop in town!”

— Anonymous visitor, in Museum comment book

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Museum Shop The renowned Museum Shop continues to be one of the most popular stores of its kind in Washington. The shop offers an unparal- leled assortment of merchandise, including books on a wide variety of topics, beautifully designed housewares, jewelry, and a range of cleverly conceived toys that challenge children’s imaginations. Special items relat- Volunteers and Interns Docent Hillary Rubin leads a tour ing to specific exhibitions complement a of the National Building Museum. Photo by National Building Museum staff core of standard material that draws regular The National Building Museum relies on shoppers time and time again. For those the efforts of many dedicated volunteers unable to visit the shop in person, many who assist with critical tasks. During fiscal items are available online through the year 2005, volunteer docents led 12,362 peo- Museum website at www.nbm.org. ple on tours of exhibitions and the build- ing itself. Other volunteers staffed the information desk and registration tables Website and NBM Online for lectures, assisted in the Museum Shop, Drawing more than one million visitors and conducted demonstrations for such for the first time in fiscal year 2005, the programs as the Bridging the Gap exercise, in Museum’s website is an important vehicle which visitors learn about the principles of for disseminating the content of exhibi- bridge construction. A Volunteer Advisory tions and programs. In addition to general Board assists in evaluating the activities of Museum information, online exhibitions, volunteers and arranging special enrich- and summaries of lectures, the website ment activities. offers online registration for public programs The Museum also welcomes a and other events, as well as shopping for number of interns each year, who lend merchandise from the Museum Shop. assistance in all departments, supporting The Museum produces an elec- curators with exhibition research, helping tronic newsletter called NBM Online, which with membership and marketing campaigns, keeps subscribers up to date on education and assisting with education programs. A programs, exhibition openings, new prod- total of 185 volunteers and interns provided ucts in the Museum Shop, and other news. nearly 11,200 hours of service during the NBM Online is currently distributed to more fiscal year. than 15,000 subscribers each month.

Museum Café The Museum’s small café is a popular place for a snack, for lunch, or just a cup of cof- fee between visits to exhibitions. Patrons enjoy their food and drinks at tables set up in the gloriously spacious Great Hall.

21 The National Building Museum is a private, nonprofit institution, and therefore depends on contributions from corporations, individuals, associations, and foundations in order to fund its exhibitions and programs. In fiscal year 2005, contributed income totaled $4,507,294. The Board of Trustees and staff are extremely grateful to all who provided financial support to the Museum Development during the year.

The 2005 Honor Award gala filled the central court of the Great Hall. Photo by Alex Lorman

22 SUPPORT

Membership Members are the backbone of the Museum. Numbering nearly 5,000 at the end of the fiscal year, members enjoy a variety of direct benefits, including discounts in the Museum Shop, invitations to private exhibi- tion viewings, and subscriptions to Blueprints and the monthly Calendar of Events. Individuals who contribute $100 or more annually belong to a special group known as The Builders, whose generosity helps to support vital Museum activities. Corporations and other businesses may join as members of The Professional Circle, which entitles their employees to many individual benefits, in addition to the public recognition that to sensitive planning and sustainable Museum chair Carolyn Brody and executive director Chase Rynd the contributing firm receives. development, and its commitment to the flank Albert Ratner, co-chairman of provision of affordable housing in projects the board of Forest City Enterprises, as Ratner accepts the 2005 Honor The Corinthians across the country. The award gala drew Award on behalf of the company. nearly 900 guests and raised $1 million for Photo by F.T. Eyre The Corinthians are individual and corporate the Museum’s education and exhibition donors who contribute $1,000 or more in programs. unrestricted funds each year. Major gifts such as these are a critical component of the institution’s operating budget. Corinthians Restricted Funding enjoy many special opportunities, including Most exhibitions, many education activities, invitations to private receptions, use of the and endowed prizes at the Museum are Museum’s Corinthian Lounge for small meet- supported by contributions given expressly ings and events, and larger discounts in for those projects. Such “restricted” fund- the Museum Shop. In 2005, a number of ing is an important complement to the Corinthians attended exclusive receptions operating funds that cover most day-to-day and dinners with guest speakers such as Tod programming. In fiscal year 2005, the Williams and Billie Tsien, Charles Gwathmey, Museum raised almost $1.8 million in and Steven Holl. restricted funds.

The Honor Award Planned Giving The Honor Award for 2005 was presented Planned or estate gifts offer opportunities to Forest City Enterprises, a national real for Museum members and friends to estate development firm that, impressively, create a legacy. Detailed information about has been run by the same family since its planned giving is available from the founding in 1921. Forest City was recognized Development Department. for its long track record of transformative investment in America’s cities, its dedication

23 The following donors made gifts or pledges of $100 or more during the 2005 fiscal year (October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005). While space limitations do not permit listing gifts of less than this amount, the Museum extends Contributors its sincere thanks to all donors.

The National Building Museum, then known as the Pension Building, pictured in 1885, 100 years before the Museum opened to the public in the historic structure.

