blueprintsVolume XXVII, No. 1–2 National Building Museum

In Between: The Other Pieces of the Green Puzzle

in this issue: Healthy Communities, Green Communities Word s ,Word s ,Word s Winter & Spring 2008/2009 The Lay of the Landscape Annual Report 2008 in this issue... 2 8 13 18 19 21 23 In Between: The Other Pieces of the Green Puzzle The exhibition Green Community calls attention to important aspects of sustainable design and planning that are sometimes overshadowed by eye-catching works of architecture. The environmental implications of transportation systems, public services, recreational spaces, and other elements of infrastructure must be carefully considered in order to create responsible and livable communities. This issue of Blueprints focuses on the broad environmental imperative from the standpoints of public health, urban and town planning, and landscape architecture. Contents Healthy Communities, ! 2 Green Communities M Cardboard Reinvented Physician Howard Frumkin, of the Centers for Disease Cardboard: one person’s trash is another Control and Prevention, brings his diverse expertise as B an internist, an environmental and occupational health N person’s decorative sculpture, pen and pencil expert, and an epidemiologist to bear on the public health holder, vase, bowl, photo and business card holder, above: Beaverton Round, in suburban Portland, Oregon, was built as part of the metropolitan area’s Transit-Oriented Development Program. implications of community design and planning. p Photo courtesy of the American Planning Association and Portland Metro. stress toy, or whatever you can imagine. Bring out your o Creating Sustainable Landscapes creativity with these durable, versatile, eco-friendly LIQUID

h CARDBOARD vases that can be transformed into a myriad from the executive director 8 In an interview, landscape architect Len Hopper discusses s his profession’s inherent commitment to sustainability and of shapes for a variety of uses in your home. growing involvement in large-scale planning efforts. Going Greener Still—A New Era for the Museum Available in the Museum Shop Words, Words, Words Prices vary; start at $27.00 Member, Six years ago, the National Building Museum galleries—as the old ones wear out, of course—and enhancing our efforts 13 Paul Farmer, executive director and CEO of the American $30.00 Non-member launched the first in its ongoing series of popular to recycle and reduce waste. Planning Association, reflects on the value of various and influential exhibitions on sustainable design We are now embarking on a new phase in that effort, and this issue sustainable planning initiatives. and planning. Now on view is the latest exhibition of Blueprints represents a beginning and an end in that regard. You will in this series, Green Community, which examines notice, for instance, that in lieu of the glossy, 36-page Annual Report that Museum News the vital but often overlooked elements of the built we have mailed separately in the past, the report for fiscal year 2008 is 17 environment that lie between individual buildings— incorporated in condensed form in this issue, saving a great deal of paper • Robert A.M. Stern Accepts Vincent Scully Prize • The Home Depot Foundation Awards Presentation the infrastructure and landscapes that weave those buildings together and ink, not to mention postage costs. Complements For the Greener Good Program into a cohesive cloth. The exhibition reveals how design professionals But an even bigger change is on the horizon. This is the last issue of • Popular Receptions Mark Opening of Green Community are rethinking our communities to reduce energy consumption, protect Blueprints that will be distributed as a printed magazine. With the next • Festivals Draw Eager Crowds natural habitats, and improve public health. issue, we are moving to online publication. We know that many of you As a complement to these exhibitions, of course, the Museum has will greatly miss receiving a physical copy of Blueprints, but we hope that Development Notes offered numerous lectures, symposia, and other education programs that you will come to look forward to reading the next version electronically. 21 • Donor Profile: American Public Transportation Association have helped to focus the public discussion of green design and planning. After all, it will be the greenest issue ever. • Thanks to Recent Donors Our ongoing series For the Greener Good: Conversations That Will Change the World, for example, poses provocative questions and engages broad Mystery Building audiences in the search for answers. 23 “The Phantom T” But our commitment to sustainability extends beyond our pro- gramming. Thanks in part to a generous grant from The Home Depot insert Annual Report 2008 Foundation, we have been working hard to make our building—and our Chase W. Rynd operations—greener. We are gradually installing green materials in our President and Executive Director

Winter & Spring 2008/2009 blueprints 3 Perhaps not. For the last few generations, traditional town planning principles have given way to a pattern known as urban sprawl. With suburban growth, cities have expanded over vast geographic areas. Land-use pat- terns at the urban edge have changed, from traditional farm and forest to residential subdivisions. Land-use mix has declined; housing developments are built far from schools, stores, and workplaces. Land-use density has also declined; some communities can measure land-use in acres per family rather than families per acre. Traditional downtown areas have given way to long stretches of multi-lane roads lined by strip malls and big-box stores, set back on vast parking lagoons. Trans- portation systems have changed as well, with the vast majority of trips—even short ones—made by automo- bile, and with a concomitant drop in walking, bicycling, and transit use. Amenities that were routine in an earlier age—sidewalks, plazas, parks—are too often omitted from recent developments.

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Health professionals love hard evidence. Fortunately, Common sense suggests that parks are an asset opposite above: Boston’s Back Bay Fens were Healthy Communities, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the late we have considerable evidence to point the way to for communities. They provide a venue for physical 1800’s to preserve the Fens marshland, which healthy community design. Consider these examples: activity, social interaction, and relaxation, which all had become polluted, and to create valuable The SMARTRAQ (Strategies for Metro Atlanta’s Re- promote health and well-being. But a recent study of real estate and recreation areas within the city’s Emerald Necklace park system. Green Communities gional Transportation and Air Quality) study in metro parks in Copenhagen provided further evidence of Photo by Dan Tobyne. Atlanta followed more than 10,000 adults, assessing health benefits. People who live near parks not only their neighborhood characteristics, their means of travel, opposite below: New York’s central park, by Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH lmost 2500 years ago, the legendary Greek use the parks more frequently than those at a distance, also designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, was and certain health outcomes. Greater land-use mix, officially completed in 1873. Among the most physician Hippocrates wrote his classic but they have lower stress levels and weigh less—an more walking each day, and less time in the car each day effect not fully explained by visits to the park. Nearby influential innovations in the park’s design Dr. Howard Frumkin, a physician and epidemiologist, is Treatise on Air, Water, and Places. He offered were the “separate circulation systems” for A were each associated with a lower risk of obesity. Land- greenspace is salutary. careful observations on how towns and cities were situ- pedestrians, horses, and carriages. director of the National Center for Environmental Health and use and transportation patterns predict physical activity, Photo by David Shankbone. ated, on wind, sunlight, soil, ground cover, and topog- Community design, then, can do a great deal to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at the and physical activity is important for health. raphy, and on how these factors influenced the health promote health. Good sidewalks and trails, nearby above: View of typical suburban development. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A study in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympic of residents. Writing as both physician and geographer, destinations, parks and other green space, safety, and Games took advantage of a natural experiment. Atlan- the presence of other people all promote walking and below: In the 1970’s, Virginia’s Arlington he knew the importance of place for health. County realized it would need to plan for tans were urged to refrain from driving during the 17 More than two millennia later, Frederick Law bicycling. Transit use does the same; in fact, nearly a changes brought by the new Washington-area days of the games. Many complied, and peak morn- third of transit users get recommended levels of physi- Metro transit system. The county has since Olmsted had the same insight. The father of landscape become noteworthy for its string of dense, ing traffic counts dropped by 22.5%. Peak daily ozone architecture, he was keenly attuned to human health, even cal activity just by walking to and from their transit mixed-use urban villages at successive levels promptly dropped by 27.9%. And acute asthma transit stops. serving as secretary general of the United States Sanitary stops. To support these design features, many of the events in children dropped by as much as 44.1%. © WMATA, photo by Larry M. Levine. Commission (forerunner of the Red Cross) during the All three parameters returned to their baseline at the Civil War. In such projects as New York’s Central Park— conclusion of the Olympics. Transportation affects air the “lungs of the city”—and Boston’s Back Bay Fens—a quality, and air quality affects health. landmark act of civil engineering, sewage management, In sprawling communities where people spend and health protection—he saw his creations as acts of much time in their cars, motor vehicle fatality rates and public health. Working as both designer and health activist, pedestrian fatality rates are high. This is a pressing public he, too, knew the importance of place for health. health challenge—motor vehicle crashes are the leading These are insights that we are rediscovering today. cause of death among young people nationwide. Not The major causes of death, suffering, and disability surprisingly, reducing driving can help prevent these trag- have changed greatly since Olmsted’s time. Heart edies. In fact, when gasoline prices rise, people drive less, disease, cancer, strokes, injuries, asthma, diabetes, and highway death rates decline—an effect that seems to obesity, and depression have edged out such conditions have operated to save lives during the summer of 2008. as tuberculosis, dysentery, influenza, and pneumonia. With less driving come fewer traffic deaths. Our population is far larger, and older, than it was a

century ago. Are we creating healthy places to help address these challenges? 4 blueprints Winter & Spring 2008/2009 Winter & Spring 2008/2009 blueprints 5 Green Community Exhibition Sponsors

principles of “Smart Growth” are relevant: density, Presenting Sponsor connectivity, mixed land use, vibrant activity centers, transportation alternatives, preservation of green spaces. Community design is increasingly recognized as a public health strategy. Lead Sponsor A Virtuous Circle in Design and Planning

One appeal of this approach is the synergy it offers. Major Sponsor We don’t have a pill that prevents heart disease, cancer, asthma, diabetes, depression, and injuries. (If we did, we’d be adding it to the water supply!) But we do have community design strategies that offer all of this and Patron more. The simple act of a child walking to school— with all the precursors, environmental and behavioral, that lie behind it—reduces the risk of each of the conditions listed above. The simple intervention of planting trees in a community offers many of these Supporter health benefits, directly and indirectly. At a time when American Society of Landscape Architects health care costs are rising and health care coverage Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP Donald A. Capoccia eludes many Americans, such synergistic preventive CBC America strategies are more important than ever. Flooring Solutions The beauty of this synergy extends beyond direct Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development right: Visitors explore the National Building Museum’s exhibition Green Community, health benefits. In many cases, the interventions that National Endowment for the Arts currently on view. define healthy communities also define green commu- Perkins+Will Photo by Anne McDonough. nities—the focus of the National Building Museum’s Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP Turner Construction Company below: A public bike-sharing station in current exhibition Green Community. Shifting transpor- Barcelona’s Barceloneta district. Bike-sharing tation from driving to walking, bicycling, and transit Contributor programs like Barcelona’s can be found around AECOM: DMJM H&N, EDAW, ERA, HSMM the world, including in Washington, D.C. does more than promote health; it improves air quality, Arup Photo by Marcbel. and reduces carbon dioxide emissions. Building more The Durst Organization EastBanc needs”—a recognition that we need to be good stewards, FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS, LLP compact communities, balanced by the preservation of for the sake of those who will follow us. This is a recogni- Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC green space, does more than promote health; it protects tion found in many cultures and credos. The Great Law of Nixon Peabody LLP waterways and floodplains, conserves rural and agricul- Peace of the Hau de no sau nee (the Six Nations Iroquois PEPCO tural land, and promotes biodiversity. At a smaller scale, SmithGroup/JJR Confederacy) mandated that chiefs consider the impact STUDIOS Architecture “green” buildings that utilize sustainably produced, of their decisions on the seventh generation yet to come. non-toxic materials and effective insulation do more Contemporary religious leaders have called for “creation Friend than improve indoor air quality; they reduce energy BP Solar care”—stewardship of the Earth as both a religious obliga- Envision Design PLLC consumption, which in turn reduces pollutant and CO2 tion and an obligation to future generations. Ethicists have KISHIMOTO.GORDON.DALAYA Architecture PC emissions from power plants. asserted intergenerational justice as a moral basis for action Teknion Terrapin Bright Green The benefits of green, healthy communities do not on climate change. We need to think to the future. accrue only to those who live in them, or even to their Green communities, then, are in many ways healthy Sustainable Communities Lecture Series Sponsor contemporaries. They accrue over time. We are increas- communities—promoting good health and well-being ingly reckoning with long-term limits on such resources directly for those who reside in them, indirectly for their as water, petroleum, and soil. As climate change unfolds, neighbors, and indirectly for those who come after. They Official Media Partner the consequences of past energy-use patterns will be felt offer a wide range of health benefits, corresponding to the by future generations. The decisions we make today—not major contemporary causes of morbidity and mortality. only in community design, but in energy, transportation, They offer “co-benefits” that extend beyond health to the agriculture, and a host of other realms—will have impli- environment and the economy. Those who care about Sustainability Partner cations for our grandchildren and their grandchildren. health, and those who work in design, architecture, and The UN Commission on Environment and Develop- planning, can celebrate their growing convergence of ment in 1987 defined sustainable development as that interest, and the enormous opportunities to collaborate which “meets the needs of the present without compro- in achieving shared goals: green, healthy, and sustainable mising the ability of future generations to meet their own communities for all people. •

