blueprintsVolume XXVI, No. 4 National Building Museum Design is Education

in this issue: Design High A Lens on Design Toward a National Academy of Environmental Design Fall 2008 in this issue... 2 6 10 12 14 16 18 Contents Design High Honor Award 2008 2 Profile of two well-established architecture and design high schools and 18 • A Salute to the Associated General Contractors of America the broad lessons they may offer to other schools considering design- • Thanks to Honor Award Supporters Design is Education based curricula. Roster of Recent Museum Contributors cover: The light-filled atrium at the recently completed Phelps This issue of Blueprints departs from the usual exhibition-oriented themes A Lens on Design 19 High School in Washington, D.C., to focus on the Museum’s education programs and related topics. Highlights 6 A behind-the-scenes look at the popular Investigating Where We Live program, Mystery Building designed by Fanning Howey. in which teens use photography to analyze and critique their surroundings. Courtesy Fanning Howey. 21 “Back to Shul Special” include articles exploring general developments in design-based education, opposite: Physics students Toward a National Academy of at the Charter High School a “focus” on the Museum’s acclaimed photography-based outreach program for Architecture and Design 10 Environmental Design (CHAD) in Philadelphia create for teens, and an interview with a leader of the effort to establish a new Michael Monti, executive director of the Association of Collegiate wooden, CO2-powered cars ! for a lesson in velocity. Schools of Architecture, discusses the efforts of a coalition of architecture Photo by Courtnay Tyus, National Academy to promote research and effective advocacy on and design organizations to establish a new National Academy. M Recycled Wood Crane Set courtesy CHAD. B architecture and design. Museum News N The Crane Set has everything your child needs 12 • Design Apprenticeship Program Wins Award to create his or her own building site. The set • Museum Welcomes its First Fellows p includes a fully-functioning crane, a hazard sign, • Bridge Basics Goes to Philadelphia warning cones and barriers, wheelbarrow, concrete from the executive director • Turner Prize Awarded to Charles H. Thornton o • Tenth Scully Prize Awarded to Robert A.M. Stern mixer, and two operators to run it all. The entire set is h made from recycled rubberwood and colored with

You Are What You Teach s Development Notes non-toxic, water-based dyes. The Crane Set is 16 • New Trustee: Edward J. Newberry part of the PlanCity group of toys which are mong the most enthusiastic friends of the The value of design-based education is gaining broader acceptance. I • Clark Charitable Foundation Funds Museum Endowment designed to stimulate creative thinking ANational Building Museum are the parents recently attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Phelps High School • D.C. Government Supports Education Programming of children who have participated in our youth here in Washington, a former vocational school that has been • Donor Profile: The Discovery Channel and visualization while teaching children education programs. Through a variety of hands- reconceived as a comprehensive public school with a focus on how the world around them works. on activities, the Museum uses the design process architecture, construction, and engineering. In the past, it was com- Available in the Museum Shop and online at www.nbmshop.org. as a vehicle for teaching kids skills in problem- mon for school systems to treat vocational education as a discrete path, $55.80 Members / $62.00 Non-members solving, abstract thinking, and communication, distinct from academically oriented courses of study—a strategy that along with specific mathematical and scientific often marginalized vocational students. According to D.C. Public principles. I am frequently reminded of the transformative power of Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Phelps High School represents a our programming when I introduce myself to Washingtonians with new educational model in which academic and vocational tracks will children. For example, when I met Robert J. Lamb, executive director be co-mingled, thereby affording graduates more career options. And of the Friends of the National Zoo, he eagerly explained that his the design process is the foundation for this comprehensive curriculum. son’s experiences at the Museum while he was in high school and after college inspired him to study architecture and urban planning Not coincidentally, I ran into a former Museum staff member at in graduate school. Bob’s son is now an architect. the ribbon-cutting. Mike Hill, who previously served as our outreach programs coordinator, now works for Fanning Howey, Our education programs have reached hundreds of thousands of the architecture firm that designed Phelps High School. Mike’s youngsters, and while our goal is not to turn each one into an experience at the Museum served as perfect preparation for the work architect or engineer, we do expect all of them to emerge with a he is now doing. His career since leaving the Museum serves as a clearer understanding of the value of good design and the many ways reminder that education can be as valuable for the teacher as it is in which they can positively influence the world around them. We for the student. You are what you teach! believe that design education is an excellent platform for broader learning, and are actively expanding the reach of our popular programs such as Bridge Basics by making self-contained educational activity kits available to schools across the country. Chase W. Rynd President and Executive Director Fall 2008 blueprints 1 Design Education Within Reach

In October 2005, the American Architectural Foundation (AAF) and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) established A+DEN, the Architecture + Design Educa- tion Network, a collaborative association of organizations committed to promoting architecture and design educa- Design tion in grades K-12. Jennifer Massengarb, an education specialist at CAF, describes A+DEN as a resource for educators looking for information and design curricula. High “We are not asking teachers to do all the research or develop the lesson plans; instead, we are showing above: Students at DASH work with their teachers and mentors from local design firms to apply their architecture training to them how the design process can be used to teach core real-world design challenges. academic subjects like math, science, social sciences, Courtesy DASH. language arts, fine and visual arts. We want to help them do what they do, only better.” Organizations Design Appeal like A+DEN and design education teacher manuals like the National Building Museum’s Bridge Basics In Florida’s Miami-Dade County, DASH has provided an Program Kit and CAF’s Schoolyards to Skylines are integrated liberal and applied arts education to artistically helping to bring design education into the classroom. talented students since 1990. A public, magnet, design- focused high school—one of the oldest in the nation— The most compelling proof of design education’s DASH’s stated mission is “to educate talented students increased popularity is the growing number of U.S. high to become confident and innovative thinkers through schools offering a specialized education in architecture interdisciplinary challenges in the visual arts in prepara- and design. Two of the forerunners of this movement tion for college and a career in the design world.” In order are the Design and Architecture Senior High School to achieve this mission, DASH has created a learning by Johanna Weber (DASH) in Miami, Florida, and the Charter High environment with a professional atmosphere, where School for Architecture and Design (CHAD) in students are inspired to be active in their own education. Johanna Weber is the marketing and communications manager Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These high schools offer DASH calls this approach “Education by Design.” at the National Building Museum. design-centric curricula and programming and use the design process to teach across subjects. Last year, not only did 100 percent of seniors graduate, but all of them went on to college, with between 80 and 82 percent of those students entering design and art hat is the design process? At its core The design process is the programs. “To really complete our programs, the students it is a method for solving problems. cornerstone of the National Building have to go on to a four-year college,” says Dr. Stacey The design process includes identifying Museum’s youth education program. W Mancuso, principal of DASH. “We have had great and defining problems, gathering and analyzing The Museum has taught thousands of design-related success in the past few years with college admittance information, determining performance criteria, evaluat- school programs and has developed a self-contained and scholarships. Last year 118 seniors were accepted to ing and selecting appropriate solutions, generating alter- kit—Bridge Basics—that teachers can use to teach colleges and received $12.6 million in scholarships.” native solutions, implementing choices, and evaluating math and physics through design. The versatility outcomes. When used as a teaching methodology, the and flexibility of the design process seem to be This success has made DASH an elite educational design process deemphasizes the notion that there is contributing to its increased popularity as a vehicle option in the Miami-Dade area and has brought the one answer and instead encourages the investigation of for teaching. “There is a growing consensus among school international recognition, including being listed multiple solutions to any given problem. educators that design education is the future of 8th on U.S. News and World Report’s list of “America’s [early] education because it is increasingly being Top 100 High Schools for 2007.” DASH has a highly- “Design education encourages children to come up linked to standards of learning and it allows teachers above: Models of treehouses designed by CHAD seniors as part selective admission process—last year, 700 applicants with their own answers rather than having them to teach across disciplines,” notes Rice. This “future” of their senior design project. Photo by Peter Kubilus, courtesy CHAD. applied for 120 spaces. Prospective students go through memorize information. It does not teach to the test. can be seen nationwide in both elementary and a series of portfolio and transcript reviews and must Instead, it takes a problem and applies various lenses secondary education. participate in an audition. Although they are selected to it,” explains Sarah Rice, director of Youth Education based on their visual art abilities rather than academic at the National Building Museum. performance, DASH students excel at core academic subjects with 95 percent of 10th graders meeting or ex- ceeding state standards in mathematics and 75 percent meeting or exceeding state reading standards.

2 blueprints Fall 2008 Fall 2008 blueprints 3 The Philadelphia Experiment Designing Design Education Implementing the Design Process The Future of Education?