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*Includes payment on a pledge made in David M. Schwarz/Architectural Frederick A. Kober The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Trammell Crow Company a previous fiscal year Services, Inc. A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA, RIBA, Foundation US Bank Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP JIA/Kohn Pedersen Fox Economics Research Associates Emily and Antoine van Agtmael $100,000 and above Associates PC Robert A.M. Stern Architects LLP Enterprise Companies Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. American Society of Interior MacFarlane Partners Designers U.S. Department of Housing and Mr. and Mrs. David C. Evans Washington Real Estate Urban Development* Mead Family Foundation* D.C. Office of Planning Fleischman and Walsh Investment Trust National Association of Real Estate The Fogelson Foundation WCI / Renaissance Communities Fannie Mae Foundation $10,000–$24,999 Investment Trusts Lafarge North America Inc. Abercrombie & Fitch Freddie Mac Community Relations Western Development Corporation NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF Donor Assisted Fund of the ® Westfield Corporation Inc. National Capital Arts and The Abramson Family Foundation, REALTORS Community Foundation for Cultural Affairs Program and the Inc. National Basketball Association the National Capital Region Leonard A. Zax U.S. Commission of Fine Arts The American Institute of Architects National Children’s Museum The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership National Endowment for the American Society of Landscape Nixon Peabody LLP* Barbara and Herbert Franklin Humanities* Architects $2,500–$4,999 Portland Cement Association Ohio Savings Bank Gensler Architecture, Design and Harold L. Adams, FAIA, RIBA, JIA Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Planning Worldwide Turner Construction Company Armstrong, III Perkins + Will Andersen Corporation Gladding, McBean Associated Builders and The Peterson Family Foundation Mark L. Baughman $50,000–$99,999 Goldberg Companies, Inc. Contractors, Inc. Whayne S. Quin/Holland & Knight Mr. and Mrs. David Bender Anonymous Goldman, Sachs & Co. Bank of America The Related Companies, L.P. BFC Partners Autodesk, Inc.* Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C. The Beech Street Foundation Sheet Metal Workers’ International James H. Callard Bentley Systems, Incorporated Association Gary L. Gross and Harley I. Gross Bender Foundation, Inc. Cannon Design Bosch home appliances Charles E. Smith Commercial Harris Nesbit Deborah Berke & Partners Crawford/Edgewood Managers, Forest City Enterprises, Inc./Forest Architects LLP Realty, a division of Vornado The Haskell Company Realty Trust Inc. City Washington Blake Real Estate, Inc. Mrs. John W. Hechinger, Sr. The Straley, Katrivanos, and Elizabeth and Martin David McGraw-Hill Construction/The Bloomberg Hensel Phelps Construction Co. McGraw-Hill Companies Mazza Families Design Ways & Means– David L. Brunner and STUDIOS Architecture Hines Perry Cofield, AIA Will Miller and Lynne Maguire Rhonda Butler Target Joseph F. Horning, Jr. Dimick Foundation United Technologies Corporation* Jane and Calvin Cafritz This Old House Ventures, Inc. Huntington National Bank DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Whiting-Turner Contracting Christie’s America Company Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc. International Union of Bricklayers Dorsky Hodgson + Partners The Clark Charitable Foundation and Allied Craftworkers Sharon and Jim Todd Mr. and Mrs. Ronald I. Dozoretz $25,000–$49,999 Clark Construction Group, LLC Phyllis Lambert Walker & Dunlop/Green Park Ambassador and Mrs. Robert W. American Express Company* Clark-Winchcole Foundation Financial Lerner/Cohen/Tannenbaum Duemling The Associated General Construction Industry Round Table Families The Eckert Family Foundation Contractors of America Cushman & Wakefield of Greater $5,000–$9,999 Reva and Daniel Logan Family EMCOR Facility Services Kim Baldi and Geoffrey Raynor Washington, Inc. American Planning Association Fund of The Community Foundation for the National Envision Design PLLC Vicki S. and Edward P. Bass D.C. Commission on the Arts and American Society of Civil Engineers Capital Region Fentress Bradburn Architects David Bonderman Humanities and the National Terry W. Antonello Endowment for the Arts Linda B. and Jonathan S. Lyons Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C. Mr. and Mrs. Arturo E. Brillembourg Arent Fox D.C. Office of Planning/ Historic Marriott International The Georgetown Company Carolyn and Kenneth D. Brody Preservation Office Shalom Baranes Associates, McKissack & McKissack Gensler Family Foundation Architects The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz James G. Davis Construction McWilliams/Ballard, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gewirz Foundation Corporation Beers & Cutler, PLLC The Morningstar Foundation Graycor Companies Penny and Jim Coulter The Walt Disney Company Bloomingdale’s Occasions Caterers Hargrove Inc. Freddie Mac Foundation EDAW, Inc. Boston Properties Parking Management, Inc. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum The Martha and Bronson Ingram Figg Engineering Group Bresler & Reiner Inc. Foundation Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects The IDI Group Companies FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Jewish Historical Society of Charitable Fund Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Independence Excavating GMAC Commercial Mortgage LLP Greater Washington Matthew & Carolyn Bucksbaum Latham & Watkins Mike Goodrich P.N. Hoffman, Inc. Rehman Jinnah, All American CB Richard Ellis, Inc./ Lehman-Smith + McLeish PLLC Delon Hampton Associates Mobile Washington-Baltimore Multi- Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. Liggett-Stashower, Inc. The History Channel Save our Housing Team Moyez Khimji J.E. Robert Companies Stuart A. McFarland History Grant Program Centex Construction Company, Inc. Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Mid-Atlantic Association of Holland & Knight Louis Dreyfus Property Group Century Housing Associates LLC Museums Robert W. Holleyman, II The John D. and Catherine T. Charter One Chase W. Rynd Miller & Long International Association of Bridge, MacArthur Foundation Chase Commercial Real Estate SMWM Mr. and Mrs. F. Joseph Moravec National Association of Home Structural, Ornamental and Banking Swidler Berlin LLP Reinforcing Iron Workers* National Architectural Trust Builders Cooper Carry Inc. Hattie M. Strong Foundation International Masonry Institute National Engineers Week National Endowment for the Arts Charles A. DeBenedittis Sunrise Foundation Foundation Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr. Japan-United States Friendship Commission Design Build Institute of America TIAA-CREF Polshek Partnership Architects Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation The JBG Companies Tompkins Builders