6 blueprints Winter & Spring 2008/2009 Winter & Spring 2008/2009 blueprints 7 An Interview with Leonard J. Hopper, FASLA

Len Hopper is a landscape architect and currently a senior associate with Mark K. Morrison Associates LTD in New York City. He also teaches at The City College of New York and at Columbia University. Hopper is an The Lay of the Landscape active member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, having served as its national president for 2000–01 by G. Martin Moeller, Jr. and as president of the Landscape Architecture Foundation for 2005–06. Illustrations accompanying this article relate to the Sustainable Sites Initiative of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Martin Moeller: How is the green movement changing the practice of landscape architecture?

Len Hopper: For landscape architects, sustainability argu- ably arose as an issue over 100 years ago, though of course they would not have used that term then. There are so many people now saying their practices are green— architects, engineers, everybody’s green now. But it’s not a competition—we all have to realize that we all have roles to play in being sustainable. As landscape architects, we look at ourselves as people who have been practicing this way for quite some time. It’s an ethic, something we believe in, and something that our training prepares us for. What I find to be interesting is that now, rather than always having to convince a client, a public group, or another design professional that sustainability is something you need to think about, there’s more of an expectation that these are things you have to do. We are really over the hump of arguing that natural systems are things that need to play a part in any of these projects. So in some ways it has made the argument much easier and raised the expectations that we have to meet. People are educated enough now that green design can’t be just a token gesture. They have a better under- standing of what green means. The various standards or guidelines not only give the designer something to work toward, but also give clients some reasonable A water feature at the Queens Botanical Garden. © Jeff Goldberg / Esto. expectations as to what they’re getting.

8 blueprints Winter & Spring 2008/2009 Winter & Spring 2008/2009 blueprints 9 Hopper: I do see landscape architects increasingly working in larger planning roles. In fact, the line between a planner and a landscape architect is sometimes blurred. Although the disciplines are different, I think you’re seeing landscape architects being brought in much earlier in planning Moeller: Were you directly involved in the initiative? processes, if not right at the beginning. There are also some large firms that exemplify a multi-disciplinary approach Hopper: I had the great experience of serving on one of the technical subcommittees—it happened to be the within their own firm, including both planners and Subcommittee on Human Health and Well-Being, which landscape architects, as well as other disciplines working together from the earliest stages of the project’s inception. opposite left: Queens Botanical Garden Visitor is interesting in itself because that’s an aspect of sustain- and Administration Center, Flushing, New York. ability that is often overlooked. Green design offers not Principal landscape architects: Conservation Moeller: You were previously the chief landscape Design Forum; architects: BKSK Architects. only an environmental improvement, but it also improves architect for the New York City Housing Authority, © Jeff Goldberg / Esto. people’s health. Many mental and physical ailments can which was recognized by the Landscape Architecture be eased by design strategies that are primarily geared opposite top: Point Fraser Precinct Development, Foundation for outstanding leadership in urban design a public open space on a former brownfield site toward the environment. It’s a win-win scenario. and planning. What did you and the agency do to earn in Perth, Western Australia. Planning and design Our two main goals on our subcommittee were to ap- that recognition? by Syrinx Environmental PL. Photo courtesy of Syrinx Environmental PL. ply existing research to the standards, and then to establish standards that would stimulate new research so you’d have Hopper: In New York, there are 350 or so different opposite bottom: Kresge Foundation housing developments. The big challenge is how to Headquarters, on a former greyfield site in a real basis for the proposed guidelines. We shied away Troy, Michigan. Landscape architecture by from setting aesthetic standards or design standards, be- give each development a unique sense of identity and Conservation Design Forum; architecture by cause those can be so subjective. The qualitative part comes place. There are a lot of fairly tall buildings—10, 12, 14 Valerio Dewalt Train Associates. © Conservation Design Forum. from what your objectives are—your expected outcomes— stories—but I always maintained that you can foster and you have to reach a certain positive level of design in a sense of community through careful design of the order to achieve those objectives. ground plane. A high-rise is supposedly anti-street life, Moeller: Speaking of guidelines, the American Society but you can bring people out and encourage them to of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has launched a Moeller: Can you cite examples of specific projects that think of the site as an extension of their homes. Sustainable Sites Initiative in cooperation with other reflect the goals of the Sustainable Sites Initiative? One of the things we were able to do was reduce organizations. What is the purpose of this initiative? crime significantly. When I started in the late 1970s Hopper: It’s hard to find one project that deals with at the Housing Authority, it was right after a time of Hopper: When you hear people speak about sustain- them all—some emphasize certain aspects more than economic decline, and there was no money for public ability, usually you’re hearing about fairly general others—but I think if we looked at perhaps two fun- housing, infrastructure, or maintenance. Since they concepts and approaches. Many of the standards or damental things that are common areas of focus, they were unable to maintain the planting areas, much concepts that are applied to sustainability are very would be storm water management and the thoughtful of the open space was paved with asphalt for ease of quantitative—they say you should have X number of use of vegetation, soil, and materials. maintenance. The open areas in housing developments bicycle racks, or X amount of glazing—but they don’t This gets back to the qualitative aspect. Landscape were desolate, gray, and bleak, allowing people from the talk about the qualitative nature of what you’re trying architects often take a very practical element and make street to come in and take over. Residents felt trapped to create. Well, you can talk all you want about walk- it into something that’s sculptural and aesthetically in their houses. We had allowed these areas to become able communities, to cite one example, but unless you pleasing—something that looks like it is doing something urban battlefields where outsiders had the advantage. create a community where walking is pleasant and safe, other than what it actually is. Sometimes we say that the So very early on I said, “Let’s change the battlefield, and nobody is going to walk. work of landscape architects is often at its best when it let’s give ourselves the advantage and put the intruders The Sustainable Sites Initiative [SITES] was founded is unnoticed, and certainly there are times when that’s on the defensive.” in 2005. One of the things that led to this was the success appropriate—you know, people look at, say, Central Park, The idea of “defensible space” was really popular of the LEED effort of the U.S. Green Building Council and they don’t realize that someone designed it, since it at that time, but that really just consisted of building and the positive response to it by municipalities, develop- looks so natural. Then there are other times when design very tall fences, which put up a barrier and isolated the ers, builders, architects, and engineers. The problem was interventions are quite bold and it’s very obvious what the housing development from the community at large. If that only a very small component of the LEED certifica- man-made elements are. But what’s a little more subtle is you went through the fences, there was really nobody tion process dealt with open space or sites. So there were that projects often function on different levels. In some “defending” the space on the other side. What we tried really no guidelines or measures that you could apply to a landscapes, for example, you see these sculptural pieces to do was keep our housing developments extremely site much like you could apply to a building. and you think, wow, what a great design, but they’re actu- open, creating spaces for residents’ activities and ameni- SITES is trying to do two things: first, to comple- ally there to harvest rainwater. There are very functional ties that they requested, and in doing that, we created ment and augment what the LEED guidelines had things that a landscape architect is able to take and turn areas that they felt not only very comfortable using, but already established, and second, to encourage the into an aesthetic amenity for a community, and that’s the also taking care of them and assuming proprietary own- development of sustainable sites even when there is part I don’t think many people initially see. ership over them. As part of that effort, we were able to no building involved. Those two things were really create large green areas that replaced the “sea of asphalt” the driving forces behind getting a group together Moeller: Many people associate the profession of with carpets of green turf and flowering shrubs and to develop the guidelines, and by the way, the Green landscape architecture with projects of modest scale— increase the tree canopy. That positive presence created Building Council was part of that group. yards for private houses or common areas in corporate such an inherent sense of security that it reduced crime [A preliminary version of the SITES guidelines is avail- developments, for instance. Landscape architects also, significantly on the housing development sites and, in able online through the ASLA website.] however, often contribute to large-scale, community- wide design and planning projects. Is that becoming fact, in the areas immediately surrounding them. more common?

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left: An arroyo-like planted zone at Orange Moeller: What kinds of projects are you working on now? County Great Park, in Irvine, California, designed by Ken Smith Landscape Architect and Mia Lehrer & Associates. Hopper: The firm where I am now practices across a Photo courtesy ASLA. broad spectrum of the landscape architecture profes- above: Native garden, Santa Monica, California, sion including a good deal of municipal work. We are part of a demonstration project to promote working with a couple of different housing authorities, sustainable landscaping practices. Landscape designer: Susanne Jett, Jettscapes Landscape. as well as with New York City Parks and Recreation Photo courtesy of the American Society of in designing some of their play environments and Landscape Architects. recreation facilities. These projects involve some of the below: High Point, a redevelopment of a same safety, environmental, and social issues as in pub- 1940s-era public housing project in Seattle, lic housing. More specifically, in terms of sustainabil- Washington. Planning, architecture, and overall landscape design by Mithun. ity, we are working with Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC © Mithun, Juan Hernandez. program [a long-term plan for “a greener, greater New York”]. We are helping to identify tree-planting loca- tions on housing authority sites, through the sponsor- ship of the New York Restoration Project, which is Bette Midler’s group. We are also part of the mayor’s Schoolyards to Playgrounds program, taking barren spaces that are covered in asphalt and surrounded by chain link fence and redesigning them so they really become community assets. We are actually working with kids to redesign their own schoolyards with the goal of having a community playground within a ten- minute walk of all residents. Fiscal Year 2008 AT-A-GLANCE In all our projects, we are talking more and more (October 2007 through September 2008) about the connections between design and human well- Total Attendance: 406,796 being, so whether we are looking at creating walkable communities or providing pleasant outdoor spaces, we Web site hits: 1,909,648 are also looking at how we can leverage the design for Public program attendance: 18,916 the maximum possible benefit—socially, economically, School program attendance: 24,227 and environmentally. • Estimated media impressions: 163,824,079* Total Revenue: $9,519,662 Total Contributed Income: $5,631,216 Total Number and Value of Volunteer Hours: 11,488 hours; estimated value $345,798 or $30.10 per hour**