In 1999, the Philadelphia Design is the word of the day, every day, at CHAD and Both schools openly embrace the design process in For CHAD and DASH, using the design process as a Chapter of the American DASH. Each school integrates a design program with a their teaching and approach to learning. For DASH the mechanism for educating the leaders of tomorrow is Institute of Architects standard high school curriculum to prepare students for integration of the design process is a natural one that, not something far off in the future. It is a philosophy established CHAD as part professional design careers. Kountz explains that “‘a design- according to Principal Mancuso, is not “predetermined that is central to their missions and identity. Over the of its Legacy 2000 project. focused’ education allows [CHAD’s] students to learn in a or mandated.” CHAD’s intention is to formalize the use next few years, both schools will continue to focus From a rocky begin- very different way....[they] learn to see [and assess] things of the design process across the curriculum as a vehicle on increased student interaction with professional ning, which included differently. In many respects, CHAD students are generally for creative and analytical thinking. designers. Furthermore, both schools stress the the school’s closing for a ‘more alert’ and more able to manage very complicated importance of institutional growth without increased short time in its first year, learning projects, many of them driven by visual engage- “We haven’t yet formalized the use of the design process enrollment, a goal that will be challenging in light of CHAD—the nation’s first ment.” By encouraging students to “see things differently,” in all subjects, i.e., math, because so many kids are looming state education budget cuts nationwide. charter high school for CHAD and DASH push students to become less focused performing below grade level,” explains CHAD’s above: CHAD operates out of architecture and design— on the answer and more concerned with the process. principal, “[but] everybody uses the design process and These two schools recognize that their approach to educa- a four-story building located in downtown Philadelphia at is now confidently the steps, even if they don’t necessarily call it out. Part of tion is both a success story and a work in progress. As 7th and Sansom Streets. entering its 10th year. In addition to the design and core curricula, fine arts training it is nomenclature and part of it is usage, but all of our DASH’s Mancuso notes, “[DASH’s] curriculum is evolv- Photo courtesy CHAD. is a crucial component of CHAD and DASH’s programs. teachers have a basic understanding of the process and ing. There is no book to tell you how to run the school.” As a Pennsylvania charter school, CHAD is required DASH’s requirements are very rigorous: all students take [use] it whenever possible.” Ultimately, CHAD and DASH are practicing what they to practice open admissions. Applicants participate Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art in their junior and preach and using the design process to improve their in an interview with a faculty member and a current senior years and must take the AP test. In their sophomore This approach to education is crucial to the success of schools and prepare their students for their future careers. student; submit a non-juried portfolio; and write a year, DASH students select their design concentrations from both of these institutions, because the design process Already, the design education model embraced by CHAD brief essay. Principal Peter Kountz notes that “CHAD five professions: architecture/interior design, fashion design, encourages active learning and student involvement. and DASH has been replicated at public design high has been able to reach a very high level of self-selection industrial design, communications design, and entertain- More importantly, it results in a flexible institutional schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; New Orleans, Louisiana; in their admissions and enrollment program, which ment technology. Architecture is the most popular structure that embraces change. and Washington, D.C to name a few. Although DASH is to say that the students who come to CHAD like concentration with about a quarter of the student body in and CHAD are “young” in the world of public education, to draw, are interested in design and/or architecture, the program. CHAD does not offer traditional electives what they offer is an approach to learning that nurtures and are open to learning the design process.” CHAD because of the additional core curriculum requirements. inquiry and rewards experimentation; two skills that will be receives roughly 300 applications each year—across invaluable in today’s increasingly complex world. • all grades—and accepts around 200 for admission. Seniors in both DASH and CHAD’s programs are placed in local design firms where they experience a real-world The open admission process is one of the key differences application of their education. “We do a lot of critiques between CHAD and DASH, because while the students where we invite local architects, engineers, and designers. who attend CHAD love to draw and have an aptitude for It makes the experience more meaningful,” explains Prin- By Arrie Hurd design, their test scores in reading, writing, and arithmetic cipal Mancuso. Ninety percent of DASH seniors have in- My Design Apprenticeship Experience are generally well below grade level. Overcoming this ternships in local firms and have the opportunity to work learning curve requires additional focus on core courses; one-on-one with mentors. “We hear from the internship The other week, I looked at more photos from the therefore, students take eight credits in English and math mentors that they love the students, that the students are In three weeks, I will begin studying advertising at Virginia latest DAP. I was onstage with my peers with an each year. Also, during the 2008-09 school year, CHAD so dedicated at this early age. In fact, sometimes they say Commonwealth University. Five and a half years ago, I accomplished smile. I saw Arrie Hurd, an incoming freshman with a new will employ two full-time tutors to work with individual that they are better than their employees.” At CHAD, the would never have guessed I’d be interested in going into perspective on how things work. I involvement of mentors in the classroom is still unrefined that field of study. The Design Apprenticeship Program students during the school week and on Saturdays. For saw someone with a great deal of and needs improvement, but the school’s internship [DAP] at the National Building Museum has certainly made Kountz, the tutors are an important addition: “We are exposure to a variety of careers. getting great drawers but they are not where they need to program has proven extremely successful. a lasting impact on my educational goals and personality. I can say that over the course of six years, I have certainly Most importantly, I saw someone be, i.e., at a college level, once they leave the school. This changed as an individual. A couple of weeks ago,th graderI glanced almost done discovering himself. will help get them stronger in the…core curriculum.” at a few photos from DAP X. I saw, Arrie Hurd, an 8 caught in the middle of a web of career paths. I saw some- While the impact of the new tutors is not yet clear, one in need of a little exposure to careers. Most importantly, CHAD’s approach to education seems to be working. I saw someone that was still trying to discover himself. right: Arrie Hurd at work on one of the CHAD’s graduation rate ranges between 92 and 95 numerous projects he designed during percent with 63 percent of the school’s graduates going I’ve learned that DAP is about so much more than getting his participation in the Museum’s Design Apprenticeship Program. on to schools of design, architecture, or art in 2006. the project done. We don’t just hop into—there’s the project a process. with a Photo by Ann Elkington. Furthermore, CHAD outperformed 88 percent of non- drill in one hand and wood in the other magnet high schools in Philadelphia. Still, the “learning From my experience, the warm-up activities have exercised my creative process and understanding of the theme. I’ve curve” has impacted CHAD’s ability to formalize the learned about the design limitations for international clients, use of the design process across the curriculum. environmentally-aware clients, clients of all ages, and more.

above: CHAD senior Ashton Harwell serves as a mentor to local Inevitably, each DAP has taught me something new about elementary students in the AIA’s Architecture in Education program, the world and what I can do to adapt to any situation. which works to introduce students to architecture at a young age. Even after the designing process, many of the leaders Photo by AIA Philadelphia, courtesy CHAD. have taught me how to think creatively to over- 4 blueprints Fall 2008 come any obstacle during the building stages. Fall 2008 blueprints 5 “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” —Dorothea Lange

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There are many ways to approach the teaching of pho- tographic techniques. If there is an overriding idea that “To me, the word the program tries to impart to the students, however, it design means to Focus is that composition can make or break a photo. View- ing angles, emotionally charged subjects, and dark/ be creative and to “Has anyone used a digital camera?” light contrast all contribute to good photography, but create unique and it is the quality of the composition that weaves these Ask that question in a room full of middle school separate pieces into a whole. special things.” students and more than likely all hands will be raised —IWWL 2007 participant high. Given the technology-based society in which we Composition refers to the placement of elements in the live, many students are already familiar with the basic frame of the photo. We are fortunate nowadays in that operation of a digital camera, but few fully understand once we capture a photo on a digital camera the image A L e n s its capabilities and potential. automatically appears on screen and we can immedi- ately judge its quality. Students can quickly see if they One of the earliest steps of the IWWL program teaches captured their subject in the way they intended. One way to help the students understand composition is opposite clockwise from top: students how to use the functions of the digital camera “Two Face” by Taylor Camp- correctly. With many students relying on the simple the “Rule of Thirds,” which divides a photo into three bell; “Flowers are Happiness” by Sarah Washington; “The “point and shoot” technique, it is important to allow parts horizontally and vertically. Where the dividing th o n D e s i g n: Round House (10 Street NE)” them to explore the camera in more detail. By zooming lines intersect are ideal spots for the subject of a photo. by Cheyenne Dohawk. Students get a better grasp on this concept by viewing in close on a subject, changing the color options, selecting above: Two IWWL students when to use flash, and adjusting the scene options, they photos that have been composed using this method as discuss the photos they took well as setting their camera to a “grid” option which during a site visit. begin to better understand the many choices they will Photo by Museum Staff. have as photographers out in the field. divides the camera screen for them and allows them to Investigating Where We Live decide where the focal point of their photo will be each below: An IWWL student captures a picture of Stanton In the classroom, students are encouraged to play with time. When taking photos during the neighborhood Park from a different angle. these options through a self-portrait activity. They are explorations, students are now better able to determine Photo by Museum Staff. by Jamee Telford “The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform challenged to take five photos of themselves in any not only the photo’s subject matter, but also way they choose, but they must first consider some of where the subject should be located the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to within the photograph. Jamee Telford the following questions: How can changing the color is the outreach keep on looking.” —Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun setting of a photo affect how we interpret it? When is it important to use flash? How can taking a picture on the Importantly, IWWL programs coordina- “portrait” setting differ from using the “sport” setting? students are not allowed tor at the National to delete their photos; Building Museum Investigating Where We Live (IWWL) is a four-week Teaching young people about photography and The program allows them to find answers to these ques- instead, they keep and has extensive summer program developed by the National Building exhibition design at the National Building Museum tions themselves. Using flash, of course, will affect the them so that they can experience working Museum in which students interpret Washington, D.C., is an active process in which students focus on the lighting in a photograph. A black-and-white photo or evaluate differences with young people. neighborhoods through photography and creative writ- proper ways to use digital cameras, explore various sepia-toned photo appears to have an antique or old- in composition and She has a B.A. in ing. Each summer, approximately 25 students spend their photographic techniques, and communicate by fashioned appearance and may evoke a different emotion possible interpreta- humanities and an Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays exploring selected presenting their photographs in a Museum exhibi- than a color photo. If you want to capture an image on tion among the M.A.T. in teaching areas of the city and developing an exhibition of their tion. Each piece of the puzzle is a critical step in a a “portrait” setting, the subject must be still and in close various photos they from the George findings for display at the Museum. Since its inception process by which students realize their potential as proximity to the camera. You can capture fast-moving take as they move in 1996, IWWL has encouraged more than 250 young photographers and designers. through the program. Washington images using the “sport” setting. students to critically examine the built environment In so doing, they learn University. in their communities and to express themselves through These preliminary steps lay the foundation for that each photograph creative activities. these young photographers to explore and implement should have a carefully various photographic techniques during the considered point to com- investigation of neighborhoods in Washington. municate to the viewer.

