National Building Annual Report 2006 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

T IS HARD NOT TO BELIEVE IT WAS We opened eight new exhibitions ALL PRE-DESTINED,” wrote founding during the past year and offered literally “Itrustees Herbert M. Franklin and hundreds of lectures, symposia, youth Cynthia R. Field in the Winter 2005–06 programs, and family festivals. As usual, issue of Blueprints, which marked the 25th our programming attracted a lot of anniversary of the establishment of the attention from the media, drawing . They were coverage throughout the and referring to the happy marriage of a in many other countries. It is quite dynamic educational institution dedicated exciting to see the name of the National to the building arts and the spectacular Building Museum appearing in newspapers historic landmark that is its home. from places as far-flung as Belarus, Brazil, Herb and Cynthia’s comment and China! Chase W. Rynd President and Executive Director was apt, and yet we know that nothing I am grateful to all of our Photo by Liz Roll. in the built environment is inevitable members, staff, and trustees for their or immutable. Every building, every contributions to the Museum’s success. I landscape, every city we experience is the close with a special note of thanks to result of a string of ideas, decisions, and Carolyn Brody, who has so ably served as even conflicts—some small, some chair of the Museum’s Board of Trustees momentous—that shaped its final form. over the past six years. She has both led Such strings of events make for fascinating and represented the Museum with aplomb, stories, and it is the Museum’s mission to and we have all benefited from her tell and interpret them. insights and her great spirit. Through exhibitions, education As you read this, we are already programs, and publications, the Museum well into our next fiscal year, under encourages people to see—really see— the leadership of our new chair, Michael the world that surrounds them. The Glosserman. Exciting things are afoot uniqueness of our mission resonates with once again, and we look forward to your people of all ages and backgrounds, as ongoing support and participation. reflected in our growing attendance figures. During the 2006 fiscal year, Sincerely, which ran from October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006, the Museum attracted a total of 376,474 visitors—an increase of 4 percent over the previous year—plus more Chase W. Rynd than 1.6 million “virtual” visitors to our President and Executive Director website, up an impressive 39 percent over fiscal year 2005.

2 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

HE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2006 marked I have been honored to serve the conclusion of my six years as chair with so many dedicated trustees, many of Tof the National Building Museum, and whom are not only valued colleagues, but what a terrific experience it has been. I am also dear friends. My fellow board members so proud of what we have accomplished, come from diverse professions and places, and I know more great things are on the but all of them share a commitment to the way, as I marvel at the Museum’s mission of the National Building Museum, ambitious plans for the future. as well as great joy in presiding over its Six years does not seem such a ongoing success. long time, but the world has changed so That success owes much to the much since I became chair. So far, the Museum’s talented and hard-working staff. early years of the twenty-first century have In particular, I extend my thanks to our Carolyn Schwenker Brody been defined largely by cataclysmic natural executive director, Chase Rynd, and to Chair disasters and the growing specter of global his predecessor, Susan Henshaw Jones. Photo by Diana Walker. terrorism, forcing us all to re-examine our I am also pleased, as I have often said, relationships to the built world. At the that Michael Glosserman is succeeding me same time, however, the past few years as chair—I know that the Museum is in have brought many positive developments. good hands. The burgeoning interest in sustainable Finally, I thank the Museum’s and development, for instance, has members, contributors, and many other given rise to great optimism not only about admirers, who recognize that ensuring the the future health of our natural quality of our buildings and communities environment, but also about exciting is a shared responsibility, and one that possibilities for new forms of architectural brings profound rewards. expression and innovative community planning. Meanwhile, emerging Sincerely, technologies have offered the promise of safer, more beautiful, and more comfortable buildings than ever before. Through it all, the National Building Carolyn Schwenker Brody Museum has exercised invaluable Chair leadership in shaping the public debate about these complex issues.

3 Leadership in Design

Central China Television Headquarters and TVCC One of the vital roles of the National Building Museum is to provide a Television Center in Beijing, China designed forum for meaningful public discussion about developments in , by Rem Koolhaas and the Office of Metropolitan , construction, planning, , and preservation. Architecture. Digital rendering by Office of In order to achieve this, the Museum identifies practitioners and scholars Metropolitan Architecture. who are at the forefront of changes in these disciplines. Through lectures, exhibitions, and publications, the Museum offers many platforms for such leaders to share their ideas and views.