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12 blueprints Winter & Spring 2008/2009 Annual Report 2008 National Building Museum Message from the Chair and the Executive Director Honoring Leaders in the Built Environment In June, the Museum presented its 2008 Honor Managing Our Most Important Asset A Thoroughly Modern Museum Award to The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and its nationwide network of 96 As the National Building Museum’s fiscal year Over the past fiscal year, the Museum reexamined chapters. As the nation’s largest and oldest construc- 2008 was coming to a close in October, the glob- a seminal movement in architecture and design: tion trade association, AGC has actively shaped the al economy, which had been gradually sliding 20th-century Modernism. The cornerstones of building industry while promoting excellence and downhill, fell off a cliff. Suddenly, longstanding this exploration were a pair of exhibitions about safety. The award gala raised more than $1.2 million assumptions about society crumbled, as did the two of the movement’s most creative figures: for the Museum’s exhibitions and programming. public’s faith in many venerable institutions. Yet Marcel Breuer and Eero Saarinen. Featuring In December 2007, the ninth Vincent Scully from this daunting situation there has emerged a large-scale models of landmarks like Breuer’s Prize was presented to Richard Moe, president of broad resolve to seek meaningful solutions. Whitney Museum of American Art and Saarinen’s the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in To that end, the mission of the National Gateway Arch, the exhibitions revealed that these recognition of his leadership in expanding public Building Museum has never been more vital. architects—though both deceased for decades— understanding of the importance of protecting The Museum is, after all, one of the most continue to exert a powerful influence on and celebrating our built heritage. important stewards of our nation’s greatest tan- contemporary design. Due to a scheduling change, the Henry gible asset: the built environment. Bridges and As a counterpoint to the focus on Modern- C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction parks, schools and airports, office buildings and ism, the exhibition Lasting Foundations: The Art Technology was awarded twice during fiscal year houses—these are the components of a diverse of Architecture in Africa explored the long and 2008. In October 2007, Frank Gehry of Gehry portfolio that continues to serve society’s needs seamless history of vernacular building across Partners and Dennis Shelden of Gehry Technol- regardless of the vicissitudes of financial markets. that continent. The visually-rich exhibition in- ogies were recognized for pushing the boundaries Increasingly, government officials, business peo- cluded original works of architectural sculpture, of construction and engineering to create some ple, and the general public are recognizing that handicrafts, photographs, and film. Green is Still Good of the world’s most distinctive buildings. In this vast and complex asset must be protected, Ongoing exhibitions included Cityscapes September 2008, the award was presented to Dr. carefully managed, and continuously reinvented Revealed: Highlights from the Collection; Wash- For years, the Museum has been an advocate and Charles H. Thornton, an engineer, for his role as in order to ensure its long-term viability. ington: Symbol and City; and the phenomenally resource for sustainable, or green, design, and the founder of the ACE Mentor program, which During fiscal year 2008, the Museum, popular Building Zone gallery, where young 2008 was no exception. This past year, thanks to introduces high school students to careers in the through its exhibitions, education programs, children learn about the built environment the support of The Home Depot Foundation, design and building industries. publications, and awards programs, continued to through hands-on activities. the Museum once again presented the critically- acclaimed program series For the Greener Good: above: Children explore the green Project Play- shape the public’s understanding of the past, pres- Enhancing Our Intellectual Capital houseTM in the Museum’s interactive exhibition ent, and future of our buildings and communities. Conversations That Will Change the World, and Thanks to the generosity of Beverly Willis, a found- the Building Zone. launched a project to make the Museum’s galler- Photo by Peter Cutts. ing trustee of the Museum, and other generous ies and institutional practices greener. donors, we opened the renovated Beverly Willis right: Coordinating Curator Susan Piedmont- Other education programs included the Palladino gives a tour of the exhibition Marcel Library in March 2008. The new library provides venerable Spotlight on Design lecture series, Breuer: Architecture and Design during an improved facilities for research, meetings, and opening reception for Museum members. which featured the latest Pritzker Prize laure- presentations. We wasted no time in taking advan- above left: The National Building Museum Photo by Peter Cutts. ate, Jean Nouvel, among others. The annual tage of this facility as we welcomed our first two honored the Associated General Contractors of cover: The exhibition Eero Saarinen: Shaping the L’Enfant Lecture, held in Chicago this past America and its network of chapters during a fellows—thanks to the support of The American black-tie gala in the Great Hall. Future included models of many of Saarinen’s year, was given by California architect Teddy most famous projects, including the St. Louis Institute of Architects and Cynthia and Charles Photo by Paul Morigi. Cruz, who spoke about the need to diminish Gateway Arch and Dulles International Airport. Field—who spent the summer conducting research Photo by Peter Cutts. geographical boundaries and other barriers to above middle: A young visitor learns about the that advanced the mission of the Museum. building industry during the 2008 Festival of the improving design and planning. Building Arts. As always, the Museum board and staff are The Museum’s highly-regarded youth and Photo by Jenn Michaelree. indebted to the members, corporate sponsors, family education programs once again actively and many other contributors who made all of above top: Panelists discuss pressing engaged youngsters in meaningful exploration sustainability issues during the Museum’s our activities possible. Despite the economic of the built environment. Family events such ongoing lecture series For the Greener Good: challenges that face us all, we look forward to an- Conversations that Will Change the World. as the Festival of the Building Arts and Discover Photo by Peter Cutts. other productive, creative, and informative year. Engineering Family Day drew a total of 26,125 above: Ken Grunley of Grunley Construction and people, while school programs attracted 14% his wife, Ginny, with Beverly Willis during the more participants than in fiscal year 2007. opening reception of the renovated and expanded Beverly Willis Library. Photo by Anne McDonough.

Michael J. Glosserman Chase W. Rynd Chair President and Executive Director

1 National Building Museum Annual Report 2008 Annual Report 2008 National Building Museum 2 Trustees, Volunteers, and Interns Industry Partners Donors