6 blueprints Fall 2008 Fall 2008 blueprints 7 An Inside View by Chrysanthe B. Broikos, Curator “I liked the challenge of taking photos that As students examine their photographs, they discover This summer, I served as a juror for the IWWL new information and possibly hidden treasures. Some program, providing constructive feedback to one group of students as they finalized both the students find that a particular neighborhood is not really reflected Stanton Park and the people storyline and design for their portion of the group as littered or dangerous as they once thought. In one who live there.” —IWWL 2008 participant exhibition. They listened intently, and it was instance, a neighborhood team was shocked to find fascinating to see how they were grappling with green space as the subject in so many of their photo- some of the jurors’ suggestions. At times they graphs and they used this discovery as the theme of their seemed conflicted by competing goals; this exhibit wall, communicating a new image of Congress told me they had learned their lessons well. Heights, in Southeast D.C. During the 2007 program, below right: As part of the IWWL program students Communicate students from the Navy Yard team noticed that almost The students who participate in IWWL learn design an exhibition that is all of their photographs contained construction fences. two distinctive yet related skill sets. One is that presented at the Museum. of creator or artist, in this case photographer. Here a student discusses his IWWL students spend a good portion of the program Even though they encountered the fences during their team’s exhibition design with investigating neighborhoods in Washington. They site visit, they did not truly acknowledge them until The second is that of interpreter in this case a panel of guest jurors. exhibition curator. Though the two roles can be implement the photography skills learned during the they were sifting through the photographs. One student Photo by Museum Staff. complementary, they can also come into conflict first part of the program as they begin to take photos commented, “Look at all this construction in our below: Students use contact when the visions of the artist and the interpreter sheets to identify the photos in their assigned neighborhood. They are challenged pictures. The Navy Yard in our photos will not be are not necessarily in synch. Much as a direc- that will be included in their to take photographs that best interpret the around when IWWL starts next year.” section of the exhibition. tor interprets a screenplay and orchestrates Photo by Museum Staff. neighborhood they see. events on film, a curator selects, prioritizes, and Teaching middle school students the importance of arranges a sequence of objects and information. opposite circle: Members of one of the teams from IWWL With a massive volume of photos accumulated the visual communication and creative expression is a When the curator is also the artist, the task of 2008 brainstorm about their students then use the lens of photography to interpret rewarding experience that demands a wide range of evaluating, privileging, and even disadvantaging exhibition theme. elements of one’s own work can be formidable. Photo by Museum Staff. each neighborhood and select a unifying theme for the instructional techniques. It is important to introduce student-designed exhibition. a variety of photography tools, explain key digital It is only at the end of the program that IWWL far opposite from top to bottom: students truly come to respect both skill sets. “Rule of Thirds” by Taahira camera techniques, and most importantly, encourage Thompson; “Pews in the Stanley Students answer basic questions about both their own the students to explore the myriad possibilities for — Chapel” by Zach Campbell; Because the National Building Museum is unique photographs and those of their peers, such as “what “Stanton Park” by Michael capturing high-quality, intriguing images. From this a hybrid history museum, science center, and art Moses El; “Blue Patio” by Judah do you see in the photo?” and “why do you think this perspective, students are now equipped to commu- its exhibition program tends to favor Delaney; “Garden Wonder” by museum— Jasmine Marr; “Caterpillar on a photo was taken?” The answers help students begin to nicate their feelings and observations through their concept-driven shows. Occasionally, however, we Leaf” by Carlos Atkinson; “Kid understand that by arranging photos in a group they can photos and to express themselves in new ways. do collaborate with an individual artist to mount an Area” by Jasmin Briggs. communicate a specific message. A collection of well-kept Ultimately, IWWL enables students to see a new exhibition of his/her works. Sometimes the artist’s homes and beautiful gardens represents a nice commu- world with or without a camera. • voice predominates, with only minimal interpretation nity that evokes pride on the part of its residents and pos- provided by a coordinating curator. In this instance, Major funding for Investigating Where We sibly those who view the photos. Photos of construction the artist will likely be credited as the guest curator, Live is provided by the D.C. Commission can represent both positive and negative changes for a indicating that the exhibition’s content was primarily on the Arts and Humanities, an agency community. Photos of commercial signs and other details crafted by the artist. If the artist is not credited as the supported in part by the National guest curator, either a member of the institution’s of the built environment can convey a great deal about Endowment for the Arts; the Neighborhood curatorial department or an invited guest is credited. Investment Fund; District of Columbia the unique culture of a particular neighborhood.

Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and A few years ago, I organized Stories of Home: Economic Development; and The Beech As students work in teams to assemble groups of Photographs by Bill Bamberger (December 4, Street Foundation. Additional support for photos, they look closely at the colors prominent in outreach programs is provided by The Morris 2003–March 7, 2004). Bamberger welcomed and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; The the photographs, select images with a variety of subject relinquishing the tough decisions about which Capital Group Companies; The Clark matter, and decide on the message to be communi- images to include. Though he was surprised by Charitable Foundation; The DC Children cated through the photographs. The students play an some of my choices, he embraced the opportunity and Youth Investment Trust Corporation; integral role in determining how their photographs will to see his work take on new associations. He was confident that the images The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation; be interpreted by the public. Not only were they the and Joseph F. Horning, Jr., among others. would speak for themselves, no photographers, but the students also frame matter how they were arranged. what the viewer sees in the exhibition. The exhibition succeeded They learn that they can control, to because the artist and the a certain extent, the meaning and interpreter each respected tone of the exhibition. the vision of the other and worked together to present the subject matter in a beautiful, engaging, and thought-provoking manner. The same is true for the Investigating Where We Live exhibition on view through January 19, 2009. Don’t miss it. 8 blueprints Fall 2008 Fall 2008 blueprints 9 An Interview with Michael Monti

Martin Moeller: When were the National Academies established, and how do they operate?

Michael Monti: The existing National Academies were The National Academies consist of four agencies—the National established in times of crisis for this country. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Research Council (NRC), Academy of Sciences (NAS) was created in 1863 during the Civil War; the National Research Council (NRC) was the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the Institute of created in 1916, during the First World War; the National Medicine (IOM)—whose collective mission is to advise the gov- Academy of Engineering (NAE) was created in 1964, amid ernment and the public on scientific and technical issues. Recently, the Space Race; and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) was a coalition of nonprofit organizations representing various architec- created in 1970 at the height of the public health move- toward a ture and design disciplines formally proposed the creation of a fifth ment and the growing war against cancer. These were par- ticular times when the nation needed coordinated efforts academy—a National Academy of Environmental Design (NAED). on challenging issues, so each academy was created and Under the leadership of the Association of Collegiate Schools of then expanded as the need for its area of expertise grew. National Academy Architecture (ACSA), the coalition is working to build support for the new agency among design professionals, educators, and The academies are private, nonprofit organizations, though members of the existing National Academies. most of the research they conduct is done at the request of Environmental of the government. Each does its own work, although the National Research Council is the operating arm—it gets Following is an edited transcription of an interview with grants and contracts from the government to do research Design Michael Monti, Ph.D., executive director of ACSA, about and produce reports, while members of the other branches the proposed new academy. serve as expert resources for the NRC. by Martin Moeller Moeller: How did the idea for a National Academy for Environmental Design arise?

Monti: It was Kim Tanzer [an architect and professor at the University of Florida] who initiated it as she was assuming the presidency of ACSA in 2007. She took the idea to various architectural organizations, and they gave it their support, so then we approached organizations representing other, related disciplines, and their responses were also enthusiastic.

The rationale for the initiative was two-fold: First, there was a desire to compensate for the absence of the environmen- tal design disciplines from the current National Academies; second, there was a perceived need for a multi-disciplinary effort to address climate-change issues.

Moeller: So is it fair to say that the environmental crisis is the root of this initiative?