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Spotlight on Design The popular Spotlight on Design lecture series is the cornerstone of the Museum’s public programming. Leading from the fields of architecture, , and landscape architecture regularly appear at the Museum to present their latest work. In April 2006, the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas attracted an audience of nearly 1,400 people, the largest of the year for a public program. Other participants in the past year’s lecture series included: Antoine Predock, winner of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal; Japanese McMahon, senior resident fellow at the architect Shigeru Ban; Craig Dykers, of the and former vice Norwegian firm Snøhetta; and all eight president and director of land use programs of the innovative young firms recognized at the Conservation Foundation. as Emerging Voices for 2006 by the Architectural League of . In fiscal year 2006, Building for the 21st Century Throughout the year, members of was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy The Corinthians, the Museum’s major donor Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and Smart Growth was presented in association group, and other VIPs enjoyed special, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and private dinners and receptions with the the Smart Growth Network. invited speakers. Inspiring Audiences The 2005–06 Spotlight on Design series was sponsored by Lafarge, the world leader in building Other symposia, films, and special programs materials. Additional support was provided by the rounded out a wide selection of education National Endowment for the Arts. events during fiscal year 2006. Films included those exploring the work and life Lunch and Learn of , , and Moshe top / The audience for the lecture by The Museum offers a number of informal, Safdie, plus a mid-Atlantic preview of a Rem Koolhaas fills the lunchtime lectures free of charge in documentary on the 1893 World’s Great Hall. Photo by F.T. Eyre. partnership with the U.S. Department of Columbian Exposition. above / Moshe Safdie, Energy and the U.S. Environmental A symposium in April investigated a speaker in the Spotlight Protection Agency. During fiscal year 2006, the underrepresentation, but current rise, on Design series. Photo by F.T. Eyre. the Building for the 21st Century series, which of women in the architecture field. The addresses cutting-edge technologies and Museum also organized an exclusive Dine by sustainability, included presentations about Design restaurant preview, presenting a the and high-performance, program at a new Georgetown waterfront green commercial buildings. The Smart Growth restaurant, Agraria, with the architects series drew speakers such as The Washington and the restaurant’s executive chef and Post reporter Michael Grunwald, who management firm. In the fall, an inter- discussed his book The Swamp: The Everglades, school student had Florida and the Politics of Paradise, and Ed university- architecture students

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The popularity of Liquid Stone led to the publication of a substantial book based on the content of the exhibition and a related symposium held at Princeton University in the fall of 2005. Published by Princeton Architectural Press in summer 2006 with support from Lafarge, the exhibition’s sole sponsor, the catalogue was co-edited by Liquid Stone curator Martin Moeller and Jean-Louis Cohen, the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at . The book, which was simultaneously published in French under the title du béton: Nouvelles vagues, nouvelles recherches, is available through the National Building Museum Shop.

Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete was made above / The Ford responding to a design challenge with Calumet Environmental possible by the generous support of Lafarge, the world Center designed by a day-long charrette in the Great Hall. leader in building materials. Chicago-based architecture firm Studio The symposium on women in architecture was Gang, which was Bringing Affordable Housing featured in the Museum’s supported by a generous grant from the 2006 Spotlight on Architecture Foundation (www.BWAF.org). to the Nation Design: Emerging Voices lecture series. In fiscal year 2006, the Museum’s exhibition Digital rendering courtesy of Etched in Liquid Stone Studio Gang. Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset, right / Exhibition catalogue The exhibition Liquid Stone: New Architecture in which beautifully refuted the common belief for Liquid Stone: New Concrete, which opened in 2004, continued to that high-quality design and affordability Architecture in Concrete. Book cover, Simmons Hall, MIT, draw interested visitors throughout its are mutually exclusive, continued its photo © Jan Haux. extended run, which ended in January 2006. national tour. The venues during the year To mark the closing of the exhibition, the were: the Center for Architecture, Museum presented a special lecture by Áron in Richmond (November 10, 2005– Losonczi, the Hungarian inventor of January 15, 2006); the Museum of Design, LiTraCon®, the astonishing translucent Atlanta (January 26–March 19, 2006); concrete product featured in the show. McKinney Avenue Contemporary, in Dallas (May 6–June 30, 2006); I space, the Chicago Gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (August 4–20, 2006); and the Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family at Arizona State University/Bentley Project Gallery, Phoenix (September 9–October 28, 2006). Meanwhile, the online component of the exhibition drew more than 10,000 visitors.