FY08 Board of Trustees Ex Officio Trustees Volunteers Ian Grant Industry Partners are the leading As a private, nonprofit institution, the National Building Museum relies on the generous support of corporations, individuals, Karen Griffith William B. Alsup III Secretary Dirk Kempthorne Jacqueline Aamot philanthropic partners of the associations, and foundations to fund its innovative exhibitions and award-winning educational programs. This support is Matthew Grimm Frank Anton Department of the Interior Janet Aliaga Illona Gyorffy National Building Museum given in a variety of ways: from grants and memberships, to volunteer hours and visitor donations. In fiscal year 2008, the Thomas N. Armstrong III Secretary Alphonso Jackson Laura Anderson Amy Haas contributing $15,000 or more Museum raised $4,573,404 in cash for unrestricted and restricted programs. The combined total of cash, pledges, and David S. Bender (until April 2008) Joyce Arsnow Alice Haddix Deborah Berke Department of Housing and Benjamin Axleroad each year. This group provides contributed income was $5,979,718. The Board of Trustees and the Museum’s staff are grateful to all who provided the Catherine Hailey William M. Brennan Urban Development Susan Bairstow essential general operating financial support that enables the Museum to raise awareness of and appreciation for the built environment. Inga Hailstorks Robert H. Braunohler Acting Secretary Roy A. Jenna Baldino Gareth Hall support while also investing in The following donors made gifts or pledges of $250 or more during the 2008 fiscal year (October 1, 2007 (until November 2007) Bernardi (April–June 2008) Thomas Ballentine John Hanley the Museum’s exhibitions and through September 30, 2008). While space limitations do not permit listing gifts of less than this amount, the Museum Kelly Caffarelli Department of Housing and Martha Barroso Tomi Harman Joan Baggett Calambokidis Urban Development Kristin Barrow educational programs. In 2008, extends its sincere thanks to all donors. Alice Harris Donald A. Capoccia Secretary Steve Preston Chris Beck the Museum’s Industry Partners Judy Hecht Charlene Melcher Rhiannon Thumma Dennis J. Cotter (from June 2008) Jordan Benderly Fred Hecklinger Manasvi Menon Maria Timm greatly impacted contributed $250,000 and above D.C. Commission on the Arts Goldman, Sachs & Co. ARTBA Gilbert E. DeLorme Department of Housing and Aron Beninghove James Heegeman Laura Merrill Kim Toufectis income, in particular as support- The Home Depot Foundation & Humanities, an agency Delon Hampton, Ph.D., P.E. Associated Equipment Distributors Christopher Dorval Urban Development Misty Benson Elizabeth Henson Spencer Merritt Carole Toulousy-Michel McGraw-Hill Companies* supported in part by the NEA Hines AGC Education & Michael J. Glosserman Senator Barbara Boxer Amy Bergbreiter ers of the Honor Award and the Lana Hirsch Norman Metzger Giam Trinh National Capital Arts and Dedalus Foundation Robert W. Holleyman, II Research Foundation Delon Hampton Chair, Senate Committee Nianti Bird-Ortiz exhibition Green Community. Mina Holen Rachel Mikeska Mary Ann Troanovitch Cultural Affairs Program and the D&R International Holliday Fenoglio, Fowler, LP Associated General Gary P. Haney on Environment and Frank Boucher Cheryl Hollins Kile Mitchell Jessica Turrin The Museum is thankful for their U.S. Commission of Fine Arts EastBanc Joseph F. Horning, Jr. Contractors of Greater Florida Philippe Hardouin Public Works Jane Bouton William Hopper Arrigo Mongini Jaime Van Mourik dedicated support. Executive Affairs Authority iSqFt BB&T Robert W. Holleyman II Representative James Oberstar Marian Bradford Tucker Huey Dominque Morizet Hien Vuoung $100,000 through $249,999 of Abu Dhabi The JBG Companies Beers & Cutler, PLLC Joseph F. Horning, Jr. Chair, House Committee on Greg Breisinger Vikki Morris Nick Wafle Cynthia R. and Charles G. Field* Knoll, Inc. BE&K Building Group/ Melinda Hungerman (October 1, 2007 – The American Institute Gerald M. Howard Transportation & Infrastructure Stefanie Brown Rev. Anthony Motley Deborah Wallower Freddie Mac & Frederick A. Kober Mike Goodrich Judith Hunter September 30, 2008) of Architects Mercy Jiménez Lurita Doan (until April 2008) Christine Buttner- John Blake Murphy Rich Walsh Freddie Mac Foundation Kohn Pedersen Fox Bowen Engineering Badonna Hurowitz American Public Transportation A. Eugene Kohn Administrator Grafenhain Richard Nagelhout Kenneth Walton Grunley Construction Co., Inc.* Associates PC Carolyn Schwenker Brody Bettina Irps The American Institute of Architects Association Deryl McKissack General Services Administration Sandra Byrne Hiroko Nakamura Olivia Warren International Masonry Institute* Laborers’ International Union Brookfield Properties Dudley Ives American Planning Association The Associated General Hollis S. McLoughlin David L. Bibb Jackie Canales Kristen Neri Jack Wennersten International Union of Louisiana Contractors Wanda A. Bubriski Nicole Ives American Public Transportation Contractors of America Melissa A. Moss (April-August 2008) Jim Carr Fred North Ruth Ellen Wennersten Bricklayers & Allied Educational Trust Builders Association Ellen Jacknain Association D.C. Children & Youth Edward J. Newberry Acting Administrator Aaron Carson Blanca Ornelas Heather Whitlow Craftworkers* McKissack & McKissack Caddell Construction Ghislane Jackson American Society of Civil Engineers Investment Trust Corp. (from April 2008) General Services Administration Scott Carty Ivan Pang Ken Williams MASCO Corporation Foundation Mead Family Foundation Company, Inc. Kristan Jadwick American Society of Landscape Discovery Communications, LLC Robert A. Peck James A. Williams Frank Chalmers Matthew Parker Jason Wilson Perkins + Will Melissa Moss and Jonathan Carolinas AGC Louise Johnson Architects Hanley Wood, LLC Whayne S. Quin (from August 2008) Eleanor Chambers- Zarna Patel Sarah Wilson Stephen M. Ross, Chairman and Silver / The Capital Group Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers LLC Penny Elizabeth Jones Andersen Corporation The William Randolph Hearst Stephen M. Ross Acting Administrator Jackson E.M.J. Pauyo James Woods CEO, Related Companies Companies Charitable Caterpillar, Inc. Maxine Karam Associated Builders and Foundation, Inc. Chase W. Rynd General Services Administration Thomas Cheung Emilia Pawlowski Timothy Wright TROX USA, Inc. Foundation Centerline Foundation Tricia Karppi Contractors, Inc. Institute of Museum and Deborah Ratner Salzberg Adrian M. Fenty Paul Christy Alexis Peck Debee Yamamoto Jim and Sharon Todd National Association of Central Illinois Builders of AGC Sarah Kass The Associated General Contractors Library Services Stephen E. Sandherr Mayor of the District of Columbia Scott Clowney Kristin Pene Regan Zibro U.S. Green Building Council Home Builders Nancy B. and Howard K. Cohen Joseph Keiger of America Lt. Col. & Mrs. William K. Konze Robert A.M. Stern David L. Winstead Glenn Court Kris Peters Steve Zorn Nixon Peabody LLP Pamela Colbert Kiera Kerwin Deborah Berke & Partners Architects Lafarge* Norbert W. Young, Jr. Commissioner, Public Bob Craycraft John Peterson $10,000 through $24,999 Painters and Allied Trades Colonial Parking Maya Khouri Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & The Nathan Cummings Buildings Service, Elizabeth Davis Mary Purcell Interns LMCI Constructors Association of Lloyd Kinch Planners, LLP Foundation AECOM: DMJM H+N, EDAW, Honorary Trustees General Services Administration Genevieve Davison Judi Quach Stephanie Anderson Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Western Pennsylvania Dorothy Kirby BFC Partners National Endowment ERA, HSMM Stephen T. Ayers Nathaniel Decker Marilyn Reis Andrew Constanzo Whayne S. Quin Esq. / Contractors Association of Harold L. Adams Emily Kirk Bloomberg for the Arts American Planning Association Acting Architect of the Capitol Clarissa V. Delgado Harriet Reiss Ciana Hanson Holland & Knight West Virginia Howard M. Bender Rose Marie Kirwin The Capital Group Companies STUDIOS Architecture* American Society of Allen Weinstein Amy DiCarlantonio Madeline Revkin Sara Carmichael Gamble Sorg Architects Cooper Carry Carolyn Schwenker Brody Audrey Koehler Clark Construction Group, LLC Turner Construction Company Landscape Architects Archivist of the United States Gino DiNardo Rob Romano Laura G. Wilson Henry and Jessica Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. David C. Evans Lillian Kozuma Discovery Communications U.S. Department of Energy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. James H. Billington Susan Donkers Hillary Rubin Sarah Chamberlain United Brotherhood of Carpenters DeBenedittis M. Arthur Gensler Jr. Lori Krauss FXFOWLE Architects, llc Armstrong, III The Librarian of Congress Daniel Donnelly Ellen Ruina Meghan Rafferty and Joiners of America Design Cuisine Mike Goodrich James Lancaster Gensler $50,000 through $99,999 Arup Cristián Samper Verlinda Dority Cathy Ryan Shira Gladstone Wells Fargo/Eastdil Secured Design-Build Institute of Thomas J. Klutznick Sherman Landau Hanley Wood, LLC Association of Equipment (until July 2008) Bill Eby Emily Salomon Crystal Robinson Members of AGC of Metropolitan Willis America Frederick A. Kober Anne Lange The Home Depot Foundation Manufacturers Acting Secretary of the Elizabeth Edgar Roslyn Samuelson Alexandra Mahinka Washington, DC Zimmer Gunsul Frasca The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Stuart A. McFarland Aaron Large International Masonry Institute Barton Malow Company Smithsonian Ann Elkington Mandira Sareen Jen Burka Anonymous Architects LLP Foundation, Inc. Robert McLean III Mike Larson International Union of Bricklayers & The Beech Street Foundation G. Wayne Clough Eileen Emmet Jaya Sawhney Rachel Mongold James G. Davis Construction The Richard H. Driehaus Elizabeth B. Moynihan Eaton LaVigne Allied Craftworkers Bender Foundation, Inc. (from July 2008) Cory Estep William Sawicki Diane Riley Corporation* $5,000 through $9,999 Foundation Marilyn Perry Trevor Lawrence The JBG Companies Deborah Berke & Partners Secretary of the Smithsonian Scott Ewart Emily Scali Emma Denvir Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Flooring Solutions Inc. James W. Todd Beryle Lednicer Knoll, Inc. Architects Aadland Evans Constructors, Inc. Richard Moe Richard Evans Heather Schroder Kelly Bresler Management Fluor Corporation Mallory Walker Dan Lednicer Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC The Beverly Willis Architecture Adolfson & Peterson Construction President Pamela Feltus John Schuler Nicholas Sackos Fannie Mae Freestate Electrical Leonard A. Zax Radine Legum Lafarge Foundation AGC of California National Trust for Renee Ferguson Wendy Schumacher Marilyn and Michael Glosserman Georgia Branch, AGC Mei Li MASCO Corporation Foundation Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & AGC of Connecticut Historic Preservation Allyson Fletcher Graham Foundation for Advanced Founding Trustees Sally Liff Don Schwab McGraw-Hill Construction Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Christine McEntee Geronne Florus Planners, LLP AGC of Michigan Sandra Lizarraga Eric Schwass National Association of Robert A. M. Stern Architects LLP Studies in the Fine Arts Executive Director and CEO Kerilyn Fox Bloomberg AGC of Minnesota Foundation Cynthia R. Field Alex Lorman Robert Scott Home Builders The Tower Companies The Haskell Company The American Institute Evan Fraser The Brick Industry Association AGC of South Dakota, Herbert M. Franklin Margaret Luke Carl Seifert The Nathan Cummings Foundation United Technologies Corporation The Heavy Constructors Assoc. of Architects Phyllis Freedman The Cianbro Companies Building Chapter and AGC Edward T. Hall Alec Luong Eric Selbst NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of the Greater Kansas Alan Friedman Clark Construction Group, LLC* of South Dakota, Inc. Nancy Stevenson Kelly Malloy Seymour Selig OF REALTORS® $25,000 through $49,999 Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Anisha Gade Clark-Winchcole Foundation AGC of St. Louis Beverly Willis Ellen Marsh Jerry Shapiro Perkins + Will Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Rich Gallagher American Society of CoStar Group AGC of Tennessee Anita S. Martin Leonard Shapiro Portland Cement Association Herzog Contracting Corp. Jon Gann Civil Engineers* Gilbert E. DeLorme, Esq. AGC of Texas Debran McClean Lilly Shoup Robert A. M. Stern Architects LLP Holder Construction Company Dene Garbow The Andersen Corporate and Greenstein DeLorme AGC of Virginia James McCormick Surrell Silverman Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Houston Chapter, Associated Jim Garcia Foundation & Luchs, P.C.* Akridge Iris McCrea Brianne Smith Sorg Architects General Contractors Sarah Gilberg Associated Builders The Durst Organization Alabama AGC Kate McGill Ralph Smith STUDIOS Architecture Icore Networks, Inc. Ann Gilbert and Contractors, Inc. Enterprise Fleet Management The American Architectural top right: A Museum volunteer teaches a lesson during Mark McGovern Gail Stenger The Tower Companies Indiana Construction Association Bobby Gladstein BFC Partners FMI Corporation Foundation a session of the Design Apprenticeship Program. Maggie McInerney John Stroik TROX USA, Inc. Ironworker Management Judith Goldberg The Morris and Gwendolyn Forest City Washington Anonymous Photo by Museum staff. Rosallen McMath Peter Szegedy-Maszak Turner Construction Company Progressive Action Ellyn Goldkind Cafritz Foundation FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS, LLC Arizona Builders’ Alliance Meghan Medwid Garthleen Thomas United Technologies Corporation Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) Pat Goldstein Centers for Disease Control Gale International Arizona Chapter – AGC Liz Meitner Barbara Thomson Mercy Jiménez/Fannie Mae

*The donor’s total giving includes a combination of cash and contributed goods and services