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Reed Smith LLP Embassy of the Kingdom of the Jaquelin T. Robertson, FAIA Jerome M. Cooper Rhea S. Schwartz Emerson G. and Dolores G. Netherlands Ellen and Russell Rosenberger Kay Cox Susan W. Schwartz Reinsch Foundation Lois and Richard England Deborah L. Rosenstein, Husein Cumber Peter W. Segal Rippeteau Architects, P.C. Jennifer and Farus Farmanali The Christopher Companies Janet and David Curtis Karen and Langley Shook Moshe Safdie and Associates, Inc. Feiner Family Foundation, Stephen E. Sandherr Marie-Elise Diamond Siemens Corporation Michael A. Feiner Deborah Ratner Salzberg Ann Satterthwaite, AICP Fattehali Eboo Robert Silman Associates, P.C. Cynthia R. and Charles G. Field Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc. Bill Sawicki Mark D. Ein Nancy Somerville Leonard Forkas, Jr. St Marys Cement Inc. The Honorable and Mrs. James H. Elkus Manfredi Architects, Ltd. Ben S. Stefanski, II Thomas and Ann Friedman Scheuer United Arts Organization of Greater Susan S. and A. Edward Elmendorf Keene Taylor Washington Inc. Gilbane Building Company Nizam Shajani Richard F. Evans Aziz Valliani Walton Street Capital Greenebaum & Rose Associates Sharma General Engineering Nancy McElroy Folger Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates Hanley Wood, L.L.C. Darrell Sheaffer $1,000–$2,499 Phyllis Freedman Moez Virani Hickok Cole Architects SK&I Architectural Design Group, Anonymous Robert J. Geniesse, Esq. Katy and Scott Weidenfeller Hillier Architecture LLC Ai Allan Greenberg, Architect LLC Nick Whitmer HKS Architects Barbara Spangenberg All Stage & Sound, Inc. Paul Gunther Beverly A. Willis, FAIA Neal Evan Hodgson Ambassador Carl Spielvogel and Altoon + Porter Architects Barbaralee Diamonstein- Joseph Haley Michael L. Horst $100–$499 American Institute of Architecture Spielvogel Thomas D. Hesselbrock Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown Anonymous Students Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Homes Portfolio, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Subzali Jinah Charles Ablard The Honorable and Mrs. Mahlon Stanley Martin Commercial, Inc. William L. Hopkins and Apgar, IV Almas Jiwani Sid Stolz and David Hatfield Richard B. Anderson Ava Abramowitz and Neil Rackham ARCOM Mary Roberta Jones StreetSense Howrey Simon Arnold & Mary Ellen and Gary Abrecht ARUP Mr. and Mrs. Salim Juma Tara Consulting White, LLC Mary Achatz J. Aron Charitable Foundation, Inc. KA, Inc. Architecture Peggy and Ken Thompson Kirk R. Hyde Rolf Achilles Atmosphere, Inc. Almas Kanani Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback Hugh Newell Jacobsen, FAIA B.J. and Clark Adams Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Aurbach S. Kann Sons Company & Associates Andrew Joskow Katherine Adams Joseph A. Baldinger Foundation, Inc. Toucan Capital Corporation Amir Badrudin Kanji Rachel Adcox The Bank of New York Jack Kay Jessica and Henry Townsend Nazim Karim Anthony F. Albanese Basheer & Edgemoore KGD (Kishimoto.Gordon. Truland Foundation Ramzan Ali Karimi Donald Albrecht Dalaya PC) BDO Seidman, LLP vda Nooruddin Karsan John B. Albright KINCH Construction The Bernstein Companies Verizon DC Keane Enterprises, LLC Kathryn S.C. and John H. Albright Susan L. Klaus Bernstein Management Mr. and Mrs. Mallory Walker Duane Kissick Charles T. Alexander KPMG LLP Beyer Blinder Belle Architects Wagner Roofing Linowes and Blocher LLP Joseph W. Alexander and Eric Lamb/DPR Construction & Planners LLP WDG Architecture, PLLC Mahan Rykiel Associates, Inc. Kelly Adams LaSalle Bank Robert H. Braunohler Mr. and Mrs. R. Beverly R. Webb Hanif Mamdani Carolyn Alper Robert C. Larson Brick Industry Association Judy and Pete Welch David D. Marquardt, AIA Jeff Alpher Jacqueline and Marc Leland Brownstein Hyatt Farber Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Michael L. Marshall, AIA America’s Charities Lewis Group of Companies The Cafaro Company Dorr LLP Grace R. Mayer American University Raphael V. Lopez and Linda Marks Cerami Associates Neal L. Wood Katherine McHugh Teresa Anders Col. Barbara M. Macknick CertainTeed Corporation Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA Lily and Bob McLean Wolfram Anders Martinez & Johnson Architecture Champion Title Joan Meixner Tove Anderson McKennon Shelton & Henn LLP $500–$999 Farin Chatur Frederic Melby, AIA Dorothy Andrake Meredith & Grew Brian Aitken and Andrea Evers The Christopher Companies Abdulmalek J. Merchant Laura Apelbaum Mid-City Urban, LLC Jamil Alibhai christopher consultants, ltd. Carole and David Metzger Apple Electrical Services, Inc. Mortgage Bankers Association Elinor R. Bacon James C. Cleveland Monarc Construction, Inc. Benjamin Apt Diana R. and Charles A. Nathan George Gregory Barnard Eric Colbert, AIA Julia Monk-Landis, AIA, AISD and David S. Arnold National City Bank Linna M. Barnes and Contemporary Electrical Services Christian J. Mixter Jeffrey C. Landis, AIA Jeremy Arnold and Eleanor Choi Marshall B. Coyne Foundation National Concrete Masonry Ann K. Morales Matthew Arnold Association BBGM/Architects & Interiors Criterium Engineers Sakura Namioka John Arroyo National Electrical Contractors Sally Berk and Custom Design Concepts Association Sanders H. Berk, M.D. Almas Nanji Agnes Artemel Architecture + Interiors National Multi Housing Council Shehenaz Bhanji Clarence W. Pearson, Jr. Joseph Asin Leo A. Daly National Trust for Historic Suzanne and Richard Bissell Susan Piedmont-Palladino and Charles H. Atherton, FAIA Day & Zimmerman Group, Inc. Preservation Sara Ann Bounds Douglas R. Palladino Atlantic Decorating, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Arnaud de NFL Charities M.J. Brodie, FAIA PIP Printing Robert Axelrod and Christy Wise Borchgrave Mr. and Mrs. Alan Novak C. Dudley Brown Quadrangle Development Co. Mary and William I. Bacchus Gilbert E. Delorme, Esq. Oehme, van Sweden & Associates Gahl Burt Eden W. Rafshoon Bachner Communications Debartolo Holdings, LLC Kay and Robert Oshel Mr. and Mrs. William N. Cafritz The Ramji Law Firm Kathy and Bob Baer Zahir Dhalla Robert A. Peck and Lynn Palmer Cass & Associates Architects, P.C. Ann Kendall Richards and Baines Construction Hussein M. Dharsee The Honorable William Nitze Ted & Lea, Jim & Wanda Pedas Cheryl and Matthew Chalifoux Susan C. Bairstow DiMella Shaffer Stan and Marilyn Ross PSA-Dewberry Cherry Hill Park Richard Allan Baker Donohoe Construction Company Bruce Ross-Sheriff Irene and Abe Pollin Coblentz, Patch, Duffy, & Bass, LLP Letitia Baldridge Doracon Contracting, Inc. Mansoor Saleh Pulte Homes Columbia Woodworking, Inc. Michelle Baldwin Christopher Dorval, Dorval Adrienne Schmitz Pritzker Foundation Gianne Conard, AIA Rita Balian Strategies Aniko Gaal Schott EHT Traceries Inc. RATHGEBER/GOSS ASSOCIATES David E. Cooper Thomas M. Ballentine