Monti: We do have to make it clear that this is not only about sustainability, but it is the hook, if you will, to demon- strate the serious need for this effort. I think the design pro- fessions provide a valued service to society. That is what makes them professions. The NAED will allow an even higher level of contribution. This initiative is a response to the ethical imperative that comes with the professions.

But yes, it’s fair to say that the concern about the ongoing health of our planet served as the immediate impetus. The built environment produces nearly 75 percent of greenhouse gases; buildings are responsible for nearly 50 percent of all energy consumption. The various environmental design disciplines are all committed to sustainability issues, but there hasn’t been one overarching organization capable of coordinating efforts in that regard. NAED will fill that need.

Another argument we have made about the need for the NAED is that the research and knowledge base for environ- mental design disciplines is still at an early stage of devel- opment. We are in the same position that the engineering disciplines were at the time of the formation of the National Academy of Engineering. Now engineering’s knowledge

The Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy JD Talasek, National Academy of Sciences. (continued on page 12)

10 blueprints Fall 2008 Fall 2008 blueprints 11 (continued from page 11) museum news base has greatly expanded. We think architecture and related disciplines are making progress in developing Supporting Scholarship in the Building Arts knowledge-based design. There are great opportunities for growth and improvement. by Chrysanthe B. Broikos, Curator

Moeller: In what ways might the NAED differ from the other academies? This summer, for the first time in the Museum’s history, the institution hosted two graduate fellows Monti: We will strive to be more nimble than the existing Na- conducting advanced research in fields relating to the tional Academies. I don’t mean that as a criticism of the other groups—it’s just that there is a need for more immediate solu- built environment. This extraordinary development was tions on environmental issues. We have heard complaints that the result of the long-standing vision and efforts of two many things [at the existing academies] are held up in peer of the Museum’s founding trustees, Beverly A. Willis, review. We are going to try to have a sleek operating structure FAIA, and Cynthia R. Field, Ph.D., along with and to focus our efforts on providing unbiased, accurate support from the American Institute of Architects. recommendations on policy issues and professional practice issues—things that governments can use and things that our constituents in the design disciplines can use. In March, the Museum opened the Beverly Willis Library, which includes a resource center for outside Moeller: Why an academy of environmental design, scholars. This dedicated space provides researchers rather than just architecture? with study carrels and direct access to the library, meeting space, and the Museum’s curatorial staff. Monti: I think it reflects a trend happening in academic and professional circles. No single discipline “owns” the Museum’s Design Apprenticeship With the opening of the renovated library, the complete knowledge base to support the kinds of solutions Museum invited local universities to nominate that are needed to stem global warming and address Program Honored by Peers promising candidates for the Field Visiting Scholar similar challenges. Greenhouse gas issues and sustainable program. Made possible through the leadership and by Sarah P. Rice, Director of Youth Education development problems are increasingly complex. We need generosity of Drs. Cynthia and Charles Field, this good thinkers from various areas of expertise to solve them. fellowship promotes scholarship related to opposite: The Design The Design Apprenticeship Program (DAP), a cornerstone of the National Building Fallon M. Samuels is the 2008 AIA Visiting Scholar. any discipline(s) within the building arts. Nearly Apprenticeship Program (DAP) Moeller: What direct benefits might the NAED offer to Museum’s outreach efforts, has won the 2008 Excellence in Programming Award Fallon earned her B.S. in civil/structural engineering from challenges youth to design the design and construction industries? simultaneously, and in partnership with the American Columbia University with a minor in architecture and and construct projects aimed from the American Association of Museums (AAM). The award was presented at solving specific design Institute of Architects (AIA), the Museum announced her M.S. in architectural studies from the Massachusetts Monti: Over a period of five to ten years, we hope to de- during the association’s annual conference in Denver this past April. challenges. Here, DAP the AIA Visiting Scholar program, designed to participants display their final velop a knowledge base similar to that used by medicine Institute of Technology. She is currently working towards encourage study of the profession of architecture. project: a cube bookshelf that or engineering—a base that design professionals can draw For 25 years, the AAM’s Committee on Education has recognized “outstanding her doctorate in the history and theory of architecture, can easily be reconfigured for from as they implement their projects. Design profession- contributions to museum education by individual practitioners, by museums landscape architecture, and urban planning at Harvard a variety of spaces and uses. als and firms can look to the NAED for summary reports Amelia S. Wong, a doctoral student in American Photo by Museum Staff. offering distinguished programs, and by individuals whose leadership at the University. Under the direction of both the AIA’s senior and analytic information that connects existing research Studies at the University of Maryland, is the 2008 Field above: (from left to right) national level has impacted the public dimension of the museum.” The Excellence director for strategic planning, Karen Davis, and Suzanna and knowledge that is already out there, making it avail- Visiting Scholar. Amelia majored in history/art history Graduate fellows Amelia Wong able for their use. in Programming Award honors exemplary creativity and innovation in museum Wight, managing director for alliances, Fallon is survey- and Fallon Samuels were in at the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked residence at the Museum this educational programming. Past winners include the Philadelphia Museum of ing resources relating to the work of historically underrep- at the Getty Center and in the film industry before summer. Moeller: What steps is the group taking now to ensure Art (1998) and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York (2004). resented architects and outlining a roadmap to develop a Photo by Museum Staff. embarking on her graduate studies. Her dissertation will steady progress toward the formal establishment of digital archive of this work. the NAED? examine how museums are using Web 2.0 technologies to DAP offers teen participants or students with a demonstrated interest create and communicate with various physical and online in art or design the opportunity to work under the guidance of Museum The work of both fellows has been guided by Cynthia Monti: We are in the process of incorporating as a non- communities. During her fellowship, Amelia has been profit organization and starting our work. One of our first educators and design professionals to complete design challenges. In this Field’s wealth of experience as a museum professional exploring how the Collections Department might lever- tasks is to create a set of research sections, organized by short-term program, offered each school semester on seven consecutive and architectural historian. Thanks to her outreach, age new technologies to facilitate the ongoing cataloguing subject area rather than by discipline. Saturdays, participants design and construct full-scale projects that they the scholars have had the privilege of meeting with key of the Museum’s permanent collection. control from concept to completion. At the end of the program, their work decision-makers and strategic thinkers at the Library of We are also putting together five research symposia this Congress, the National Archives and Records Adminis- fall at universities across the country. For these, we are is exhibited in the Museum and, where possible, other venues. Offered since gathering people working at the highest levels of research 2000, DAP has served more than 450 teenagers, introducing them to the world tration, and numerous entities within the Smithsonian to present relevant findings and to begin making connec- of design and construction and potential career opportunities available to them. Institution. No doubt the extraordinary access they have tions across disciplines. We have also begun work on an been granted will enhance their research for years to advocacy agenda, but that is less of a priority until we get The Design Apprenticeship Program is sponsored by The McGraw-Hill Companies and The Prince Charitable Trusts. Additional support come. The tenure of each fellow culminated in a presen- a governance structure and research sections going. for outreach programs is provided by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; The Capital Group Companies; The Clark Charitable tation of their work to Museum staff and invited guests. Foundation; The DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation; The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation; and Joseph F. Horning, So as you can see, we are moving ahead. We are not going Jr., among others. to wait around and knock politely to be let in. The environ- We congratulate the first alums of the National Building mental crisis is at such a point that we simply cannot wait. • Museum’s Visiting Scholar Program, Amelia Wong and Fallon Samuels. • For more information, visit NAEDonline.org.