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

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left / Phyllis Lambert, David Schwarz, and Chase Rynd at the presentation of the Prize to Ms. Lambert. Photo by Liz Roll.

Scully Prize to a Leading Voice When the award was presented for Architecture to Lambert in January 2006, The Honorable Frank McKenna, Canadian ambassador to the The Vincent Scully Prize was established in United States; Pierre Théberge, director of 1999 to recognize outstanding contributions the National Gallery of Canada; and New to the understanding of architecture, York architect Elizabeth Diller gave stirring planning, preservation, and design, testimonials to her profound influence. through writing, research, or scholarship. Lambert followed with her acceptance The prize was awarded twice in fiscal year remarks, in which she discussed the public 2006: to His Royal Highness The Prince of reception and long-term impact of the Wales [see page 13], and to Phyllis Lambert. Seagram Building on architectural culture. Founding director of the highly The award to Ms. Lambert carried a cash respected Canadian Centre for Architecture, prize of $30,000, which she contributed to Lambert made her first significant contri- the Canadian Centre for Architecture, where bution to architecture at a very young age, the funds will go toward the purchase of a when she played an instrumental role in significant work of art to be determined. the hiring of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to design the Seagram Building, considered by many to be his masterpiece. She went on Museum Staff Active in the to make her mark through many avenues, Cultural Community including serving as a curator of a definitive exhibition on Mies’s work, as mentor to The Museum’s curatorial and education numerous younger designers, and as an staff members play leading roles in important cultural philanthropist. other cultural institutions in Washington, D.C. and nationally. During fiscal year 2006, for instance, curator Chrysanthe Broikos was elected to the board of the National Preservation Institute, and was also elected to ArtTable, a national organization for professional women in the visual arts. Scott Kratz, vice president for education at the Museum, served as the vice chair for issues on the American Association of ’ Committee on Education.

7 Icons

Frank (left) and client Harold Price The history of the built environment is replete with icons: brilliant people, review plans for the . extraordinary buildings, and innovative products that have helped to Photo by Joe Price, Price Tower Arts Center, Gift of Etsuko and define perceptions of our cultural heritage. During fiscal year 2006, Joe Price. the National Building Museum spotlighted two American icons with exhibitions and related programs.

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The Summer of Wright Standing in a small Oklahoma town is one of the most unusual and beautiful skyscrapers ever built. It is the Price Tower, a slender, faceted jewel of a building designed by the ultimate icon of American architecture, . Wright was known primarily for his emphatically horizontal buildings that celebrated the flat expanse of the American prairie, and yet the startlingly vertical Price Tower exemplifies many of his fundamental tenets. Its crystalline form and rich materials reflect his pursuit of an “organic” architecture, while its integrally designed furnishings reveal a building that was conceived as a “total work of art.” The genesis, construction, and recent renovation of this extraordinary structure were documented in Prairie Skyscraper: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower, The Summer 2006 issue of Blueprints presented at the National Building Museum used the Price Tower exhibition as a from June 17 to September 17, 2006. springboard for a series of articles about Organized by the Price Tower Arts Center, Wright-designed houses. The lead piece was this exhibition included drawings, models, an interview with the 96-year-old Loren Pope, photographs, and examples of a Wright client who can still regale listeners correspondence between the architect and with stories of what it was like to work the building’s client. The exhibition itself with one of America’s most difficult but was designed by Pritzker Prize winner brilliant architects.

Zaha Hadid, who is also currently Prairie Skyscraper: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower designing an addition to the arts center. was a traveling exhibition organized by the Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in cooperation top / A model of In conjunction with the exhibition, Frank Lloyd Wright’s with The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in Scottsdale, the Museum declared a “Summer of Wright.” Price Tower displayed Arizona. The exhibition, its tour, and its publication were in the exhibition Highlights included several films about made possible in part by The Henry Luce Foundation, Prairie Skyscraper. Wright and his work, a series of weekly, the Buell Family of Bartlesville, The Silas Foundation, Photo by Museum Staff. hands-on family activity programs called and the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. above / The Museum’s Wednesdays with Wright, as well as a lecture quarterly magazine, At the National Building Museum, the exhibition was Blueprints. by Anthony Alofsin, a Wright scholar who made possible by the Copper Development Association, Photo by National Building Museum. curated the exhibition. Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Silas, and the Museum’s F. Stuart Fitzpatrick Memorial Exhibition Fund.