3 National Building Museum Annual Report 2008 Annual Report 2008 National Building Museum 4 Kansas City Chapter – AGC Linder & Associates, Inc. Davis Carter Scott Joseph Stella George Cameron Eaton Lee + Papa and Associates, Inc. David Sayles In honor of Kay Oshel’s Matching Gifts Kokosing Construction Company Inc. Linda B. and Jonathan S. Lyons Sheila and Peter de Bretteville The Swinerton Foundation Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Harold Leich Adrienne Schmitz retirement, The U.S. Department Merrill Lynch & Co. LIUNA Tri-Funds Barbara M. Macknick, Ph.D. Dewberry Dwayne J. Sye Joan Eisenstodt and Joel Levy Levy Group Limited Susan W. Schwartz of Labor, Office of Labor- Fannie Mae Foundation Land America Commercial Services Marriott International, Inc. e-Builder, Inc. Charles H. Thornton Eugene R. Eisman and James W. and Sharon B. Lowe Vincent Scully and Management Standards, The Morris and Gwendolyn Annette and Theodore Lerner Family Steven L. McClain, President, ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. Charlene Currie Carolyn M. Mackenzie Catherine Lynn and friends have made Cafritz Foundation Foundation Trust for Architectural Easements Laura Einstein and Helene Madonick Tishman Construction Corp. of D.C. Emerick Construction Company Maxwell MacKenzie Shelco, Inc. generous gifts to the Bill and Melinda Gates Maryland AGC Stuart A. McFarland, Federal City Mr. and Mrs. Richard England, Sr. Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc., EnviroHomeDesign Robert and Constance Maffi Gilaine and Larry Shindelman National Building Museum Foundation Jack L. Massie Contractors, Inc. Capital Advisors Envision Design PLLC Architects of Community EPS Printing Solutions Robert C. Marshall Daniel K. Shogren and Andrew Auerbach Master Builders of Iowa Meridian Project Systems, Inc. Philip Esocoff Tribble & Stephens Co. Jim Epstein Mark McFadden Jennifer L. Rise Bobbie Badger Donors of Goods and Services Miller & Long Co., Inc. Metropolitan Washington Finnish Cultural Institute in New York The U.S. Conference of Mayors Rosalie Fanale Randolph Q. McManus Clyde and Joan Shorey, Jr. Nathaniel Berman Morgan Stanley Group Inc. Airports Authority Herb and Barbara Franklin John D. Van Wagoner Frances Ferguson Rosallen Spencer McMath Stefanie Zeldin Sigal and Kathy Bissell American Institute of Aeronautics National Cherry Blossom Microdesk General Building Contractors Association Wagner Roofing Company Lindsay Field McCain McMurray Robert K. Sigal Michelle Bluitt and Astronautics (AIAA) Festival, Inc. Mississippi Valley Branch - AGC General Contractors Association of Hawaii Mr. and Mrs. R. Beverly R. Webb Whit Fletcher Derek Meares Linsey Silver and Lee Berger Della Bobian National Capital Section (NCS) Melanie and Lawrence Nussdorf Charles A. and Diana R. Nathan Gilbane Linden H. and Judith A. Welch P. Douglas Folk and Cynthia Lasko Henry Meigs II Esther B. Simon, AIA Denise Boucher Committee on the Occasions Caterers, Inc. National Academy of Engineering Don A. Hawkins, AIA Western Kentucky Construction Whitney Ford Joan Meixner SKB Architecture & Design Ian Burg Environment AIA/DC Patton Boggs LLP National Association of Industrial Hickok Cole Architects Association - AGC Shirlee and Howard Friedenberg John S. Milgram Louis H. Skidmore Mary Alice Cahir American Society of Civil The Pepper Companies & Office Properties HNTB Architecture, Inc. Beverly A. Willis Cris Fromboluti Ewing H. Miller and Donna Ari Leonard A. Sloan Anne Comer Engineers (ASCE) Prince Charitable Trusts National Electrical Contractors Association Michael L. Horst Neal L. Wood David F. Furman, FAIA George H. Miller Bernard Slosberg and Peter Constantine ASHRAE National Capital QUOIN Chapter, National Engineers Week Foundation Idaho AGC g booker 3, llc Herbert S. and Patrice R. Miller Mary S. Chor Andy Davis Chapter Associated General Contractors Nevada Chapter AGC Industrial Builders Inc. $250 through $999 Patrick Gallagher Robert L. Miller Smith, Thomas & Smith, Inc. Jim Devine Aurora Mid-Atlantic Distributors QUOIN Education and Parsons Brinckerhoff Inland Northwest AGC Lawrence Gaulkin MIT Club of Washington Fredda S. Sparks Gerard Donegan Blue Ridge Timberwrights 4240 Architecture Research Foundation Pulte Homes The Insurance Exchange, Inc. Mark Giuliani/ M. J. Moltenbrey George Stavropoulos Cindy Downing Marc W. Boland, Esq. – Charles D. Ablard Rippeteau Architects, P.C. Emerson G. and Dolores G. Reinsch Nancy Riddle Iversen Giuliani Assoc. Architects Christopher and Joseph D. Steller Dennis Eckert Bregman Berbert Schwartz Mary Achatz and Thomas Wells Rockwood Capital, LLC Foundation by Lola C. Reinsch Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown Bobby Gladstein Marianne Neri Monek Richard and Tracey Stockton Meg Ferris Poulis & Gilday, LLC Lise Adkins and Tom Murphy Deedie & Rusty Rose and J. Almont Pierce Alexander H. Jeffries, AIA Emeritus Raymond D. Grabb and Julia Monk-Landis Anne J. Stone Patricia Fox BP Solar AGC of New Hampshire SK&A Structural Engineers, PLLC* Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. Inc. Robert H. Busler Ellen Hahn Grabb Ann K. Morales SunTrust Bank Tony Fritz Capitol Greenroofs, L.L.C. AGC of Oklahoma - Building Chapter Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP Southern Illinois Builders Association S. Kann Sons Company Foundation, Inc. Bucky Green M. Howard Morse SunTrust Retirement Services David Geiss Clark Construction Group, LLC AIA, Knowledge Resource Team Hattie M. Strong Foundation Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Lloyd Kinch Allan Greenberg, Architect LLC John E. Moyer Sarah Sykora Douglas C. Griffin CBC America (TOLI & CERES) Carolyn Alper Sundt Construction, Inc. Sunrise Foundation Kishimoto.Gordon.Dalaya PC Grimm + Parker Architects Mueser Rutledge Consulting In memory of Debra Hall Commercial Plastics Recycling, Inc. Jeff Alpher TROX USA, Inc. Terrapin Bright Green Susan L. Klaus Debbie and Bob Groberg Engineers Richard Nagelhout Roberta Hall James G. Davis Construction Ammann & Whitney United Way of the National Capital Area Tishman Speyer Properties, LP A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA Stephen Groh John A. Murray Tarlton Corporation Sharon Hanley Corporation Anonymous (3) Urban Land Institute Tompkins Builders, Inc. Costas Kondylis & Associates, P.C. John Gulisek Construction Co. Philip Muse Taurus Development Group Meng He EPS Printing Solutions Agnes Artemel WDG Architecture U.S. Department of Housing Lacy, Ltd. The Gurevich Family Stephen Muse, FAIA Keene Taylor Sheila Hughley Evolution Partners Associated General Contractors of Maine Williams Brothers and Urban Development Robert C. Larson Bruce Guthrie Mary Nagelhout Shar Taylor Richard Hunsucker Real Estate Advisors Ayers/Saint/Gross Inc. Construction Co., Inc. Virginia Tech lee)sallee & company, inc. GWWO, Inc./ Architects In memory of TEAM Coalition Patrick Hyde FAMILY Magazine Elinor R. Bacon Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P. Lehman-Smith + McLeish PLLC Patricia Harrison Richard Nagelhout Nestor Tirado Priscilla Johnson Leah Thayer Ferguson Baines Construction $2,500 through $4,999 Robert and Deby Wulff Jacqueline and Marc Leland Foundation Michael Manning Hartman Peter Nagelhout William A. K. and Maria Titelman Wendy Johnson Cynthia R. Field Thomas M. Ballentine Wyoming Contractors Association Mr. and Mrs. Rafael V. Lopez Hartman-Cox Architects Sakura Namioka Harriet Tregoning Rosetta Kelly Flying Tigers 4H Aerospace Club Harold L. Adams, FAIA BeeryRio, Inc. JM Zell Partners, Ltd. David and Holly Lukens Harvard Jolly Architects PA National Association of The University of Maryland Diane Kendron GHT Chartered AGC - New Mexico Building Branch Sally Berk and Sanders H. Berk, MD Mancini Duffy Bruce Hayes and Jo Fleming Women in Construction Foundation Larry King Gold Leaf Studios AGC of Colorado Edith S. Bingham, $1,000 through $2,499 Marsh USA, Inc. Ronald Hayes National Fire Protection Henry Van Dyke, V Victoria Lipnic Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C. AGC of East Tennessee in honor of Richard Moe Michael L. Marshall HBP Inc. Association Deborah and Hall Van Vlack Doug Marchant William H. Griffith AGC of Massachusetts, Inc AGC of Alaska BOE Architects, PLLC Master Builders Association Josephine D. Hearld Priscilla Nelson Joseph and Jeanne Ventrone Wendell McGee Grunley Construction Co., Inc. AGC of New Jersey AGC of Greater Milwaukee, Inc. Pam and Jay Bothwell of Western PA, Inc. Jay Hellman Jo-Ann Neuhaus Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates Pearle Moenahele IEEE-USA All Stage & Sound, Inc. AGC of Kentucky, Inc. Sara Ann Bounds Gregory M. McCarthy David J. and Margaret N. Hensler Richard T. Anderson, New York Mallory and Diana Walker Wynona Newborn International Masonry Institute/ Andersen Corporation AGC of North Dakota Bowie-Gridley Architects, PLLC Lily and Bob McLean William F. and Frances Holmes Building Congress, Inc. Luke Wassum and John Pegula International Union of Assa Abloy AGC of Utah A. R. Braunmuller and Christine L. Krueger Richard Meier Foundation William L. Hopkins and Newmark Knight Frank Sarah Fairbrother Tracy Shanker Bricklayers and Allied Balfour Beatty Construction AGC of Wisconsin Robert P. Brennan Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Richard B. Anderson Jane W. and Frederick North John W. Webb, AIA and Bill Snyder Craftworkers BDO Seidman, LLP Air Conditioning Contractors of America Cathy M. Brentzel Col. Theresa A. Meyer Hord Coplan Macht, Inc. Lawrence O’Connor and Verna Webb Pat Strickland Lafarge North America - Gypsum James A. and Llewellyn W. Bensfield (ACCA) William D. Browning Morgan Stanley Group Inc. Gregory M. Hoss and Ashley Power O’Connor Patty and Robert Webb Fred Walters Richard Longstreth BOMA International Kathryn Alsegaf George W. Calomiris Mortgage Bankers Association Lars Etzkorn Robert K. Oaks Beth Wehrle Joseph Wasik, Jr. McGraw-Hill Construction Bonstra Haresign Architects LLP American Institute of Architecture Students Marcia Camarda ACE Mentor Program of America, Inc. Craig Howie Henry Otto Scott and Katy Weidenfeller Mark Wheeler Metropolitan Washington Bovis Lend Lease, Inc. Anonymous Claire and Thomas Cardella Donald Beekman Myer, FAIA Neal Hudson, Kim Heartwell, Joseph Palca Amy Weinstein & Philip Esocoff Andrea White Association of Plumbing Browser Media Arkansas Chapter AGC Jan D. Carline National Concrete Masonry Association & Tristen Hudson Parker Rodriguez, Inc. Gareth Wells and Janet E. Ziffer Katy White Heating Cooling Contractors Building Contractors Association of New Jersey Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Aron Cheryl and Matthew Chalifoux National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Mary Ann C. Huey Peak Corporation Ben Whitcomb Steve Willertz National Cherry Blossom Building Systems Design, Inc. In honor of Robert A.M. Stern Leon Chatelain III, AIA National Society of Professional Engineers Henry W. and Alana Huffnagle Clarence W. Pearson Scott M. Wilson Lisa Williford Festival, Inc. Calibre CPA Group, PLLC Associated General Contractors Chernikoff and Company National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hunter Laura Peebles Doryan L. Winkelman and Lynn Wilson Pardee Homes California University of of Kansas, Inc. CHJ3 Architecture, Inc. Edward J. Newberry Michael and Christine Huskisson Susan Piedmont-Palladino Melanie Ferrara Clint Wolcott Reed Smith LLP, Pennsylvania Austin Chapter AGC William B. Clark Oehme, van Sweden & Associates Catherine and W.T. Ingold and Douglas Palladino Christine Wirkkala Lary Yud David C. Evans, Partner Cannon Design Baltimore Washington Laborer’s William F. Clinger Robert and Kay Oshel Interface, Inc. Plants Alive! Inc. Laura Wirkkala RTKL Associates Inc. Cooper Carry District Council Donald Cobean In honor of David Schwarz Newseum/Freedom Forum JANUS et Cie Public Broadcasting Service Leonard A. Zax Savannah Supplies Delaware Contractors Association Linna M. Barnes and Christian J. Mixter Zivan Cohen Vicki, Ed, and Madi Bass Charles Pankow Foundation Jason Johnston Quadrangle Development Co. Michael Zisk SK&A Structural Engineers Honorable and Mrs. Robert W. Duemling Barnes Vanze Architects ColePrevost Petra Construction Corporation Andrew Joskow Michael L. Quinn Robert Zuraski and In honor of the National STUDIOS Architecture Envision Design PLLC Barry P. Rosenthal/Bingham Kim Coletta Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors – Michael A. Joy David Ralston Elizabeth Monnac Building Museum volunteers Syzygy Event Productions, David C. Evans, Esq.* McCutchen LLP Gianne Conard National Association Kasteel Construction Ranger Construction Industries, Inc. Michael Higdon Julie Shanklin Richard F. Evans Boston Properties Jerome A. Conlon Jillian Hanbury Poole Keane Enterprises, LLC RB Construction Group, Inc. Honorary/Memorial Gifts Jessica Tava Fox Valley AGC & Northern Illinois Building Brownrigg Charitable Trust Construction Labor Research Council In memory of Brenda Derby Quite a Stir in Catering! Mr. and Mrs. George J. Kelly Teresa F. Remein Thirteen WNET Contractors Association Davis A. Buckley David E. Cooper In honor of Buffy Hurowitz and Jeffrey Wilde Judith Helm Robinson Joanne M. Kelly Susan A. Retz, AIA and United Plastic Recycling, Inc. Phyllis Freedman & Tom Glass Building and Construction Trades Jerome M. Cooper Barbara Thomson Anonymous Rodgers Builders Karl and Krista Kendall Charles J. Lovett VirginiaFIRST L. C. Gaskins Construction Company Dept. (AFL-CIO) Alan Cotzin Sharon Ross Ross Development & Investment Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kenney Edward T. and Dee Ann Revere In honor of Larry P. Kirkland Wagner Roofing Company General Building Contractors Caribbean Industrial Construction, SE Patricia and Donald Coupard Deborah Wallower The San Antonio Chapter of Associated Caroline Klam Lacy I. Rice, III Claudia Kirkland Washington of New York State Heather Willson Cass, FAIA Warren and Claire Cox General Contractors of America Kleppinger Design Group, Inc. Juan Felipe Rincon Denise Leclair In memory of Woodworkers Guild Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gewirz Christie’s America Cox Graae + Spack Architects Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Sandherr Sue A. Kohler Bernard Robinson Richard Nagelhout The Washingtonian Hamilton Construction The Christman Company Crawford Roll-Lite Door Sales, LLC In honor of Richard Moe Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Michael Kolakowski James F. Rogers and Alvin and Eloise Andrus Wilcox Electric, LLC Hargrove, Inc. C.J. Coakley Co., Inc. DC Maxecuters Edith S. Bingham David M. Schwarz Kelley and Glenn Kranzler Bonnie K. Harkness Pat and Milt Cerny Elika Hemphill and Rich, Leo, Perry Cofield, AIA R.R. Dawson Bridge, LLC Leonard and Leslie Shapiro Kvell Corcoran Associates, PC Rogers-O’Brien Construction Co. Mary Nagelhout Gus and Daphne Confalone Construction Industry Round Table Lisa Delplace and Chris McGahey Slack & Co. Contracting, Inc. John P. Kyle Ruina Family Fund of the Suzy H. North The IDI Group Companies The Construction Users Roundtable Design Collective, Inc. Gerald D. and Constance H. Slawecki Anita Lager Community Foundation for Sarah Sykora Susan Ives, IIDA, LEED AP CPR MultiMedia Solutions Barbara B. and Timothy Downs SMACNA M.K. Lanzillotta and the National Capital Region JCM Associates Inc. Janet and David Curtis Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. In memory of Agnes White Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small Lee Becker, FAIA Sagatov Associates, Inc. KBR Government & Infrastructure Custom Design Concepts Michael Dunagan Janet Garbutt Lawrence Spinelli Mary E. Lawrence and Peter Buck Arun Sardana Las Vegas Chapter AGC Architecture + Interiors Ginny Dyson