12 blueprints Fall 2008 Fall 2008 blueprints 13 museum news 2008 Turner Prize Awarded Bridge Basics Goes National to Dr. Charles H. Thornton by Tim Wright, National Curricula Coordinator by Scott Kratz, Vice President for Education Philadelphia, PA: Thirty­ minutes of cutting, measuring, folding, and mounting had culminated in a contest of sorts. Four teams of teachers, each convinced that its model Ask professionals from the bridge was the strongest in the room, were about to put their structures to the test. architecture, construction, The Philadelphia teachers had constructed their model arch bridges out of playing and engineering fields cards during an educator workshop, Bridge Basics: Engineering FUNdamentals Through what their number one Bridge Design and Construction, conducted by the National Building Museum. industry concern is, and you will hear a common The workshop marked the Museum’s first effort to make its award-winning school response–a looming programs and curricula available to teachers across the country. Previously offered at shortage of qualified the Museum as a school program, the Bridge Basics Program Kit is designed to increase workers. Enter Charles ACE Mentor Program understanding of how bridges are engineered, demonstrate their importance to the built Thornton, one of the environment, and expose students to new problem-solving methods through hands-on world’s preeminent struc- design activities. The kit was conceived with national learning standards in math and tural engineers, who led of America above: Philadelphia teacher science in mind. Barry Ratmansky and his team- above: The 2008 Turner Prize 101 the structural design of Taipei and the Petronas Towers After several years of experimenting with various mate display their complete recipient Charles H. Thornton in Malaysia. Recognizing the industry’s growing need for bridge constructed during a delivers a speech during the mentoring models, ACE was formed when 17 Barry Ratmansky, an eighth grade science teacher at Woodrow Wilson Middle Bridge Basics educator award ceremony. skilled labor, he founded the ACE Mentor Program of firms banded together into three teams, each School in Philadelphia, was among those attending the workshop. He learned workshop held in their city. Photo by Michael Bonfigli. Photo by Museum Staff. America, a nonprofit organization that offers guidance and organized like a typical design and construction about Bridge Basics when he received a colorful Museum-designed poster featuring right: Charles H. Thornton training in built environment careers. Students are paired team, and “adopted” about 90 students from Philadelphia’s own Walt Whitman Bridge, which was mailed to teachers throughout right: Children test the strength of works with participants of with professional mentors to work on real design challeng- their completed suspension bridge. the ACE Mentor Program of local high schools. Volunteers from each of the the Philadelphia Unified School District. Because one of his goals as an educator is Photo by F.T. Eyre. America, which introduces es and then present their findings at the end of the school firms, serving as mentors, worked directly with to get his students interested in architecture, and in particular the physical forces high school students to a vari- year. Since 1993, more than 40,000 inner-city high school below: The Bridge Basics ety of design professions. the students to introduce them to the broad that are involved in building projects, Ratmansky was strongly interested in the kit. Program Kit is a self-contained Courtesy ACE Mentor Program 105 students in more than U.S. cities have participated in range of people and projects within the con- “I can use [Bridge Basics] with the forces and motion curriculum,” he said. curriculum kit that includes of America. the program. To date, ACE has also awarded more than activities, lesson plans, and struction industry. “I thought the idea of building bridges would interest the students.” the materials necessary for $6 million in college scholarships encouraging students to teaching students about math, pursue careers in the built environment. science, design, and more. Through ACE, students are introduced to a The Turner Construction Company has partnered with the National Building Photo by F.T. Eyre. variety of design professions and the role that each Museum to distribute Bridge Basics Program Kit free to Philadelphia teachers like Recognizing Dr. Thornton’s work on the ACE Mentor performs in planning, designing, and constructing Ratmansky. To support teachers who have received the kit, Turner plans to bring “I can use [Bridge Basics] with program, the National Building Museum presented company and industry representatives into classrooms to encourage students to a project. Students also gain first-hand insight into the forces and motion curriculum. him with the Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in the design industry by visiting project offices and consider careers in the built environment. In a letter to participating teachers, Construction Technology during a public reception on touring active construction sites. Students work Michael Kuntz of Turner Construction emphasized that “Turner is focused on I thought the idea of building September 9 in the Museum’s Great Hall. Named in preparing children for the workforce to address the needs of the construction closely with their mentors to solve challenging bridges would interest the students.” honor of the founder of Turner Construction Company, “real-world” projects. industry… therefore, Turner Construction is proud to add the sponsorship of the Turner Prize recognizes an invention, an innova- Bridge Basics to the list of programs we support.” —Barry Ratmansky tive methodology, and/or exceptional leadership by Today, the ACE Mentor Program has a presence in an individual or team of individuals in construction more than 80 cities in America—from New York Back at the educator workshop, Barry Ratmansky beamed. His team finished first. technology. After the award ceremony, Dr. Thornton, to Los Angeles, Seattle to Miami, and Chicago to Barry considered their arch bridge the most aesthetically pleasing of the three, Turner Construction Company president and CEO Washington, D.C.—and is still growing. Thanks to although all were similar. In the end each one of the Peter Davoren, and architect Jon Pickard participated in the dedication of ACE’s mentors and staff, and the bridges stood up to some gentle testing and the teachers a panel discussion about the future of the field. The pro- support of local schools, more than 40,000 students, left with a fun and functional souvenir to use in the gram was moderated by Turner Prize jury chair Norbert many of whom are economically challenged, have classroom with their Bridge Basics Program Kit. Young, president of McGraw-Hill Construction. had an opportunity to explore the design and con- struction industry. • To learn more about the Bridge Basics Program Since its inception in 2002, the Turner Prize has been Kit and other design-related school programs awarded to structural engineer Leslie E. Robertson, For more information, visit ACEmentor.org. and curricula, visit the Museum’s web site at architect I.M. Pei, engineer and builder Charles A. www.nbm.org. • DeBenedittis, the U.S. Green Building Council, Stanford professor Paul Teicholz, and the offices of Bridge Basics in Philadelphia is sponsored by Turner Construction Company. Frank Gehry and Gehry Technologies. The prize The program was developed with support from the Construction Industry Round Table. carries a cash award of $25,000 from an endowment established by Turner Construction Company. •

14 blueprints Fall 2008 Fall 2008 blueprints 15 Robert A.M. Stern: development notes donor profile Tenth Vincent Scully Prize Recipient Clark Charitable D.C. Government Supports Discovery Communications by Sara Kabakoff, Marketing and Communications Associate Foundation Funds Education Programming by Amanda Lewis, Corporate and Association Relations Manager On November 12 and 13, 2008, Courtesy By Amanda Lewis, Corporate and Association Relations Manager of Robert A.M. Stern, dean of the Yale Museum Endowment The National Building Museum is proud Dis co ve to announce an exciting new partner- ry School of Architecture, celebrated C by Shar Taylor, Vice President for Development o In April, National Building ship with Discovery Communica- m author, and founder and senior part- m u Museum teachers presented two tions. Since its first gift to the n ner of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, ic a Every year, the Museum seeks support from a range t of the Museum’s award-wining i will be honored as the tenth laureate Honor Award in 2006, Discovery o n of donors for its award-winning youth education s of the Museum’s Vincent Scully Prize. school programs, Patterns: Here, Communications has continued programs in the Washington metropolitan area. In The prize jury selected Stern for his There and Everywhere and City by its support of the Museum by 2007, The Clark Charitable Foundation took the years of influential teaching at Co- Design, to first and second graders becoming not only a major exceptional step of establishing an endowment for lumbia and Yale Universities, his lead- above: Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy at the Walker-Jones Elementary sponsor of the upcoming exhibi- the Museum to support outreach to youth for years ership as the dean of the Yale School Wells talks with second graders at School in Ward 6 of Washing- tion Green Community, but also a to come with a leadership gift of $100,000. Walker-Jones Elementary School during of Architecture, and his seminal the Museum’s presentation of the ton, D.C. In the past, these pro- member of the Museum’s Industry publications reflecting on the history City by Design school program. grams were offered only on-site Partners, an elite group of corporate The Museum’s history with the Clark family, includ- Photo by Anne McDonough. of architecture in New York. at the Museum, often excluding and association donors. ing the foundation and the corporation, stretches back students unable to take field trips due to economic or logistical reasons. to its earliest days in the 1980s, when A. James Clark The Vincent Scully Prize and the With the support of Councilmember Tommy Wells and organizations Discovery Communications is the world’s premier nonfiction me- served as trustee. In 2006, the Clark Construction Group endowment that supports it were like the D.C. Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, these dia company, reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscrib- LLC accepted the Honor Award on the occasion of its established by the National Build- programs are now coming to schools across the District. ers in more than 170 countries. Discovery empowers people to centenary and the company has been a regular participant ing Museum in 1999 to recognize explore their world through more than 100 worldwide networks, above: Tenth Vincent Scully Prize Recipient in Museum events such as the Festival of the Building Arts, exemplary practice, scholarship, “We take our commitment to the community very seriously,” led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Chan- Robert A.M. Stern. providing heavy equipment for the popular “construction Courtesy Robert A.M. Stern Architects. or criticism in architecture, his- notes the Museum’s president and executive director, Chase Rynd, nel, Investigation Discovery, and HD Theater, as well as leading petting zoo” where children can sit in the driving seat of toric preservation, and urban design. “and seeing the Museum’s programs offered in local schools is consumer and educational products and services, and a diversified earth movers and skid-steer loaders. The Clark Charitable Named after Professor Vincent Scully to honor his work and extend his legacy, tremendously exciting for us and reassures us that our work has portfolio of digital media services. Foundation has long supported the Museum’s programs the prize has since become known as one of the most prestigious awards in the a positive impact on D.C.’s youth.” for disadvantaged students, providing them with insight field, recognizing the importance of ideas and scholarship that lead to the design Discovery Communications revolutionized television with the into opportunities in the construction industry. of the built environment. Scully is the Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History During the 2007– 08 school year, the Museum provided 194 free Discovery Channel and is currently transforming classrooms of Art at Yale University and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of school programs to D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) classes, serving through Discovery Education, which combines scientifically The endowment is an important step for the Miami. For more than four decades his teaching and scholarship have profoundly 4,518 students; a 44 percent increase over last year. In addition, by proven, standards-based digital media and a dynamic user Museum, a private, nonprofit institution, in influenced prominent architects and urban planners, including Stern. the end fiscal year 2008, the Museum will have provided Bridge community in order to empower teachers to improve student planning for its long-term financial security, and Basics Program Kits to 50 DCPS and DC charter school teachers. achievement. Already, more than half of all U.S. schools access ensuring the continuation of its acclaimed youth Since being named dean of the Yale School of Architecture in 1998, Stern With funding from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning Discovery Education digital services. education outreach. The Museum reaches 25,000 has created a learning environment that encourages multiple viewpoints and Economic Development in place for school year 2008–09, students in the Washington metropolitan area each and experimentation. As senior partner of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, he the Museum is pleased to be able to continue to offer these free For Discovery Communications, supporting the work of the year and is grateful for this visionary gift. • personally directs the design of each of his firm’s diverse projects, including the programs to DCPS students and their teachers. • National Building Museum is a natural fit, especially given the recently completed Comcast Center, a 57-story office building in Center City Museum’s focus on sustainability. Discovery is actively work- Philadelphia, and Fifteen Central Park West, a residential building in New York ing to become a greener company—its Silver Spring, Maryland, City. Stern has also served as a member of the National Building Museum’s In Memoriam: Alfred T. McNeill headquarters is already a USGBC Platinum LEED-Certified Board of Trustees since 1999. New Trustee building. In June, Discovery launched the new network Planet Alfred T. McNeill, a long-time supporter of the National Green to more than 50 million homes. Planet Green is the first A series of events is planned to honor Stern and mark the tenth anniversary of The Board of Trustees recently elected Edward J. Building Museum and former member of the jury for the full-time “eco-lifestyle” channel, and encourages viewers to live the prize. On Wednesday, November 12, leaders from the design world will pay Newberry, deputy managing partner of Patton Boggs Museum’s Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction more sustainable lives. tribute to Vincent Scully and Stern’s legacies and achievements during a black- LLP, as a trustee of the Museum. A graduate of George Technology, died in March at the age of 71. tie gala and ceremony. The following day, Thursday, November 13, Scully Prize Mason University and the Georgetown University Law Discovery Communications is owned by Discovery Holding patrons will be given private architectural tours around Washington, D.C. Center, Newberry served as chief appropriations staff McNeill had served as chairman and CEO of The Turner Corporation Company, Advance/Newhouse Communications, and John S. The Museum will also hold a private reception in advance of a 6:30 pm public and press secretary to Virginia Congressman Frank from 1989 to 1996. McNeill joined Turner in 1958 as a field engineer. Hendricks, Discovery’s founder and chairman. lecture in the Museum’s Great Hall, during which Stern will present an original Wolf and associate staff member on the House During his tenure with the company, he served as vice president of lecture prepared exclusively for the occasion. Appropriations Committee. He joined Patton Boggs operations for New York; vice president and general manager of The Museum relies on the support of corporations and industry in 1991, and now represents municipal governments, Turner’s Philadelphia office; and senior vice president for Turner’s partners like Discovery Communications, and the Board of For more information on the event visit the Museum’s web site, www.nbm.org. • colleges and universities, and other organizations Northeast Region. McNeill was also actively involved with a number Trustees and staff are grateful for its generous support. • on matters of public policy and funding. He also of industry associations and served as a national director of the represents corporations on issues relating to energy, Associated General Contractors of America. The Museum’s board infrastructure, and transportation. • and staff extend condolences to McNeill’s family and colleagues. • 16 blueprints Fall 2008 Fall 2008 blueprints 17 honor award 2008 contributors