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Louisa B. and John F. Barker California State Polytechnic Melanie and Fred Dann Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Fehrle GWWO Inc. Architects Gino J. Baroni University Sarah Davidson Pamela and Daniel J. Feil, FAIA Mr. and Mrs. Miles J. Haber David M. Barton The William Calomiris Company, Gloria Davis Paul S. Feira John Hager and Ron Geatz LLC William B. Bassett Susan M. Davis Brian Feit and Phil Melemed Bruce Haglund Jim Calvert, M.D. Jason Bassingthwaite and Greg Dawson and Amy Van Allen Frances Ferguson Hailey Design, LLC Marcia Camarda Nichole Roher DC Maxecuters Theodore M. Fields Steven A. Hamilton Laura and Ralph Cantral Susan Bathory and Donald Lane Emily K. and Frank A. DeCicco Nora Fischer Michelle Hanson Capstone Communications, L.L.C. Timothy Beacom and Johannes Sara Nomellini Delgado, AIA Christine E. Fisher Rosalyn and Alan M. Hantman Mueller Claire and Thomas Cardella Lisa Delplace and Chris McGahey Carol Flaisher Rita Hare and Bernice Deren Ellen Beasley Jan D. Carline John Demirjian Erin J. Flanigan Ann and John Hargrove Esther H. Beaumont Jonita Carter Susan A. and Bernard G. Grace S. and Philip A. Fleming Suzanne Harness and Beery Rio Architects & Interiors Joseph Cartwright Dennis, Jr. Whit Fletcher Raymond Kogan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Belcher, Jr. Stephen H. Case Design 1 Edmund J. Flynn & Co. Harney Woodworking, Ltd. Merithew Benington Christina S. Casgar Miriam and Eugene Dessureau P.D. Folk William H. Harris, Jr. Marc Bergoffen Louise Alden Cassity A.J. Diamond Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ford, II Patricia Harrison Edwin Berk Patrick J. Caufield Jill Dixon Phyllis B. Fordham Michael Manning Hartman, AIA Phillip G. Bernstein Katherine Cave Eric Dobson Sarajane Foster Hartman-Cox Architects Best Address Real Estate, LLC Robyn and Mark Chachula William H. Doggett, AIA Florence B. Fowlkes Harvard Jolly Architects PA Howard S. Biel Morris J. Chalick, M.D. Joshua Donato Barbara Francisco Anne Hassoun Thomas Biery Wallace W. Chandler The Donohoe Companies, Inc. Kenneth Franco David Havelka Edith S. Bingham Carl Chapman Robert F. Dorsey and Enoch D. Frankhouser Ronald Hayes Linda and Mark Binsted Jana Charters and Roy A. Stacy Lynne M. McGrail Molly M. Frantz Josephine D. Hearld Ann and Jonathan Binstock Chernikoff and Company Jill Dowling and Collin Green Velma Viets Frazier Jay Hellman Carolyn and Ben Bird CHJ3 Architecture, Inc. Joyce and Mortimer L. Downey, III Lara Fredrickson Elika Hemphill Ilona and Matthew Birenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon L. Church Vered and Allan Drazen Bruno Freschi, OC, FRAIC D. Rodman Henderer Nancy and Don Bliss John Clark John Dryden Shirlee and Howard Friedenberg Matthew Herrington Blueline Design Lindsey Clark Dan Dubrowski Ken Fulton and Ron Duby Joseph Hertzler Richard C. Blumenstein D. Sherman Clarke Michael H. Ducody David F. Furman, FAIA Douglas A. Heydon Tersh Boasberg William F. Clinger, Jr. Malinda and Keith Duke Susan and Thomas Gage Daniel W. Hicks, M.D. Eleanor and Richard Bochner Donald Cobean Duke 8 4-0 1 Partnership Patrick Gallagher Mary Welch Higgins BOE Architects, PLLC Bonnie Cohen Georgiana P. and Francis E. Gardiner, Jr. Gil Hill and Carol P. Galaty Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Nancy Berkinshaw-Cohen and Chester G. Dunham Eileen and Richard Garson Henry Hill, II David and Catherine Bohrman Howard K. Cohen Christopher Dunlavey Louis Gauci Hill Lumber Company Lewis Bolan Ray Colbert Jo Ann Duplechin Gauthier, Alvarado & Associates Margaret Hillert-Zysk Analouise C. Bolten Estella S. Cole Jane S. Durch John T. Geary, Jr. Albert P. Hinckley Henry H. Booth Robert Collett and Nancy Mika Samuel S. Dyer General Typographers, Inc. Deborah and Klaus Hirtes Pamela and Jay Bothwell Barbara Collier Amy Easton and Keith Green B. Clayton Gentry Mary Anne and Lance Hoffman Simon Bourgin Commercial Glass Company Inc. George Cameron Eaton, AIA Jere R. Gibber Sandra Dee Hoffman Marcia E. Bove Jerome Conlon John P. Eberhard, FAIA Troy Jennene and Charles A. Gibbs Jeffrey Holland Hollie Bowen and E. Paul Love Sonia and Robert Conly Pamela S. Ecker Elizabeth T. Gibson Juanita Holler-Mildenberg Bowie-Gridley Architects, PLLC Joyce Connolly EDSA Christine Gill Cheryl Hollins Inci Bowman David Conway Conrad Egan Elizabeth and Richard Gill Martin Holmer and Jo Moore Jody and Charles Boynton Caroline Cook Jennifer A. Eggleston and Benjamin Licciardi Laurie and Mark Gillman Jeanette M. Honsa Susan Haas and Steve Bralove William Cook Steven Ehrlich, AIA Gerald Giovaniello Gayle Hooper Carol Brandt William T. Cook Ronald Eichner Giuliani Associates Diane and Victor Hoskins Sue L. Bremner Cooke + Skidmore Consulting Corp. Joan Eisenstodt and Joel Levy Global Lighting Gregory M. Hoss Robert Brennan Kent Cooper Ann Elkington and Alvin J. Lorman Lewis Jay Goetz, AIA, IIDA Mary Ann C. Huey Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brenza Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coupard Shelly and Gerald Elliott Ellen Gold J. Ford Huffman Keith Bridger and Pierre Huggins and Lois Ireland Nancy J. Simpson Mary and Eugene Covert Harold E. and Louise H. Engle Leslie J. Goldman Elise Hughes Casey Brill David Cox, FAIA Carmen T. Schlinke Epstein Michael Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hunter Katie Britton Claire and Warren Cox Sarah G. Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Kingdon Gould, Jr. Badonna R. Hurowitz Susan Begley Broeksmit and Cox Graae + Spack Architects Shelia Etzkorn and Michael Binder Louise W. and Thomas H. Greene Sam Broeksmit CPR Multimedia Solutions Ronald L. Ewing Georgette N. Gregg Tae Hyon Karlton W. Brown William A. Crane Fabry Associates Architects Steve Griffin Ivan V. Idrobo William D. Browning Anne Sprunt and Drury B. Crawley Alpheus Fair The Griffin Family Wendy Ikezawa Darnell Burfoot Stephen M. Crumbie Judith and David Falk Jennifer and Brett Griffith Independence Federal Savings Bank Florence Burian Ken Cummings Waldo C. Falkener, Jr. Reginald Griffith ING Real Estate Richard T. Busch Dahlberg Associates Marilyn Farley Grimm + Parker Architects Catherine and W.T. Ingold John A. Butch Donald J. Dakin Ellen Farrell Debbie and Bob Groberg Susan J. Irving Lanty K. Butchko Gerald P. Darymple Douglas A. Faulkner and Carol and C.B. Groce Jill Isenbarger and Keith O’Connor Sandra Byrne Maygene and Stephen Daniels Carolyn F. Gray David J. Gunzerath Nancy Riddle Iversen Catherine Cahill and William Arthur H. Fawcett, Jr. Bernhard Susan and Dudley Ives