5 National Building Museum Annual Report 2008 Annual Report 2008 National Building Museum 6 2008 Statement of Financial Activities Year ended Sepetember 30, 2008

Temporarily Permanently 2008 2007 Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total

Revenue, gains, and other support

Great Hall Contributions and grants 2,361,683 1,879,787 - 4,241,470 4,049,422 20% Great Hall events 1,940,992 - - 1,940,992 1,849,490 Museum Shop sales 1,109,209 - - 1,109,209 1,247,090

Contributed Shop Contributed Goods & Services 1,064,627 - - 1,064,627 1,039,665 Revenue, Goods, & 12% Investment income 77,236 131,575 - 208,811 387,433 Word s , Services 59% Membership 267,785 - - 267,785 299,100 Other 324,069 - - 324,069 254,459 Other Earned Income Education program fees 241,540 - - 241,540 193,462 9% Contribution box 57,334 - - 57,334 70,657 Event Income 63,825 - - 63,825 56,005 Net assets released from 1,804,957 (1,804,957) - - - FY ‘08 Sources of restrictions Support and Revenue Total revenue 9,313,257 206,405 - 9,519,662 9,466,783 Word s ,

Expenses Program services Exhibitions 2,563,025 - - 2,563,025 2,473,478 Education and public programs 2,080,604 - - 2,080,604 2,004,236 Fundraising Museum Shop 1,015,961 - - 1,015,961 1,100,488 by Paul Farmer, FAICP 12% Communications & Marketing 1,042,009 - - 1,042,009 1,030,770 Word s Shop Great Hall events 500,868 - - 500,868 472,056 10% Great Hall 5% Collections 251,213 - - 251,213 261,370 Paul Farmer is executive director and CEO of the American Planning Association and the American Institute Programming Total program services 7,453,680 - - 7,453,680 7,342,398 of Certified Planners. He has primary responsibility for the long-term strategic direction of the association, in 61%

General & concert with elected leadership. He is responsible for representing the leadership of the association, its members, Aministrative Supporting services 4% Fundraising 1,226,391 - - 1,226,391 1,136,720 and the interests of planning with partners and the public. Miscellaneous/ General and administrative 376,407 - - 376,407 419,472 Investment Activity Membership 122,358 - - 122,358 151,272 8% FY ‘08 Expenses he opening of the Green Community exhibition at the National Building This article was adapted from Planning magazine Total supporting services 1,725,156 - - 1,725,156 1,707,464 Museum is a good time to reflect on the meaning of terms like “green” and other APA publications. Total expenses 9,178,836 - - 9,178,836 9,049,862 T and “sustainable.” Both are terms used to describe laudable goals. The National Building Museum is a I have to confess, however, that I am a skeptic when it comes to sustainability—not nonprofit, educational institution designated Loss on investments 267,342 508,895 - 776,237 - because I don’t agree with its underlying challenges and aims but because I worry that under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal below: Paul Farmer, executive director and Revenue Code. This financial report is based the term is too often used as a marketing tool or is simply tossed into a discussion in CEO of the American Planning Association. Total expenses and losses 9,446,178 508,895 - 9,955,073 9,049,862 Photo courtesy of APA. on an independently audited financial a meaningless way. statement. For a copy of the complete Certainly, we can agree on many things. We can agree that we’re not achieving financial statement please write to: Account- ing Department, National Building Museum, Change in net assets $(132,921) $(302,490) - $(435,411) $396,921 sustainability, either in the developed world’s current consumption habits or in the 401 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, settlement patterns of much of the globe. We can agree that it is desirable to be more or call 202.272.2448. sustainable. We can probably even generally agree on the meaning of the term and The National Building Museum makes all financial records available to its outside Statement of Changes in Net Assets that “sustainability” is a broader term than “green.” auditors and attests to their accuracy and It’s when we try to closely define sustainability and to measure its completeness. Additionally, the Museum attests Temporarily Permanently outcomes more specifically that agreement begins to fall apart. Goals, that it maintains adequate internal accounting Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total controls and uses sound accounting policies. objectives, strategies, tactics—all of the standard planning theories and approaches that dominate our practices across the globe—must be fine- Net Assets, September 30, 2006 $737,823 $1,971,515 $657,855 $3,367,193 tuned or even redefined if sustainability is to mean something other than Change in Net Assets (18,101) 407,347 7,675 396,921 simply good planning. Chase W. Rynd A couple of years ago, my wife and daughter (both planners) and I President and Executive Director Net Assets, September 30, 2007 $719,722 $2,378,862 $665,530 $3,764,114 toured three new communities in the D.C. area in one day: Greenbelt, Transfer of Net Assets - 500,000 (500,000) - Maryland (1930s), Reston, Virginia (1960s), and Kentlands, also in Mary- Change in Net Assets (132,921) (302,490) - (435,411) land (1990s). It was fascinating to see these developments, each built about Net Assets, September 30, 2008 $586,801 $2,576,372 $165,530 $3,328,703 30 years apart. All three are compact and walkable. They are interwoven with paths and trails and are punctuated by generous green spaces. To varying 7 National Building Museum Annual Report 2008 Winter & Spring 2008/2009 blueprints 13 “...all of the standard planning theories and approaches...must be fine-tuned or even redefined if sustainability is to mean something other than simply good planning.” left: The white “bathtub rings” in this photo show the pre-drought water level of Lake Pow- ell in Arizona. Lake Powell and the next-biggest Colorado River reservoir, Lake Mead, are at the lowest levels ever recorded. © www.mikereyfman.com.