Caddell Construction Co., Inc The Museum thanks the following individuals, companies, associations 2008 Honor Award Gala Capital Guardian Trust and agencies for gifts of $250 or more received from April 1– July 30, Company 2008. These generous gifts provide essential support for the Museum’s Carolinas AGC, Inc. exhibitions, education programs, and endowment funds. Some of the The Associated General Contractors of America: CASSIDY & PINKARD contributions listed below are in partial fulfillment of larger pledges. COLLIERS Building America’s Quality of Life and Promoting Construction Excellence Caterpillar $100,000 and above Henry and Jessica Townsend Centerline Capital Group United Brotherhood of Carpenters The Home Depot Foundation Central Illinois Builders of AGC and Joiners of America ® Lt. Col. and by Tasha Passarelle, Development Events Manager Colonial Parking, Inc. Wells Fargo/Eastdil Secured Mrs. William K. Konze Constructors Association of Willis Western Pennsylvania National Capital Arts and Cultural Co-Chairs AGC of Maine Contractors Association of Affairs Program and the U.S. AGC of Massachusetts $5,000 – $9,999 William B. Alsup III West Virginia Commission of Fine Arts AGC of Michigan Hines Cooper Carry Aadland Evans Constructors, Inc. AGC of Minnesota Foundation Douglas E. Barnhart Northern Illinois Building Delon Hampton and Associates Design-Build Institute of $50,000 – $99,999 Adolfson & Peterson AGC of New Hampshire Barnhart, Inc. Contractors Association Hines America (DBIA) Construction AGC of New Jersey Members of AGC of David S. Bender QUOIN Chapter, AGC Holland & Knight, LLP Flooring Solutions, Inc. AGC Education & Research AGC of North Dakota Metropolitan Washington, DC Bender Foundation, Inc. QUOIN Education and Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. Fluor Enterprises, Inc. Foundation AGC of Oklahoma D.C. Children and Youth Joan Baggett Calambokidis Research Foundation The Home Depot Foundation Freestate Electric AGC of Connecticut Building Chapter Investment Trust Corp. International Masonry Institute San Antonio Chapter of AGC International Masonry Institute FXFOWLE Architects, PC AGC of Michigan AGC of St. Louis Discovery Communications, LLC Dave Conway Southern Illinois Builders International Union of Bricklayers Gensler AGC of Minnesota Foundation AGC San Diego Chapter, Inc. Fannie Mae iSqFt/Construction Software Association and Allied Craftworkers Georgia Branch, AGC AGC of South Dakota, AGC of South Dakota, National Endowment for the Arts Technologies Western Kentucky Construction The JBG Companies Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, Building Chapter and AGC Building Chapter Dennis J. Cotter Association Laborers’ International Union P.C. of South Dakota, Inc. AGC of South Dakota, Inc. $25,000 – $49,999 James G. Davis Construction Wyoming Contractors of North America Heavy Constructors Association AGC of St. Louis AGC of Tennessee Corporation Association McKissack & McKissack Greater Kansas City Area The Andersen Corporate AGC of Texas AGC of Texas Gilbert E. DeLorme Painters and Allied Trades LMCI Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Foundation AGC of Virginia AGC of Utah Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, Lead Partner Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Hensel Phelps Construction Co. The Morris and Gwendolyn Alabama AGC AGC of Virginia P.C. United Brotherhood of Carpen- Herzog Contracting Cafritz Foundation American Society of AGC of Washington The Associated General Michael J. Glosserman ters and Joiners of America Holder Construction Company Donald A. Capoccia Civil Engineers AGC of Wisconsin Contractors of America The JBG Companies (UBC) Horning Brothers Executive Affairs Authority Arizona Builders’ Alliance Alabama AGC Delon Hampton Wells Fargo Houston Chapter, AGC of Abu Dhabi Arizona Chapter — AGC Arizona Builders’ Alliance Partners Delon Hampton and Associates Willis iCore MASCO Corporation Foundation Associated Equipment Arizona Chapter AGC Fannie Mae Gary P. Haney Indiana Construction Association McGraw-Hill Construction Distributors above: president and executive Arkansas Chapter Members of AGC of On June 4, the National Building Museum presented Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Contributors Ironworker Management Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Associated General director Chase Rynd, AGC Austin Chapter, AGC Metropolitan Washington DC its 22nd Honor Award to The Associated General A. Eugene Kohn Progressive Action Cooperative Turner Construction Company Contractors of Greater Florida chief executive officer Stephen Builders Association Aadland Evans Constructors, Sandherr, AGC president Kohn Pedersen Fox Trust (IMPACT) BB&T Contractors of America (AGC) and its nationwide Building Contractors Association Benefactors Inc. Douglas Barnhart, and Museum Associates PC Kansas City Chapter $10,000 – $24,999 Beers & Cutler, PLLC network of 96 Chapters. AGC is the largest and of New Jersey Adolfson & Peterson Construc- BE&K Building Group chair of the Board of Trustees, Nicholas T. Makes Freddie Mac Kokosing Construction Co., Inc. AECOM: DMJM H+N, EDAW, Michael Glosserman present Carolinas AGC, Inc. tion Bowen Engineering oldest national construction trade association in the Turner Construction Company Marilyn and Michael Glosserman LandAmerica Commercial ERA, HSMM the 2008 Honor Award to Central Illinois Builders of AGC Akridge Deryl McKissack Turner Construction Company Services The Brick Industry Association The Associated General United States and received the Honor Award in rec- Constructors Association of AGC of California, Inc. American Society of McKissack & McKissack Las Vegas Chapter AGC Builders Association Contractors of America. Western Pennsylvania AGC of Connecticut Landscape Architects ognition of the 90 years of leadership and vision that Hollis S. McLoughlin Sustainers Annette and Theodore Lerner Caddell Construction Company, Photo by Paul Morigi. Contractors Association of AGC Education and Research Arup it has brought to the construction industry. Freddie Mac Family Foundation Inc. West Virginia EastBanc Foundation Associated Builders and opposite: 2008 Honor Award Whayne S. Quin LIUNA Tri-Funds Carolinas AGC Contractors Educational iSqFt/Construction Software AGC of Greater Florida Contractors, Inc festivities in the Museum’s Maryland AGC Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers LLC Holland & Knight, LLP Technologies AGC of Michigan The Capital Group Companies Great Hall. The event marked the first time in the Museum’s history Trust Fund Jack L. Massie Contractors, Inc. Caterpillar, Inc. Chase W. Rynd Kohn Pedersen Fox Associ- AGC of Minnesota Foundation The Cianbro Companies Photo by Paul Morigi. Delaware Contractors Master Builders of Iowa Centerline Foundation that the award was presented to an association. Leaders National Building Museum ates PC AGC of St. Louis Clark Construction Group, LLC Association Morgan Stanley Central Illinois Builders of AGC from the construction, development, architecture, and Deborah Ratner Salzberg McGraw-Hill Construction AGC San Diego Chapter, Inc. Clark-Winchole Foundation Fox Valley AGC Nevada Chapter AGC Pamela Colbert Forest City Washington The Related Companies AGC of South Dakota, CoStar Group engineering industries, as well as representatives from General Building Contractors Northern Illinois Builders Colonial Parking Stephen E. Sandherr Jim and Sharon Todd Building Chapter The Durst Organization Association Patton Boggs, LLP Constructors Association of both state and federal government, gathered to celebrate The Associated General AGC of South Dakota, Inc. EastBanc General Building Contractors of Pepper Construction Western Pennsylvania this honor and reflect on AGC and its member compa- Contractors of America Patrons AGC of Tennessee Enterprise Fleet Management New York State Perkins + Will Contractors Association of Les C. Snyder, III AGC of Texas FMI Corporation nies’ impact on the built environment. Nearly 600 guests Georgia Branch, AGC Associated Builders and QUOIN Chapter, AGC West Virginia Barton Malow Company AGC of Virginia Forest City Washington Heavy Constructors Association Contractors QUOIN Education and Cooper Carry attended the black-tie gala, which raised more than $1.2 James W. Todd Alabama AGC Freddie Mac Foundation Greater Kansas City Area Association of Equipment Research Foundation Design-Build Institute of America million for the Museum’s programming and exhibitions. The Peterson Companies The American Institute of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Houston Chapter, AGC Manufacturers (AEM) RIPPETEAU ARCHITECTS Flooring Solutions Inc. Norbert W. Young, Jr. Architects Delon Hampton & Associates Idaho AGC Barnhart, Inc. P.C. Fluor Corporation McGraw-Hill Construction American Road and Transpor- Hines Indiana Construction Association Barton Malow Company Rockwood Capital, LLC Freestate Electrical The Honor Award gala was held in the Museum’s Great tation Builders Association Robert W. Holleyman, II Industrial Builders Inc. Bender Foundation, Inc. Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP Georgia Branch, AGC Hall and the award was accepted by AGC president Chapters (ARTBA) Holliday Fenoglio, Fowler, LP Inland Northwest AGC Cianbro Corporation STUDIOS Architecture Michael and Arizona Builders’ Alliance iSqFt Douglas E. Barnhart (chief executive officer, Barnhart AGC of Alaska Kansas City Chapter Clark Construction Group, LLC Sundt Construction Inc. Marilyn Glosserman Arizona Chapter, AGC The JBG Companies AGC of California, Inc. Las Vegas Chapter AGC Contractors Educational Urban Land Institute Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C. Inc., San Diego, California) and AGC chief executive Associated Equipment Kohn Pedersen Fox AGC of Colorado Maryland AGC Trust Fund WDG Architecture The Heavy Constructors officer Stephen E. Sandherr. Michael J. Glosserman, Distributors (AED) Associates PC AGC of Connecticut Master Builders Association of CoStar Group Williams Brothers Construction Association of the Greater BB&T Laborers’ International Union chair of the Museum’s Board of Trustee, led the program AGC of East Tennessee Western Pennsylvania, Inc. James G. Davis Construction Company, Inc. Kansas City Area BE&K Louisiana Contractors AGC Education and Master Builders of Iowa Corporation Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum and was joined by tribute speaker Norbert W. Young, Beers + Cutler Educational Trust Research Foundation Members of AGC of Eastdil Secured Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Jr., FAIA, president of McGraw-Hill Construction. Bowen Engineering Corporation Mead Family Foundation AGC of Greater Florida Metropolitan Washington DC Enterprise Fleet Management Herzog Contracting Corp. Brick Industry Association National Association of AGC of Greater Milwaukee Mississippi Valley AGC FMI Corporation Holder Construction Company Brookfield Properties Home Builders The Museum thanks AGC and everyone who AGC of Kansas Nevada Chapter AGC Forest City Washington Joseph F. Horning, Jr. AGC of Kentucky Inc. New Mexico Building Branch Builders Association Painters and Allied Trades LMCI contributed to the extremely successful event. • Goldman, Sachs & Co. 18 blueprints Fall 2008 Fall 2008 blueprints 19 Board of Trustees (as of September 30, 2008) Chair Honorary