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David Jameson Darrell Lemke and Diana C. Mendes and Kathy J. and Richard B. Nettler Patricia Ralston Matthew Jelacic Maryellen Trautman Mark Bassett New Jersey Institute of Technology Edna R. Ranck and Martin Rich Jensen and Beth Goodrich Donald H. Leppla and Metropolitan Architects and The New York Community Trust Fleischer Eric D. Jackson Planners Inc. John M. Johansen New York Institute of Technology Rasevic Construction Co. Nancy Leuba Col. Theresa A. Meyer and Bruce Johnson Hilary Chapman Nguyen Georgia Ravitz Jeffrey Levine and Margaret Moore Bob Ranck John H. Johnson McDuffie Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Redden Richard H. Levy Alan Meyers Elizabeth F. Jones Lisa and David Nicks Wally Reed, Jr. and Eleanor R. and Roger K. Lewis, Richard Miele Mary Ellen Taylor Elizabeth and Dennis Jones Ted A. Niederman FAIA John S. Ingram Deborah E. Reeves Martha C. and William J. Jones R.W. Nilsson Ligne Roset Georgetown David Miller and M. Scott Bowling William Regan Joy Developers, LLC Jack Nobles Frederick Lindstrom David L. Miller Ellie Reichlin JustGive.org Alice Norris Kathleen and Peter Linneman Mr. and Mrs. David P. Miller Fred Reiner David N. Kamlin Jane W. and Frederick North Robert C. Liotta Ewing H. Miller, FAIA and Phillip K. Reiss Ruth and Herschel Kanter Donna Ari Susan Woodward Notkins, AIA and Stanford Lipsey Teresa F. Remein Susan E. Kary George H. Miller Abner Notkins Jane Loeffler Restoration East, LLC Raymond J. Kaskey, FAIA Gordon L. Miller Thomas E. O’Brien Margie and Allen Lomax Susan A. Retz, AIA and David Kassing Iris Miller, ASLA Ashley Power and Tim Lomax Lawrence O’Connor Charles Lovett William Katzenstein Robert Miller May F. and William C. Louie Susan D. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rigelsky Gale D. Kaufmann Robert Kris Miller Sharon B. and James W. Lowe Paul O’Leary Scott Riggs Elizabeth and John D. Keegan Miller, Miller & Canby Ann Lowry Ruth E. O’Rourke Michael Rilee Judith K. Keenan Jessica and Toby Millman Greg D. Luczyk Oak Ridge Incorporated Juan Felipe Rincon Joseph T. Keiger Henry A. Millon Kelly Lukins and Kenneth Propp Robert K. Oaks Robert Wilson Mobley Joanne M. Kelly J.C. and Neil Milner Partnership, AIA Karen Luria Linda and Rob Obenreder Jonathan Kemper Robert Minkoff Kym and Jenns Robertson Mary Sue and Thomas J. Lyons Oscar J. Olson, Jr. Cathie J. Kempf William Minor Bernard Robertson Carolyn M. Mackenzie Barbara and Fred D. Ordway Krista and Karl Kendall David Missert Timothy Robson Richard Maeder Martha and Mark Orling Jeffrey F. Kenney, AIA Richard Moe Trini Rodriguez Howard P. Maginniss, AIA Henry Otto Thomas E. Kettler G. Martin Moeller, Jr. Ann and Vincent Rogers John J. Mahoney G.F. Oudens, FAIA Rashida Khakoo Nahid Mohamadi J. Rogers Architecture, Inc. Malcolm Real Estate Andrew Paciorek Richard Kilday Meridith H. and Charles B. Walter A. Romanek Myra Malkin Joseph Palca and Kathy Hudson Esther King and John Page Moldenhauer Joyce Root Bill Malley and Dana Carstarphen Barbara Palmer Nancy King and Tom Loy Tina and Neal Mollen Fred Rosenberger Michael Malone Linda J. Palmer Rose Marie Kirwin Mary Alice Molloy Rodney A. Ross David P. Manfredi Michael J. Panciera Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Kling Michael Monette Blair Ruble Vicki and Greg Marchland Tom Parker C.M. Kling & Associates, Inc. Lyn Moriarity Ellen Ruina Susan Marcus Susan and David Parry Mary V. Knackstedt M. Howard Morse Francisco Ruiz Marks, Thomas Architects Valerie and Adrian Parsegian Stephen W. Koenig, AIA John E. Moyer, AIA Frederick A. Russell Rich Markus Architects John G. Parsons Sue A. Kohler Richard J. Moylan Edward J. Rynne, Jr. Robert C. Marshall, Jr. Nicholas Pasanella Michael Kolakowski MSI General Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Salingher Ellen Fishwick Martin Barbara and Stephen M. Pattin Steven T. Kopke Mueser Rutledge Consulting Stephen M. Salny Julie A. Martin and Bruce Fitzgerald Engineers Laura Peebles Martin B. Kormanik Nancy and Arthur Saltford Lynne Masterson Donna M. Murasky and Jonathan Penndorf Paulette and John Korns Barbara M. and Harry L. Sanders Taddy McAllister Craig M. Dean PerLectric, Inc. Janine and Brian D. Kraft Janet and Thorndike Saville, Jr. Maureen McAvey Murillo/Malnati Group Perfect Settings George R. Kravis, II David J. Saylor Barbara McBride Robert Murphy and John Petro Mike T. Krzykowski Fred W. Steckler Lawrence Scarpa, AIA Mr. and Mrs. Allan McClain Claudia Phelps and Ted Baird David Kuehn and Laura Gottesman John A. Murray Frances Way Schafer David McColloch Peter G. Piness Kvell Corcoran Architects, PC Philip D. Muse, AIA Gilbert P. Schafer, III Joseph McCoy John B. Pitchford Anita T. Lager Patricia and Jeffrey Myers-Hayer James A. Scheeler, FAIA John McCullough Roger Platt George C. Lancaster Leonard Napolitano Roger O. Schickedantz Celia McEnaney Jillian Hanbury Poole Landis Construction Co. Mary and Michael McGill National Conference of State Peter Schmidt, AIA Historic Preservation Officers Martin H. Poretsky Susan and Stephen Langley Dorn C. McGrath, Jr. Richard L. Schmidt National Council of Architectural Thorn L. Pozen M.K. Lanzillotta, AIA and Cindy and Terry A. Schmidt Liz McGrath Registration Boards Pamela J. and John E. Prevar Lee Becker, FAIA Robin Schoen Charles C. McLaughlin National Law Enforcement Officers Richard P. Larm Arnold J. Prima, Jr., FAIA Randolph McManus Memorial Fund Zachary Schrag Michele and Karen Late Providence Associates, Inc. National Ready Mixed Concrete Angela Schreiber Marilyn and Charles McMillion Rhonda Pruss and Donald Messer Alison and Peter Lattu Association Harry K. Schwartz McCain McMurray Marshall E. Purnell, FAIA Mary E. Lawrence and Peter Buck Lawrence I. Neff Alethea Schweigert and Gillian McPhee Quality Engraving and Design Deborah Lawson Charles H. Nelson, III Gregory Opas Dan McVane Lee C. Quill, AIA and Lori Arrasmith Beryle and Dan Lednicer David L. Nelson Alan D. Sclater Philip E. Meany, Jr. Marcia F. Rachy Philip D. Lee Gregory M. Nelson and Mary Frances Scofield Derek Meares Marni G. Lefkowitz Jennifer Nye John T. Radelet L.M. Scofield Company Clarence Medema Harold Leich Jeff Nelson Eka Rahardjo Frances I. Scott Meditch Murphey Architects Barbara B. and Richard Leighton Pricilla Nelson Anne B. Raines Patricia A. Mellen David Ralston