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Picturing Landmarks participating in Investigating Where We Live, a summer program for youth that uses Landmark buildings and brilliant designers photography, creative writing, and are not the only icons in the architectural exhibition design to teach participants world. A number of famous modernist about D.C. neighborhoods. Some of the buildings owe their reputations to the region’s newest photographers thus had photographer Julius Shulman, whose the opportunity to learn directly from a compositional artistry and technical above / Frank Lloyd living legend in the field. Wright’s Ennis House, precision yielded countless pictures that , 1924, by Julius Shulman, 1968. became icons themselves. Transcending At the National Building Museum, Julius Shulman, Copyright the J. Paul Getty Trust. Modernity and the Metropolis was presented in Julius Shulman Photography mere documentation, Shulman’s images Archive, Research Library at the partnership with The Octagon, the Museum of the . seem to reveal the essence of an architect’s American Architectural Foundation, and was made vision and capture the spirit of the era in top right / Richard Neutra’s possible by the Museum’s F. Stuart Fitzpatrick Kaufmann House, Palm which the building was constructed. Memorial Exhibition Fund. Springs, 1947, by Julius To honor the photographer’s Shulman 1947. Copyright the J. Paul Getty Trust. work—and to mark his 95th birthday— Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the the Getty Research Institute organized Getty Research Institute. Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis, right / Renowned photo- which was on view at the National Building grapher Julius Shulman with Wim de Witt, curator of Museum from April 1 to July 30, 2006. architectural collections at the Getty Research Institute, Comprising 83 original prints selected from addressing an audience a portfolio of more than 70,000 images, at the Museum in July. Photo by F.T. Eyre. the exhibition offered a cross-section of Shulman’s unparalleled body of work. On July 26, Shulman visited the Museum to participate in a public program with Wim de Witt, curator of architectural collections at the Getty. While at the Museum, Shulman met with students

10 Learning from Tradition

A Museum guest explores Cityscapes Revealed: Looking back at the past and learning from tradition can provide new insights Highlights from the Collection during the into our built environment. In 2005–06, the Museum opened several exhibition opening. Photo by F.T. Eyre. exhibitions exploring diverse building traditions.

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The Museum’s Collection Revealed In December 2005, in honor of its 25th anniversary, the Museum opened a first- time survey of its rich collection with Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection. The exhibition features exquisitely detailed drawings, rare, early- 20th-century photographs, and original building fragments from national historic landmarks, illuminating facets of the building process and documenting evolving American architectural styles, construction techniques, and materials preferences. The exhibition draws from a number of the Museum’s most significant collections— ink-on-linen drawings executed by the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company; original photographs printed by the Wurts Brothers Company; watercolor room , fabric samples, and furniture hardware from the office of Ernest L. Brothers—and offers visitors the building blocks for understanding and evaluating Also completed in 2006 was America’s architectural heritage. A festive the reorganization of the Museum’s opening reception for Museum members internationally-known Wurts Brothers inaugurated the long-term show. Photography Collection. Intern Mary Allen organized 20,000 photographs by Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection geography and subject matter. was made possible by the National Architectural Trust; Baltimore-Washington Brick Distributor The reorganization of the Wurts Brothers material was Council; Lt. Col. and Mrs. William Karl Konze; Samuel made possible by a National Endowment for the H. Kress Foundation; Sheet Metal Workers’ Humanities Small Preservation Grant of $5,000. International Association; Gladding, McBean; Mrs. John W. Hechinger, Sr.; International Masonry Institute; International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Educating With Traditions Craftworkers; Linda B. and Jonathan S. Lyons; and Education programs for adults and families other generous contributors. encouraged learning from tradition. Behind the scenes in 2006, the Museum’s Dr. James Campbell, author of Brick: A World History, lectured about this familiar top left / This shop drawing by the collection reached another milestone— Northwestern Terra Cotta Company details volunteer Dan Lednicer finished cataloging building material that has been used in the griffins that crown Pittsburgh’s Allegheny County Soldiers and Sailors the Museum’s Kress Collection. By scanning construction projects for centuries. A Memorial Hall (now Soldiers & Sailors walking tour of downtown with Linda National Military Museum & Memorial) photographs and identifying key descriptive by Palmer & Hornbostel, 1908. terms, he added 8,000 photographs to the Lyons introduced participants to another Collection of the National Building Museum, building material, terra cotta. Families had photo by Museum staff. collection database, making them quickly the opportunity to explore building above / Richard Wurts’s 1965 double accessible for research. The photographs printing of a negative (positive and are the prominent component of the materials with an interactive brick activity reversed) shows how the reflective glass in Cityscapes Revealed. In the programs façades of modern high-rises offered Kress Collection, which includes blueprints new ways to capture the power and and other materials related to the Kress “Magnificent Metalwork” and “Create It! essence of . Terra Cotta Tiles,” Museum educators led Collection of the National Building Museum. variety stores. family tours of the exhibition and offered top right / The National Building Museum a hands-on introduction to the properties owns one of the original copper dormers designed by Babb, Cook & Willard for of various building materials. the Carnegie Mansion, now the Cooper- Hewitt National , in New York, 1902. Collection of the National Building Museum, photo by Museum staff.