Trustees Michael J. Glosserman Harold L. Adams contributors mystery building Howard M. Bender President and Carolyn Schwenker Brody Executive Director David C. Evans Houston Chapter, Associated Mississippi Valley Branch—AGC Idaho AGC $250 – $999 M.K. Lanzillotta and Chase W. Rynd M. Arthur Gensler Jr. General Contractors National Electrical Contractors Industrial Builders Inc. Lee Becker, FAIA Mike Goodrich Lise Adkins and Tom Murphy Indiana Construction Association Inland Northwest AGC Mary E. Lawrence and “Slinky” Mystery Straightened Out Secretary Thomas J. Klutznick Anonymous Association Nevada Chapter AGC The Insurance Exchange, Inc. Peter Buck Gilbert E. DeLorme Frederick A. Kober AGC of New Hampshire Ironworker Management Parsons Brinckerhoff Alexander H. Jeffries, AIA Carolyn M. Mackenzie Stuart A. McFarland AGC of Oklahoma—­ Robert McLean III Progressive Action Pulte Homes Emeritus Mark McFadden The elegantly slithery structure featured as the Ph Treasurer ot Elizabeth B. Moynihan Building Chapter o b Robert W. Holleyman, II Cooperative Trust Lola C. Reinsch and S. Kann Sons Company Richard Meier Foundation Spring/Summer 2008 Mystery Building y Carolyn Alper Jo Marilyn Perry Kansas City Chapter — AGC J. Almont Pierce Foundation, Inc. The Honorable Henry Meigs, II hn James W. Todd Kathryn Alsegaf was the Webb Bridge in Melbourne, G Elected and Voting Trustees o Kokosing Construction Emerson G. and Dolores G. Kishimoto.Gordon.Dalaya PC Joan Meixner ll Mallory Walker AIA, Knowledge Resource Team in William B. Alsup III Australia. Designed by the g Company, Inc. Reinsch Foundation Susan L. Klaus George H. Miller, FAIA s Leonard A. Zax Ammann & Whitney . Frank Anton LIUNA Tri-Funds Southern Illinois Builders Costas Kondylis & Herbert S. and Patrice R. Miller Associated General architecture firm of Denton Corker Thomas N. Armstrong III LandAmerica Commercial Association Associates, P.C. Christopher Monek and Ex Officio Trustees Contractors of Maine Marshall in association with artist David S. Bender Services Starwood Hotels & Lacy, Ltd. Marianne Neri Monek Secretary Dirk Kempthorne Ayers/Saint/Gross Inc. Deborah Berke Annette and Theodore Lerner Resorts Worldwide lee)sallee & company, inc. Julia Monk-Landis Robert Owen and the Arup Department of the Interior Baines Construction William M. Brennan Family Foundation Sunrise Foundation Lehman-Smith + Stephen Muse, FAIA engineering firm, the Kelly Caffarelli Secretary Steve Preston Balfour Beatty Construction Department of Housing and Maryland AGC Tishman Speyer Properties, LP McLeish PLLC Sakura Namioka Joan Baggett Calambokidis Sally Berk and pedestrian bridge meanders Urban Development Jack L. Massie Contractor, Inc. Wyoming Contractors Jacqueline and Marc Leland Priscilla Nelson Donald A. Capoccia Sanders H. Berk, MD Senator Barbara Boxer Master Builders of Iowa Association Rafael V. Lopez & Linda I. Marks Newmark Knight Frank across the Yarra River, linking Dennis J. Cotter BOE Architects, PLLC Christopher Dorval Chair, Senate Committee on National Cherry Blossom JM Zell Partners, Ltd. David and Holly Lukens Jane W. and Frederick North Environment and Public Works Pam and Jay Bothwell the redeveloped docklands Delon Hampton Festival, Inc. Mancini Duffy Susan Piedmont-Palladino Brennan+Company Architects on the northern bank with a Gary P. Haney Representative James Oberstar Nixon Peabody LLP $1,000 – $2,499 Marsh USA, Inc. and Douglas Palladino Chair, House Committee on Cathy M. Brentzel Philippe Hardouin Patton Boggs LLP Michael L. Marshall Ranger Construction new residential complex to the Transportation & Infrastructure ACE Mentor Program of William D. Browning Joseph F. Horning, Jr. QUOIN - Chapter Associated Master Builders Association of Industries, Inc. David L. Bibb America, Inc. Marcia Camarda south. Essentially an enormous Gerald M. Howard General Contractors Western PA, Inc. RB Construction Group, Inc. Mercy Jiménez Acting Adminstrator AGC of Alaska Cass & Associates piece of public sculpture, the General Services Administration QUOIN Education and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Lacy I. Rice, III A. Eugene Kohn AGC of Greater Milwaukee, Inc. Architects, P.C. Research Foundation Diana R. and Charles A. Nathan Rogers-O’Brien bridge was in fact funded through Deryl McKissack Adrian M. Fenty AGC of Kentucky, Inc. William B. Clark Mayor of the District of Columbia Rippeteau Architects, P.C. National Ready Mixed Construction Co. a one-percent-for-art commitment Hollis S. McLoughlin AGC of North Dakota William F. Clinger Melissa A. Moss Rockwood Capital, LLC Concrete Association Arun Sardana David L. Winstead AGC of Utah Donald Cobean by the residential project’s developer. Edward J. Newberry Comissioner Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP National Society of Shelco, Inc. AGC of Wisconsin Cole Prevost Robert A. Peck Public Buildings Service, Sundt Construction, Inc. Professional Engineers Daniel K. Shogren and The design, with its open steel lattice, General Services Administration Air Conditioning Contractors Gianne Conard Whayne S. Quin Urban Land Institute National Stone, Sand Jennifer L. Rise Stephen M. Ross of America (ACCA) Construction Labor alludes to the eel traps (made of bent sticks) Stephen T. Ayers WDG Architecture, PLLC & Gravel Association Clyde and Joan Shorey Deborah Ratner Salzberg Acting Architect of the Capitol American Institute of Research Council used by Aboriginal peoples in the area centuries ago. Robert and Kay Oshel Esther B. Simon, AIA Stephen E. Sandherr Architecture Students David E. Cooper Allen Weinstein $2,500 – $4,999 CharlesPankow Foundation SK&A Structural Engineers, Robert A.M. Stern Archivist of the United States Arkansas Chapter AGC Mrs. Donald Coupard Petra Construction Corporation PLLC Norbert W. Young, Jr. AGC—New Mexico Building Associated General Crawford Roll-Lite Door Only one respondent correctly identified the bridge. Congratulations to James H. Billington Plumbing-Heating-Cooling SKB Architecture & Design The Librarian of Congress Branch Contractors of Kansas, Inc. Sales, LLC Founding Trustees Contractors-National Louis H. Skidmore Suzanne Stephens (deputy editor of Architectural Record), of New York, G. Wayne Clough AGC of California Baltimore Washington R.R. Dawson Bridge, LLC Cynthia R. Field Association Leonard A. Sloan Acting Secretary of the AGC of Colorado Laborer’s District Council Design Collective, Inc. NY, who received a National Building Museum coffee mug as a prize. • Herbert M. Franklin Quite a Stir in Catering! Bernard Slosberg and Smithsonian AGC of East Tennessee Edward T. Hall BDO Seidman, LLP Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. Richard Moe Judith Helm Robinson Mary S. Chor Nancy Stevenson AGC of Massachusetts Barry P. Rosenthal/ Michael Dunagan President Rodgers Builders Smith, Thomas & Smith, Inc. Beverly Willis AGC of New Jersey Bingham McCutchen LLP Ginny Dyson National Trust for Ross Development & Investment Joseph D. Steller and the The American Institute of Beyer Blinder Belle Architects George Cameron Eaton, AIA Historic Preservation The San Antonio Chapter Steller Family Architects & Planners, LLP Eugene R. Eisman and Christine McEntee of the Associated General SunTrust Bank Assa Abloy Building and Construction Charlene Currie Executive Director and CEO Contractors of America Suntrust Retirement Services The American Institute James A. and Trades Dept. (AFL-CIO) Emerick Construction Company Stephen E. Sandherr Martha Sykora­ — In memory of this issue’s mystery... of Architects Llewellyn W. Bensfield Robert H. Busler Shirlee and Howard Friedenberg Satterfield & Pontikes Richard Nagelhout BOMA International Caribbean Industrial g booker 3, llc Construction Tarlton Corporation Bovis Lend Lease, Inc. Construction, SE Patrick Gallagher “Back to Shul* Special” David M. Schwarz Shar Taylor National Building Museum Editorial Board Carolyn Schwenker Brody Heather Willson Cass, FAIA Bill and Melinda Gates Leslie C. and Leonard A. TEAM Coalition Building Contractors The Christman Company Foundation Matching Gifts Catherine Crane Frankel, Vice President for Exhibitions and Collections Shapiro Family Foundation William A. K. and Sharp-eyed readers who notice the Star of Association of New Jersey C.J. Coakley Co., Inc. Program Melissa Kennedy, Senior Graphic Designer Slack & Co. Contracting, Inc. Maria Titelman David over the gate in this photo will quickly Building Systems Design, Inc. Janet and David Curtis Allan Greenberg, Architect LLC Scott Kratz, Vice President for Education SMACNA Harriet Tregoning Calibre CPA Group, PLLC Custom Design Concepts John Gulisek Construction Co. and correctly deduce that the pictured Amanda Lewis, Corporate and Association Relations Manager P.J. Stella Construction Corp. U.S. Department of Housing and California University of Architecture + Interiors The Gurevich Family Bryna Lipper, Vice President for Marketing and Communications The Swinerton Foundation Urban Development building is a synagogue. But where is this Pennsylvania Ambassador and Bruce Guthrie G. Martin Moeller, Jr., Senior Vice President and Curator Dwayne J. Sye The University of Maryland beautiful structure? (Hint: It is in the United Cannon Design Mrs. Robert W. Duemling Michael Manning Hartman Chase W. Rynd, Executive Director Charles H. Thornton Foundation Delaware Contractors e-Builder, Inc. Hartman-Cox Architects States.) Can you identify the Mystery Building Shar Taylor, Vice President for Development Tishman Construction Corp. Joseph and Jeanne Ventrone Association ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC Ronald Hayes Johanna Weber, Marketing and Communications Manager of D.C. Mallory and Diana Walker and its location? Fox Valley AGC & Northern Lois and Richard England HBP Inc. Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc., Luke Wassum and Illinois Building Contractors Philip A. Esocoff, FAIA David J. and Blueprints Architects of Community Sarah Fairbrother Association Finnish Cultural Institute Margaret N. Hensler Responses will be accepted by e-mail or regular Tribble & Stephens Co. Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Editor-in-Chief: G. Martin Moeller, Jr. L.C. Gaskins Constructions in New York William F. and Frances Holmes United Way of the Fitzgerald, L.L.P. mail. To be eligible for a prize (reserved for the Managing Editor: Johanna Weber Company Herb and Barbara Franklin William L. Hopkins and National Capital Area Scott and Katy Weidenfeller first five correct respondents only), send an Designer: Jennifer Byrne General Building Contractors Phyllis Freedman & Tom Glass Richard B. Anderson John D. Van Wagoner Amy Weinstein & Philip Esocoff of New York State Newseum/Freedom Forum Michael and e-mail to [email protected]. 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Hickok Cole Architects Lacy, Ltd. from our homes, skyscrapers, and public buildings to our parks, bridges, Miller & Long Co., Inc. Michael L. Horst Anita Lager Museum, 401 F Street, NW, Washington, and cities. Through exhibitions, education programs, and publications, the DC 20001 Museum seeks to educate the public about achievements in architecture, design, engineering, urban planning, and construction. The Museum is 20 blueprints Fall 2008 * Shul is Yiddish for “synagogue.” supported by contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, associations, and public agencies.