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Mr. and Mrs. Rex W. Scouten Carolyn Tager Beth Wehrle Donors of Goods Colleen and Evans Sealander Jack Taylor Margaret T. and Ted Weidlein and Services Margaret A. Seaver Jean Taylor Robert A. Weinstein and @Last Software, Inc. Donald P. Seibert Shar Taylor and Lisa Dickey Judith M. Capen Autodesk, Inc. Sandra and David Sellers Thomas Taylor and Daniel Drolet Marvin F. Weissberg Blue Ridge Timberwrights John Selstrom William W. Taylor Gareth Wells and Janet E. Ziffer Betsy Bowers Marsha L. Semmel Telesis Corporation Wells Woodworking Specialties, Brick Industry Association and Inc. The Belden Brick Company, SGA Architects Doris C. and Vigdor I. Teplitz R. Harrison West Canton, OH Zee Shakur Texas Tech University Library Dean Westman and Ramon A. Cala David L. Sheridan James Thackaberry Andrea Putscher CPR MultiMedia Solutions Gilaine Shindelman Lauren P. and Stuart Davis Thayer WHA Architecture Design Ways & Means – Daniel K. Shogren and Renae and David Thompson Gerry Whiddicombe Perry Cofield, AIA Jennifer L. Rise R.M. Thornton, Inc. Louise W. Wiener Tom Dews Lynne K. Siemers Nestor Tirado Allan H. Williams District of Columbia Association Stefanie Zeldin Sigal and Michael Towbes of Land Surveyors Robert K. Sigal Michael Willoughby & Associates Trace Inc. Jonathan Foote P. Dawn Sikkema Scott M. Wilson Betsy McCue Train Gehry Technologies, Inc. Scott David Simonsgaard Doryan L. Winkelman and Tricon Construction, Inc. Melanie Ferrara Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C. SKB Architecture & Design Trout Design, Inc. Christine Wirkkala Jayson Hait Louis H. Skidmore, Jr., AIA Donald Tucker, RA Laura Wirkkala Andrew Hall Bernard Slosberg Jo Tulkoff Roger A. Wissman Lianna S. Hamm Shirley and Albert H. Small Laura Turner Robert A. Wittie Linda Kay Heinrich Corinne Smith Patrick Turner Joan and Marshall Wolff Hewlett-Packard Company Dean Smith Albert Twanmo Dale R. Worley International Masonry Institute M.C.R. Smith Robert D. Uher Ron Worth James G. Davis Construction P.K. Smith Corporation Kristen and Christopher Ullman Edmund Worthy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Smith Lafarge North America, Inc. University of Florida Deby and Robert M. Wulff Smith, Thomas & Smith, Inc. J.P. McDermott University of New Mexico William Robert Wurtz and Jennifer and Marlon Smoker The McGraw-Hill Companies Joseph Valerio Lisa Swanson Susan Sorensen McRaven Restorations Henry Van Dyke, V Kevin Yam Fredda S. Sparks National Capital Art Glass Guild Deborah and Hall Van Vlack Marion E. Yeck Jeff B. Speck National Children’s Museum Stephen Vanze Alex Yellin and Shelia G. Billingsley Madeline and William Speer George C. Yeonas National Society of Professional Andrew Varrieur and Engineers Alexander C. & Tillie S. Speyer Caroline Tipton Mary and Andy Zehe Foundation Natural Edge Jeanne and Joseph Ventrone Ziegler Builders, Inc. Nancy M. Spiesman and NIKO Contracting Co., Inc. Michele Ruddy Vernon M. Zelaya Quesada William C. Jackson RTKL Associates Inc. Versaci Neumann & Partners Rita and Karl Zener F.N. Spiess David M. Schwarz/Architectural Lawrence Spinelli Versar Inc. Joanne and Robert Zich Services, Inc. Richard L. Sprott Voorsanger & Associates Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. Clift A. Seferlis Cecile Srodes Huan Vu, M.D. Robert Zuraski and Signs by Tomorrow Elizabeth Monnac Nick Stanisic Building and Susan and Melvyn Wahlberg David Sucher Contracting, LLC Boyd Walker and Amanda Lenk Memorial Gifts ULI-Urban Land Institute George Stavropoulos Christopher W. Walker In memory of Jeffrey Wilde Jaime Van Mourik Angela Steever-Diba Lois Walker Brenda M. Derby Virginia Railway Express Joan Steigelman Stanley B. Wall In memory of Winthrop Faulkner Washington City Paper John Steigerwald Deborah Wallower Florence B. Fowlkes Washington Metropolitan Area Marjorie L. Stein James M. Walter and Transit Authority Joseph D. Steller Michelle A. Portman Honorary Gifts Washington Woodworkers Guild Anne Stephansky Patricia A. and Jesse W. Walter, Jr. The Honorable and Mrs. Stuart A. Bernstein Maurice Walters, AIA and Tim Stephens in honor of Gerald Hines Mary Jean Pajak Stevens & Vitanza AIA Kevin M. Warner Matching Gifts Scott Sterl, AIA, PLLC Melissa Warren Bank of America Foundation Anne J. Stone Sarah and Luke Wassum Boeing Matching Gift Program Cornelia J. Strawser Margaret Watson and Paul Brown The Morris and Gwendolyn Dennis Stubbs Plumbing Marjorie and Mathew Watson Cafritz Foundation Cathleen Sullivan Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald ExxonMobil Foundation Patti Swain Stan Watters The Ford Foundation William Robert Wurtz Kate Meenan-Waugh and GannettMatch Joan and Tom Swift James V. Waugh IBM Corporation Dwayne J. Sye Verna and John W. Webb, AIA The John D. and Catherine T. T. Rowe Price Patty and Robert Webb MacArthur Foundation Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Teri and Mark Webster Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Associates, Inc.