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Royal Traditions In November of 2005 the Museum presented His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales with its sixth Vincent Scully Prize in recognition of his long-standing interest in the built environment and commitment to creating urban areas with human scale (the seventh prize was awarded in 2006 to Phyllis Lambert—see page 7). During his visit, on which he was accompanied by his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, The Prince of Wales gave an exclusive talk for Museum members about traditional architecture and planning following a tribute by past Scully Prize winner Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and the presentation of the prize by Vincent Scully himself. The prize carried a cash award of $30,000, which the Prince of Wales donated to the Foundation for the Built Environment in support of its work in rebuilding Mississippi communities damaged by Hurricane Katrina. “In the same way that our food and the way it is produced can tell a special story, so our buildings should tell the irresistible story of human character and idiosyncrasy,” the Prince said. The Museum published the Prince’s entire talk and those of the tribute speakers of the evening together with a companion DVD, which is available for sale in the Museum Shop. On the occasion of the award to The Prince of Wales, the Museum presented included 16 examples of urban development top left / The Prince of Wales accepts the Vincent Scully Prize two exhibitions produced by organizations from around the world, each exploring the from Professor Scully at the supported by His Royal Highness. principles underpinning the traditional National Building Museum. Photo by Vivian Ronay. The exhibition A Building Tradition: urbanism movement. Projects ranging from The Work of the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, urban infill to new towns gave insight into top right / Decorative wood inlay piece for the mihrab project by was on view November 5, 2005 through the challenges, solutions, and methodologies PhD student Minwer Al-Meheid, as featured in the exhibition January 8, 2006. The school offers grounding of urban development and included A Building Tradition. in the philosophy and practical craft skills Poundbury, a town of houses, cottages, Photo by George Bodnar. of the arts and architecture of Islam, as well shops, and light industry designed above / As seen in Civitas, as the traditional arts of other civilizations. especially for His Royal Highness by Aerial view of Poundbury, on the outskirts of the county town of The exhibition presented exemplary works architect Leon Krier. Dorchester, Dorset, England. of stained glass, mosaics, ceramics, and archi- Copyright the Duchy of Cornwall. A Building Tradition: The Work of The Prince’s tectural drawings, as well as photographs of School of Traditional Arts was sponsored by Goldman, the courses and activities at the school. Sachs & Co. and DHL Freight and Contract Logistics A second exhibition was (UK) Limited. organized by The Prince’s Foundation for Civitas: Traditional Urbanism in Contemporary Practice the Built Environment, an educational was sponsored by DHL Freight and Contract Logistics charity established to teach principles of (UK) Limited. traditional and architecture. Civitas: Traditional Urbanism in Contemporary Practice (November 5, 2005–January 8, 2006)

13 Sustainability

The Green House opens with a full-scale replica of architect In 2006, a blockbuster exhibition, various education programs, and Michelle Kaufmann’s Glidehouse, giving visitors a chance to multiple publications solidified the National Building Museum as a leader in experience a sustainable house first hand. promoting sustainability. Photo by Hoachlander Davis Photography.