The Big “Green” Picture A New Exhibition Explores What Makes a Green Community by Jasmine Zick, Marketing and Communications Associate

As interest grows in environmental sustainability, the In a political and social climate that emphasizes National Building Museum’s upcoming exhibition, the inevitability and urgency of global warming, Green Community, will offer an exciting new look at Green Community presents a positive perspective what it means to be green. The first major exhibition in on places that are already embracing sustainable the United States to explore the complex process of planning. The exhibition includes a range of visionary creating and sustaining healthy communities, Green designs, from modestly-scaled community projects Community examines the interrelated decisions and and adaptations of traditional technologies to designs that can make our neighborhoods, towns, ambitious cities of the future, demonstrating that it cities, and regions more sustainable. The exhibition is possible to find sustainable solutions regardless looks at how we plan, design, and construct the of community size or geography. world between our buildings, profiling an array of communities where citizens, leaders, and planning Green Community opens on October 23, 2008 and design professionals are working together and will be on display through October 25, 2009. towards a better future. Members are invited to celebrate the exhibition’s opening at a special reception on October 21. Look for details in the Museum’s October calendar of events or online at www.nbm.org. above: Solar Panels in Nordly on Sanso Island in Denmark. Image © Sarah Leen / National Geographic Collection.

Investigating Where We Live Green Community Washington: Cityscapes Revealed: Building Zone Through January 11, 2009 Opening October 23, 2008 Symbol and City Highlights from the Collection Long-term

exhibitions on view On display through October 25, 2009 Long-term Long-term

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