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Financial Report

The Great Hall at dusk. Photo from the National Building Museum files

30 FINANCIAL REPORT

The Museum’s total revenue for fiscal year FY ’05 Sources of 2005 was $8,195,673, a 12 percent increase Support and Revenue over 2004. The growth occurred across vir- tually all of the Museum’s income streams. Contributed revenue and services, which Other Earned Income 10% included both restricted and unrestricted gifts and accounted for over half of the museum’s total revenue, totaled $4,507,294, an increase of $736,767. Earned income Contributed Great Hall Events 22% from the Museum Shop, Great Hall rentals, Revenue and and other sources totaled $3,688,379, an Services increase of $114,813. 55% Expenses for the fiscal year Museum Shop Sales 13% totaled $7,199,004, the vast majority of which went directly toward exhibitions, educational activities, and other program- ming. The change in net assets between the end of fiscal year 2004 and the end of FY ’05 Expenses fiscal year 2005 was $996,669. The National Building Museum is a nonprofit educational institution as Great Hall Events 6% designated under section 501(c)(3) of the Museum Shop 12% Internal Revenue Code. This financial report is based on an independently audited financial statement. For a copy of the Fundraising 15% complete financial statement, please Programming General & Administrative 7% write to: Accounting Department, 60% National Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, or call 202.272.2448.

The National Building Museum makes all financial records available to its outside auditors and attests to their accuracy and completeness. Additionally, the Museum attests that it maintains adequate internal accounting controls and that it adopts sound accounting policies.