degrees, each community includes a range of housing types and some retail uses. Are they well-planned communities? Absolutely. Are they green? Well, all three “...where and how we live has everything new towns were of their time. But all were built on the far suburban fringe and relied heavily on the automobile. My point is that what’s characterized as sustain- to do with reducing our energy consumption and our able is often simply garden-variety good planning. I’m willing to admit, however, that there’s more to it. At a recent conference, carbon footprint...” I saw a presentation on the conversion of a very large public housing project into a mixed-use, mixed-income community—something being done in a number of North American cities. From the location of structures and the relationship of The facts are well known: the U.S., with only four percent of the world’s popula- transit to density, site plan, and building design, this conversion was a complete tion, consumes 25 percent of the entire world’s current petroleum production. It pro- package. Perhaps not every feature was cutting-edge, but the project’s planners duces less than five percent of the oil supply and has less than three percent of known and designers showed themselves to be knowledgeable, creative, and extremely reserves. Meanwhile, non-OPEC oil will reach peak production this year. comprehensive in their approach. Projects like this one go beyond traditional Over the last year, I have listened to experts from various fields talk about the need good planning; they deserve to be called sustainable. for federal action on investment and production tax credits for renewable fuels. What Many planners in our global community are indeed leaders in sustainability. caught my attention at one meeting was the observation of financier T. Boone Pickens, Others are learning. Still others are just using the word. They don’t understand who made his fortune in oil and gas, but is now touting solar and wind as our best hope that sustainability must be about more than marketing, just as “master-planned for clean domestic power. top: Greenbelt, Maryland, was settled in 1937 community” once meant something more than another big subdivision. Let’s I was also struck by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who highlighted the tie be- as part of an effort by the federal government make sure that “sustainable community” refers to more than an advertising slo- tween energy and infrastructure. He noted that our antiquated power grid was the cause to create an “ideal,” self-sufficient cooperative community and help with the housing shortage in gan. There’s enough “greenwash” without contributions from planners. of the major blackout that hit the Northeast five years ago. Yet virtually nothing has been the Washington, D.C. area. Separated pedestrian- Green Community is an ongoing focus of attention at APA—one of our “su- done since then to correct the situation. Mayor Bloomberg doesn’t have much faith in the above: In Vancouver, the Winter Farmers roadway crossings like this one were one just one pertopics.” It’s the subject of articles in our publications, a research topic (through much-vaunted cap-and-trade system, either. “It amounts to taking three right turns when Market and three other seasonal markets of the town’s innovative design elements. attract about 10,000 shoppers per week. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and our Green Communities Research Center), and an important track at our national all you need is one left one,” he said. And that one turn? A carbon tax. Photo by Isabelle Groc. Photographs Division. planning conference. And we are proud to be the presenting sponsor of the National At another conference, a marine physicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanog- top right: A present-day view of the separated Building Museum’s exhibition—as well as the publisher, next year, of the related col- raphy predicted that by 2012, the Colorado River water situation could become so pedestrian-roadway crossing beneath Crescent lection of essays. This emphasis on green community is also a kickoff to our yearlong dire that migrations will begin from Las Vegas, Phoenix, and southern California. By Road in Greenbelt, Maryland. celebration of the centenary of the organized planning movement in the U.S. The 2017, the region’s hydroelectric power production could end. Photo by Andrew Bossi. events of the celebration are highlighted on our web site: www.planning.org. What should planners be doing? We need to bring our comprehensive view- above: An aerial view of the Kentlands, We can point to many significant accomplishments in those 100 years—some point to bear and to take the lead in developing state and local climate action Maryland, development, one of the most prominent examples of a community designed with Traditional of which can truly carry the “sustainable” label. But as we enter our second cen- plans. We need to convince our political leaders and our fellow citizens that Neighborhood Design planning techniques, or tury, we also have a new preoccupation: the nation’s pressing need to deal with where and how we live has everything to do with reducing our energy consump- New Urbanism. climate change, diminishing water resources, and, of course, to find renewable tion and our carbon footprint, and that meaningful higher density and compact Photo courtesy of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. sources of energy. development close to transit lines are basic elements of a green community. Most 14 blueprints Winter & Spring 2008/2009 Winter & Spring 2008/2009 blueprints 15 museum news “...meaningful higher density and compact development close to transit lines Tenth Vincent Scully Prize Celebration Gala are basic elements of a green community.” by Tasha Passarelle, Development Events Manager below: One of the first modern light-rail systems n Wednesday, November 12, the National Build- in the nation, Portland, Oregon’s MAX (Metropolitan Area Express) helped set the standard for the future O ing Museum honored Robert A.M. Stern, dean of American light-rail design. More than $6 billion in of the Yale School of Architecture, celebrated author, development has occurred along MAX lines since the and founder and senior partner of Robert A.M. Stern transit project started in 1978. Sponsors Photo courtesy of APA and Portland Tri-Met. Architects, as the tenth laureate of the Vincent Scully Prize. David M. Schwarz, chair of the Vincent Scully important, we must highlight the best practices in planning and the best ex- Lead Sponsor Prize Jury and Carolyn Brody, honorary trustee, served Vicki S. and Edward P. Bass amples of community planning. as co-chairs for the gala, which raised more than David Bonderman and Community planners, who are trained to see the big picture and to think about $600,000 to support the prestigious prize’s endow- Laurie Michaels the long term, are able to address both economic competitiveness and environmental ment and related programming. issues in our cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Through education, plan-making, To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Benefactor tax policies, capital investments, development review, and other planning actions, David M. Schwarz Architects prize, the Museum welcomed hundreds of guests, Foundation we can reduce the impact of development on the natural environment and improve many of them family, close friends, and colleagues Richard Fields environmental quality for all residents. of both Stern and Scully, to the celebratory black-tie Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP To become convincing advocates, we must become broadly educated in science, gala. Richard C. Levin, president of Yale University; Gardner Wallace economics, and policy options. As Americans, all of us should support well-informed The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of leaders with innovative ideas. Simply pondering the issue won’t do much good, and it Patron the City of New York; and Michael Eisner, former Mercedes and Sid R. Bass could lead to false hopes and a lack of commitment to the difficult choices required chairman/CEO of The Walt Disney Company, paid Ingram Charitable Fund to solve these problems. • tribute to Stern and his accomplishments. In their Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart remarks, they recognized Stern as an architect and scholar who fully embraces the principles of the Fellow Ambassador and Vincent Scully Prize and the vision of its namesake, Mrs. Robert W. Duemling Professor Vincent Scully. One highlight of the eve- Marshall S. Ruben, ning was a special performance by the Whiffenpoofs, Carolyn B. Greenspan, Revisiting Las Vegas Yale’s famous a cappella group. and Myrna Ruben Haft As a Vincent Scully Prize Laureate, Stern Tishman Speyer Properties, LP Yale University 2008 L’Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design joins nine other internationally acclaimed authors, scholars, educators, and practitioners in the field of by Elizabeth Wilkie, Associate Public Programs Coordinator Friend architecture and urbanism. Past recipients include Bentley Systems, Inc. The National Building Museum and the In an interview before the presentation, Goldberger stated that “the Vincent Scully himself, Jane Jacobs, Andrés Duany Gwathmey Siegel & Associates and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Robert Venturi and Jeffrey Honickman American Planning Association (APA) established most important lesson other cities can learn [from Las Vegas] is Horning Brothers the annual L’Enfant Lecture on City Planning about the urgency of planning on a regional, and not just a local, Denise Scott Brown, His Highness The Aga Khan, Jonathan and Judy Nelson and Design—named for Pierre Charles L’Enfant, level.” Clearly, as one of the fastest-growing cities in the country His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Phyllis Leslie E. Robertson and the renowned planner of Washington, D.C.— for much of the past generation—and one of the cities hit hardest Lambert, Witold Rybczynski, and Richard Moe. SawTeen See to draw attention to critical issues in city and by the current housing crisis— On the following evening, Stern delivered Wendi and Joseph B. Rose an original lecture about the state of architectural Foundation regional planning in the United States. This Las Vegas offers a wide variety STUDIOS Architecture year’s lecture, held on December 2, featured Paul of important lessons for archi- education. Graciously hosted by the Canadian Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture tects, planners, civic leaders, Embassy, the event drew many of the people who Sustainer Individual had attended the gala, along with other guests. critic for The New Yorker, who took the opportunity to revisit Robert and the general public. • Patti and John Gattuso top: The tenth Vincent Scully Prize recipient, For more information on the Vincent Scully Hines Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s seminal book Learning from Las Robert A.M. Stern, delivers his acceptance Vegas. Thirty-five years after the book’s initial release, Goldberger Prize or to watch video of Stern’s lecture visit speech during a black-tie gala in the Museum’s Whayne and Ursula Quin tackled the question of whether we can still learn from Las Vegas. www.nbm.org. • Great Hall. Photo by Paul Morigi. *$2,500 level and above. The Museum has also raised Goldberger’s lecture examined the evolution of the Las Vegas funds through donations and other individual tickets. strip from its inception to the present day. He talked about how the above: (from L to R): Chase W. Rynd, president and executive director of the National Building “urban impulse,” or the desire for walkable precincts, has contin- Museum; Robert A.M. Stern, Vincent Scully ued because of peoples’ fundamental desire to be together. He also Prize recipient; and Vincent Scully during the discussed how other cities, in some ways are becoming more like Las Tenth Vincent Scully Prize celebration gala. left: Paul Goldberger, 2008 L’Enfant Lecture on City Photo by Paul Morigi. Vegas as they transform from business centers into centers of culture Planning and Design Photo courtesy of Paul Goldberger. and entertainment. right: View of the Southside of the Las Vegas Strip as seen from the Stratosphere Tower.

16 blueprints Winter & Spring 2008/2009 Winter & Spring 2008/2009 blueprints 17 museum news Green Leaves, Lectures, and Laudations Green Community Exhibition Opening: by Scott Kratz, Vice President for Education It Was Easy—and Delightful—Being Green

n exhibition opening, a presentation by Congress- by Jasmine Zick, Marketing and Communications Associate and Amanda Lewis, Corporate and Associations Relations Manager Aman Earl Blumenauer, and an award ceremony honoring green efforts in America—all took place on a single remarkable evening at the National o celebrate the opening of Green Community, Building Museum. On September 17, 2008, Tthe first major exhibition in the United States to more than 450 guests gathered at the Museum explore the complex process of creating and sustaining for the opening of the exhibition Life Without healthy communities, the National Building Museum Leaves, attended the For the Greener Good hosted a pair of opening receptions. lecture “World Leaders on Sustainability,” On October 20, nearly 700 visitors attended the and celebrated The Home Depot Founda- Green Community VIP opening. During the reception, tion’s Awards of Excellence for Affordable guests gathered to hear remarks from Chase Rynd, Housing Built Responsibly. president and executive director of the Museum, and The evening began with the opening of Life Following the ceremony, moderator Marcel from the exhibition’s presenting and lead sponsors: Without Leaves, a photography exhibition that Beaudry, former chairman of Canada’s National Capital The American Planning Association and The Ameri- highlighted the importance of trees in a commu- Commission, engaged a panel of leaders from around can Public Transportation Association. nity. Meant to call attention to the ongoing removal of the world in a discussion about their efforts to create a Chair of the House Select Committee on Energy nearly one million trees from cities and towns each year, more sustainable planet. The panel included Oregon Independence and Global Warming, Congressman above: “Washington Monument,” by Mark the initiative challenged students from the Art Institute of th Congressman Earl Blumenauer; Cassio Taniguchi, Ed Markey, of the 7 District of Massachusetts, Pillor, was one of the photos featured in the Washington, D.C. to take and retouch photos of area land- Life without Leaves exhibition presented at the former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil; and Irene Lundquist addressed the audience “when government can Museum from September 17 through November marks and tree-lined locations in order to depict them with Svenonius, CEO of the City of Stockholm, Sweden. support sustainable planning, architecture, and real 2, 2008. and without trees. These striking images of the National Photo by Mark Pillor. Mayor Taniguchi encouraged municipal leaders to “give estate development, we can create thriving, healthy Mall, the Folger Shakespeare Library and the U.S. Capitol examples of how to ‘green’ the city. Try to [make] the communities.” His remarks underscored both the above right: Program attendees listen to emphasized the importance of trees for both their aesthetic The following evening, October 21, the Museum above and left: Visitors explore the new world leaders discuss their efforts to green city more compact and give economical support to mission of the National Building Museum and the exhibition Green Community and learn what benefits and their role in combating climate change. celebrated the opening of Green Community once again communities around the world are doing their cities during the “World Leaders on urban sustainability.” Congressman Blumenauer agreed principal messages of Green Community. The Sustainability” program in the For the Greener Visitors then welcomed Home Depot CEO Frank with Museum members and friends at a festive, green to make their transit systems, utility and told the large audience, “Part of our success stems Museum thanks him for his attendance and contin- infrastructure, and operations greener. Good series. Blake and The Home Depot Foundation President Kelly reception. The event was an opportunity to showcase Photo by Anne McDonough. from an understanding that environmental protec- ued commitment to creating a sustainable future. Photos by Anne McDonough. Cafferelli, who presented the foundation’s Awards of Excel- the Museum’s commitment to sustainability both in tion and economic development can go hand-in-hand. lence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly. These and out of the exhibition. The event was catered by below: Visitors enjoy a “green” VIP reception Instead of forcing people into a certain way of life, we in the Museum’s Great Hall. awards were created to inspire non-profit housing develop- Washington, D.C.-based Occasions Caterers, which Photo by Anne McDonough. have given them choices. They can choose green pow- ers by recognizing outstanding examples of affordable, was certified as the first Green Restaurant™ Caterer er!” The program was co-presented with the National sustainably built homes. The 2008 awards were given to by the Green Restaurant Association. The plates and Capital Planning Commission and Capitals Alliance, an the Madison Area Community Land Trust and the Mercy cups were made out of 100% biodegradable corn organization of capital cities across the globe. Housing Lakefront of Chicago. The ceremony concluded starch fibers and were donated by Savannah Supplies All of the programs in the For the Greener Good se- with a presentation of the foundation’s second Visionary Inc. Finally, nearly all waste from the event was ries have been filmed and are available on the Museum’s Award for Outstanding Leadership, given to S. Richard Fe- either collected for recycling or for compost- web site. The series continues in 2009 with presenta- drizzi, president, CEO, and founding chairman of the U.S. ing. It was a true exercise in practicing tions by Ed Mazria on his “Architecture 2030” initiative, Green Building Council (USGBC). Under his leadership, what we preach. a discussion about healthy hospitals, and a program the USGBC has piloted and launched a residential green The Green Community openings addressing edible landscapes. To see the videos and building standard, which brings long-term cost savings to brought distinguished speakers, schedule of events, please visit www.nbm.org. • families of all incomes. leaders of the building industry, members of the Museum, and friends together to celebrate this timely exhibition, and the Muse- um looks forward to the continuing cooperation of these groups as we For the Greener Good lecture series presented by work for the “greener good.” • The Home Depot Foundation.

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museum news Donor Profile Educating the Workforce American Public of the Future: Careers in Transportation Association Construction EXPO 2008 by Amanda Lewis, Corporate and Association Relations Manager by Callie Hawkins, Schools and Youth Groups Coordinator The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) n November 21, the National Building Museum, with the support of the is a nonprofit international association of more than 1,500 OAssociated Builders and Contractors, Inc., hosted the Careers in Construc- member organizations, including public transportation tion EXPO, a day-long event created to provide students and teachers a first-hand systems; planning, design, construction, and finance firms; glimpse into the numerous job opportunities available in the building and design product and service providers; academic institutions; and industry. During the EXPO, students in grades 7–12 met with professionals in state associations and departments of transportation. APTA various design, development, construction, and project management fields. Ten members serve more than 90 percent of public transporta- exhibitors from the construction trades participated in the event. tion users in the United States and Canada. For the first time in the event’s history, the Museum invited representatives from Since 2003, the National Building Museum has enjoyed colleges and universities with degree-granting programs in architecture and design a strong partnership with APTA. Beginning with its sponsor- to participate. Eleven schools from across the United States attended the EXPO and ship of the exhibition On Track: Transit in the American City, provided information about their programs to prospective students. APTA has continued its involvement with the Museum as Throughout the day, students participated in panel discussions and learned lead sponsor of Green Community and as a member of the about the construction industry’s need for new, skilled craftspeople. Students Industry Partners, an elite group of corporate and association A Celebration of Building: got their hands dirty as they worked with concrete finishing, landscaping, and donors that provide critical support to the Museum. plumbing, while some even had the opportunity to walk on drywall stilts. APTA has a profound interest in the exhibition Green 2008 Festival of the Building Arts The event attracted nearly 700 participants from across the Washington Community for an obvious reason—any truly sustainable metropolitan area. • community must allow for multiple, environment-friendly by Ellen Jacknain, Coordinator, Festival of the Building Arts mobility options, including walking, bicycling, and public transportation. As APTA President Bill Millar notes, “Green Community illustrates what is possible and what is already n October 11, under sunny autumn skies, some 3,000 children and adults happening in communities around the country and the Oattended the Museum’s annual Festival of the Building Arts and enjoyed more world to create a more sustainable future.” The National than 20 wonderful, creative, and interactive displays examining different aspects of Building Museum looks forward to working with APTA and our built environment. its members to continue to make communities greener. Inside and outside the Museum, youngsters in yellow hard hats—gifts from festival The Museum relies on the support of corporations and clockwise from top left: Boy scouts work sponsor the Associated General Contractors of America—were hammering nails, sawing industry partners like APTA, and the Board of Trustees and staff together to chisel a stone; dancers from the wood, drilling, surveying, building, and climbing on shiny new construction vehicles. are grateful for the association’s generous support. • Liz Lerman Dance Exchange merge dance and construction during a performance of Pas de Visitors of all ages talked to architects, roofers, plumbers, drywall finishers, Dirt; and young visitors watches as a festival timberwrights, and straw bale experts about the different materials and processes used exhibitor demonstrates how to plaster. All photos by Jenn Michaelree. in construction. Woodworkers, art glass designers, stone carvers, gilders, and black- smiths offered insight into creative ideas for beautifying our built environment. Future conceptual artists were busy at the “Tools as Art Workshop” creating sculptures out of washers, hexagonal nuts, and screws, while young builders developed “Box City”—a new town full of architectural wonders made from recycled materials. A new addition to this year’s festival was Pas de Dirt, a site-specific dance perfor- mance choreographed by Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and set to music from Tchaik- above and left: During the Careers ovsky’s Swan Lake, which examined the relationship between movement and the tools in Construction Expo 2008, area we use to build our environment. Performances were held outside on G Street with high school students were given the opportunity to try their hand at a cast of propane-powered backhoes manned by Clark Construction employees and construction trades and learn about job professional dance artists and ballet students from the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and opportunities in the industry. Bowen-MacCauly Dance. Photos by Peter Cutts. right: America’s public transportation The 2008 Festival of the Building Arts was presented by the Associated General systems, including CT Transit in Hartford, Connecticut, enable individu- Contractors of America with generous support from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and als to significantly reduce the amount Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The of pollution they put into the air by riding on zero-emission hydrogen fuel National Building Museum thanks all organizations, as well as the many individual and cell buses. company exhibitors, for their participation. • Photo courtesy of APTA.

20 blueprints Winter & Spring 2008/2009 Winter & Spring 2008/2009 blueprints 21 Board of Trustees (as of February 11, 2009) Chair Mike Goodrich Michael J. Glosserman Thomas J. Klutznick Frederick A. Kober contributors mystery building Stuart A. McFarland Secretary Gilbert E. DeLorme Elizabeth B. Moynihan The Museum thanks the following individuals, companies, as- Marriott International, Inc Gregory and Erin Pitts, Caroline Klam Marilyn Perry sociations and agencies for gifts of $250 or more received from Microdesk David Edward Co. Kleppinger Design Group, Inc. Treasurer Robert A.M. Stern Miller & Long Co., Inc. Richard and Bonnie Reiss C. M. Kling & Associates, Inc. Tropical Synagogue James W. Todd August 1– December 31, 2008. These generous gifts provide Robert W. Holleyman, II National Academy of Engineering Rippeteau Architects, P.C. Lee + Papa and Associates, Inc. Mallory Walker essential support for the Museum’s exhibitions, education pro- Whayne S. Quin/Holland & Knight The Margaret Ann and Harold Leich Prints and Photographs Div Leonard A. Zax ngress ision, President and Executive grams, and endowment funds. Some of the contributions listed Ann Satterthwaite Walter Robinson Foundation Tim Lomax f Co HAB We gave readers two clues as to the identity of ry o S VI. Director below are in partial fulfillment of larger pledges. ibra 3 – Ex Officio Trustees Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. Inc. in honor of Robert A.M. Stern Richard Longstreth L CH Chase W. Rynd the Mystery Building in the Fall 2008 issue: AM The Honorable Ken Salazar, Teknion Irving and Audrey Rose Michael Lykoudis .3- 1; Secretary, U.S. Department Terrapin Bright Green Robert Silman Associates, Michael L. Marshall first, that it is a synagogue, which was Ph Elected and Voting Trustees oto of the Interior $100,000 and above MARPAT Foundation Tompkins Builders, Inc. PLLC – DC Office Robert C. Marshall b William B. Alsup III evident from the Star of David over y D o The Honorable Shaun Donovan, McGraw-Hill Construction U.S. Department of Housing Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small Randolph Q. McManus n Frank Anton Secretary Designate Edward P. Bass the main gate, and second, that it is To s David S. Bender PEPCO Holdings and Urban Development Ambassador Carl Spielvogel McCain McMurray c U.S. Department of Housing David Bonderman h The Related Companies, L.P. United Way of the and Barbaralee Diamonstein- MIT Club of Washington in the United States, which prob- i. Deborah Berke and Urban Development The Nathan Cummings Foundation Marshall S. Ruben and National Capital Area Spielvogel Derek Meares William M. Brennan The William Randolph Hearst ably came as a surprise given the The Honorable Barbara Boxer Carolyn B. Greenspan Watt, Tieder, Hoffar Lawrence Spinelli Miami University Kelly Caffarelli Foundation, Inc. Chairman, Senate Committee on Jeanne Ruesch & Fitzgerald, LLP Nicholas S.G. and Miller, Miller & Canby building’s rustic character and Joan Baggett Calambokidis Environment and Public Works Office of the Deputy Mayor, Donald A. Capoccia David M. Schwarz Bob and Deby Wulff Courtney Stern J.C. and Neil Milner tropical setting. What we did ODMPED Dennis J. Cotter The Honorable James Oberstar SmithGroup Leonard A. Zax Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. M. Howard Morse not say is that the building is in Gilbert E. Delorme Chairman, House Committee STUDIOS Architecture Tishman Construction Corp. of DC John E. Moyer on Transportation & Infrastructure $50,000–$99,999 one of the 50 states of the United Christopher Dorval Tishman Speyer $1,000–$2,499 Emily and Antoine van Agtmael Peter Nagelhout Michael J. Glosserman Paul Prouty American Public Transportation Yale University Linden H. and Judith A. Welch National Fire Protection Acting Administrator, U.S. Michael Alfieri States—because it isn’t. Delon Hampton Association Association Gary P. Haney General Services Administration Mahlon Apgar, IV The Mystery Building was Anonymous $5,000–$9,999 $250–$999 New Jersey Institute of Philippe Hardouin The Honorable Adrian M. Fenty Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Aron D.C. Commission on the Technology the Synagogue of Beracha Robert W. Holleyman, II Mayor of the District of Columbia AGC of Tennessee in honor of Robert A.M. Stern 4240 Architecture Arts & Humanities New York Building Congress, Inc. Joseph F. Horning, Jr. Akridge Austin Chapter AGC Mary Achatz and Thomas Wells Veshalom Vegemiluth Hasidim, Anthony E. Costa Lafarge Lawrence O’Connor and A. Eugene Kohn Acting Commissioner, Public Tina Alster and Paul Frazer Barnes Vanze Architects Kathryn Alsegaf better known as the St. Thomas Robert A. M. Stern Architects LLP Ashley Power O’Connor Hollis S. McLoughlin Buildings Service, U.S. General ARTBA Carolyn Schwenker Brody Anonymous Melissa A. Moss Services Administration Turner Construction Company Olin Partnership Synagogue since it stands on the island Bentley Systems, Incorporated Brownrigg Charitable Trust Agnes Artemel Edward J. Newberry U.S. Department of Energy Henry Otto Stephen T. Ayers Brookfield Properties Davis A. Buckley Bob and Kathy Baer of St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Robert A. Peck United Technologies Corporation Peak Corporation Acting Architect of the Capitol Clark Construction Group, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cafritz Thomas M. Ballentine Whayne S. Quin Clarence W. Pearson Built in 1833, when the island was a Danish pos- Adrienne Thomas D&R International Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Cafritz Diana Balmori Chase W. Rynd $25,000–$49,999 Laura Peebles session, it is now the oldest synagogue in continuous Acting Archivist of the Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Catherine Cahill and Shalom Baranes Associates Deborah Ratner Salzberg Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc. United States DeBenedittis William Bernhard Franklin K. 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Take a Detour Through Cutting-Edge Design at the National Building Museum by Johanna Weber, Marketing and Communications Manager

Imagine planning your next vacation based “What fascinates me about Detour,” on which rest areas you want to visit. It notes His Excellency Wegger Chr. Strommen, sounds ridiculous, but after a visit to the ambassador of Norway to the United States, National Building Museum’s newest is that you literally peek into architecture exhibition, Detour: Architecture and Design interacting with nature, and at the same time along 18 National Tourist Routes in realize that it serves the needs of travelers Norway you may be doing just that. along Norway’s spectacular tourist routes. Detour features small but noteworthy In collaboration with the National Building architectural projects built along 18 tourist Museum, I am delighted to bring this exhibition routes in Norway—observation platforms, rest to the United States.” areas, service facilities, and stopping points— Detour runs through May 25, 2009. that are receiving international attention. These The exhibition was developed by the facilities’ eye-catching shapes and forms, use of Norwegian Public Roads Administration interesting materials, and bold colors are adding and the foundation Norsk Form and is a new dimension to the motorists’ experience of presented at the National Building Museum Norway. The projects were commissioned by the in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Norwegian Public Roads Administration as part Embassy. Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects of its “National Tourist Routes Project” in an LLP is the exclusive corporate sponsor. effort to showcase Norway’s magnificent scenery in a “harmonious and non-exploitive way.”

above: A scenic overlook in Stegastein. Photo courtesy of Todd Sanders, Tommie Wilhelmsen, Vegar Moen, and the National Tourist Routes Project.

Detour: Architecture and Green Community Washington: Cityscapes Revealed: Building Zone Design along 18 National through October 25, 2009 Symbol and City Highlights from the Collection Long-term Tourist Routes in Norway

exhibitions on view Long-term Long-term through May 25, 2009

above from left to right: Photo courtesy of Todd Sanders, Tommie Wilhelmsen, Vegar Moen, and the National Tourist Routes Project; © Verdant Power, Inc; courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Reproductions division; National Building Museum collection; © Peter Cutts.

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