Chase W. Rynd President and Executive Director National Building Museum

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2005 Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended September 30, 2005

Temporarily Permanently 2005 2004 Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total

REVENUE, GAINS & OTHER SUPPORT Contributions and Grants 1,846,315 1,797,577 - 3,643,892 2,731,116 Great Hall Events 1,782,453 - - 1,782,453 1,621,076 Museum Shop Sales 1,045,485 - - 1,045,485 1,136,280 Contributed Services 548,994 - - 548,994 702,112 Membership 268,161 - - 268,161 268,283 Other 223,964 - - 223,964 233,340 Education Program Fees 208,082 - - 208,082 259,057 Investment Income 125,874 185,453 7,568 318,895 254,963 Event Income 109,500 - - 109,500 68,850 Contribution Box 46,247 - - 46,247 69,016 Net Assets Released from Restrictions 1,174,121 (1,174,121) - - -

Total Revenue 7,379,196 808,909 7,568 8,195,673 7,344,093

EXPENSES Program Services Exhibitions 1,807,345 - - 1,807,345 3,058,176 Education & Public Programs 1,364,258 - - 1,364,258 1,594,119 Museum Shop 883,754 - - 883,754 907,218 Publications & Public Affairs 820,587 - - 820,587 1,058,650 Great Hall Events 444,611 - - 444,611 367,709 Collections 200,855 - - 200,855 163,593

TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES 5,521,410 - - 5,521,410 7,149,465

Supporting Services

General & Administration 484,649 - - 484,649 697,752 Fundraising 1,065,782 - - 1,065,782 851,500 Membership 127,163 - - 127,163 102,614

TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES 1,677,594 - - 1,677,594 1,651,866

TOTAL EXPENSES 7,199,004 - - 7,199,004 8,801,331

Change in Net Assets 180,192 808,909 7,568 996,669 (1,457,238)

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total

Net Assets, September 30, 2003 683,837 2,951,012 640,000 4,274,849 Change in Net Assets 101,665 (1,564,068) 5,165 (1,457,238)

Net Assets, September 30, 2004 785,502 1,386,944 645,165 2,817,611 Change in Net Assets 180,192 808,909 7,568 996,669

Net Assets, September 30, 2005 965,694 2,195,853 652,733 3,814,280

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The Great Hall during the Festival of the Building Arts. Photo by F.T. Eyre

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VOLUNTEERS

Fiscal Year 2005 Volunteers

Shop Volunteers Richard Nagelhout Margaret Luke Alice Harris Gino DiNardo Matthew Parker Tina Maisto Judy Hecht William Eby Jennifer Russel Jerry Maready Cheryl Hollins Mary Finkenbinder Ned Russell Debran McClean Ellen Jacknain Kerilyn Fox Roslyn Samuelson Mark McGovern Louise Johnson Joseph Glassman Janice Schuler Charlene Melcher Lisa Karasiewicz The Museum thanks all those who Judith Goldberg Paula Shelton Norman Metzger Emily Kirk donated their time and services to Ellen Goldkind Garthleen Thomas Richard Nagelhout Anne Lange Judith Hecht Barbara Thomson Fred North Dan Lednicer the National Building Museum in Lana Hirsch Newell Watkins Anne Novak Catherine Lee fiscal year 2005. Badonna Hurowitz Jack Wennersten Amy Pan Sally Liff Ghislaine Jackson Ruth Ellen Wennersten John Peterson Margaret Luke Radine Legum James Woods Carol Potter Bronwyn Massey Harriet Reiss Steve Zorn Marilyn Reis Nicole Mayer Madeline Revkin Hillary Rubin James McCormick Docents William Sawicki Ellen Ruina Supichaya Meesad Louise Allahut Robert Scott Roslyn Samuelson Emily Mudd-Hendricks Claire Andreas Carole Toulousy-Michel John Schuler John Blake Murphy Joyce Arsnow Lisa Walkup Harvey Segal Ivan Pang Susan Bairstow Deborah Wallower Seymour Selig Zarna Patel Thomas Ballentine Newell Watkins Leonard Shapiro Alexis Peck Jordan Benderly Jerry Shapiro Marilyn Reis Information Desk Raman Bhatia Nadine Simon Roslyn Samuelson Volunteers Frank Boucher Jackie Aamot Ralph Smith Rick Harlan Schneider Marian Bradford Brent Adams Eric Snellings Janice Schuler Jim Carr Katherine Anderson Robert Somers Hanna Smith Frank Chalmers Benjamin Axleroad Kim Toufectis Gail Stenger Paul Christy Susan Bairstow Carole Toulousy-Michel Barbara Thomson Glenn Court Thomas Ballentine Nick Wafle Cindy Thompson Volunteer Benjamin Axleroad Bob Craycraft Eugene Becker Lisa Walkup Maria Timm (right) with a participant in the Betsy David Festival of the Building Arts. Jordan Benderly Tim Ward Kim Toufectis William Eby Photo by F.T. Eyre Amy Bergbreiter James Woods Emily Van Agtmael Eileen Emmet Sandra Byrne Debee Yamamoto Meghan Van Dam Richard Evans Robyn Chachula Nicole Warren Pamela Feltus Cart Facilitators Eleanor Chambers-Jackson Steve Zorn Courtney Fint Aron Beninghove Ruth Crump Nora Fischer William Eby Emeritus Volunteers Betsy David Jon Gann Amy Haas Pat Goldstein Brenda Derby Ann Gilbert Tina Maisto William Hopper William Eby Bobby Gladstein Kelly Malloy E.M.J. Pauyo Sarah Ferguson James Golden Leonard Shapiro Edmund Peterson Mary Finkenbinder Matthew Grimm Wendy Smith Judy Richey Alan Friedman Ilona Gyorffy Kim Toufectis Mark Gavin Interns John Hanley Alice Harris Staff Volunteers Nana Akowuah Tomi Harman James Heegeman Joyce Arsnow Emily Beaver James Heegeman Dudley Ives Susan Bairstow Molly Cable Mary Anne Hoffman Dorothy Kirby Hilda Beauchamp Maria del Rosario Cornejo Judith Hunter Rose Marie Kirwin Heather Bradley Kristin Dean Bettina Irps Lori Krauss Yang-Yang Chen Laura Fribley Dudley Ives Yvonne Lamy Scott Clowney Ludivine Gilli Ellen Jacknain Sherman Landau Bob Craycraft Emily Gresham Joseph Keiger Beryle Lednicer Gene Eisman Tatiana Lledo Lloyd Kinch Sally Liff Richard Evans Katie Meyerson Dorothy Kirby Eric Lutz F.T. Eyre Emma Sandler Yvonne Lamy Ellen Marsh Arlene Fetizanan Shuning Zhao Mike Larson Norm Metzger Bobby Gladstein Sally Liff Ellyn Goldkind

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