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The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design The Green House—revealing exciting trends in green technologies, materials, and design for the home—was visited by 57,747 guests between its opening in May and September 30, 2006, putting the exhibition on track to become one of the most popular in Museum history. One early visitor was First Lady Laura Bush, who toured the galleries with curator Donald Albrecht, architect Michelle Kaufmann, and executive director Chase Celebrating Sustainability Rynd before its public debut. The exhibition, which continues A grand reception feted the opening of until June 2007, begins with a full-size, The Green House, with more than 1,800 furnished version of a prefabricated people—including donors, Museum sustainable house designed by Ms. Kaufmann members, trustees, industry professionals, and goes on to feature an international and civic leaders—attending the festivities survey of 20 green contemporary residences in the Great Hall and previewing the and a fully-stocked resource room show- exhibition. Following the reception, nearly casing green materials. 150 representatives of the corporations, The exhibition design, by foundations, and government agencies that Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, is itself an example supported the exhibition attended a private top / Museum guests celebrate of sustainability, employing green materials dinner in the Pension Commissioner’s the opening of The Green House. such as bamboo, cork, and low-VOC paints. Suite hosted by Kelly Caffarelli, executive Photo by F.T. Eyre. As a whole, the exhibition proves director of the Home Depot Foundation, above / Laura Bush visits The Green that green homes can be both aesthetically the exhibition’s presenting sponsor. House and speaks with Glidehouse architect Michelle Kaufmann. compelling and environmentally friendly. Photo by Museum staff. Green in Print It also answers key questions home owners below / The Green House exhibition and consumers have about what “going catalogue, co-published by Princeton The Museum co-published, with Princeton Architectural Press, and the green” means, what the costs are, and how Architectural Press, a companion catalogue Green Resource Guide produced it can benefit them. by the Museum and available in by the exhibition’s consulting curators. the exhibition. Image courtesy National Building Museum. The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Other related publications included a Green Architecture and Design was presented by The Home Resource Guide made available for free in the Depot Foundation with generous support from the exhibition and a comprehensive website. ASID Foundation of the American Society of Interior Museum members also received a special Designers, Bosch home appliances, Portland Cement Association, Benjamin Moore® Paints, EPA/Energy green issue of the Museum’s quarterly Star, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, U.S. magazine Blueprints, with articles on Department of Energy, Band Inc., Global Green, James sustainable building and interviews with G. Davis Construction Corporation, The American architects and Shigeru Ban. Institute of Architects, National Association of Home Builders, Smith & Fong Plyboo®, U.S. Green Building For families, the Museum Council, 3form Inc., Andersen Corporation, Brighton developed a Family Guide that leads children Cabinetry, Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Hardwood on an inquisitive journey through the Manufacturers Association, Kohn Pedersen Fox exhibition, teaching them about sustainable Associates PC, MBCI, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, and The Tower principles and suggesting environmentally- Companies. Dwell was the exclusive media partner. friendly choices they can make at home.

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Learning How to Go Green A robust schedule of programming on throughout the year further encouraged going green. Architects and designers including Stefan Behnisch and David Hertz spoke about their green building practices. A symposium in June zeroed in on green, prefabricated homes and featured architects Michelle Kaufmann and Joseph Tanney together with Michael Sylvester, editor of fabprefab.com. Construction Watch Tours of Sidwell Friends School, the Fairfax Fire Station, the American Society of Landscape Architects’ green roof, and other green projects in the area demonstrated how sustainable design and building principles were being put into practice. In addition, the Museum participated in the DC Environmental Film Festival for its sixth year. For young people and their families, Museum educators developed hands-on activities such as constructing a model green roof. These activities were also available on the Museum’s website, allowing kids to learn about green design from home.

Leaders in the Green Field

Museum curators and staff conducted numerous interviews with the media on green issues. Bloomberg News, CNBC, FOX News, WETA, Newsweek, , and others sought out the Museum for expert advice. With the exhibition The Green House as a platform, the Museum top / A hands-on materials resource room in The Green House also participated in forums such as displays the various green materials the Environmental Protection Agency’s available to consumers. Photo by Hoachlander Davis Photography. “P3: People, Prosperity and the above / Young museum visitors Planet Student Design Competition learn about sustainability and design their own green roofs for Sustainability” and the 2006 to take home. Science Forum. Photo by Museum staff.

16 Rebuilding

The exhibition Newer Orleans— A Shared Space explored Pompeii in the year 79. London in 1666. Dresden in 1945. New Orleans various possibilities for rebuilding the hurricane-devastated city. in 2005. Since the dawn of urban settlement, many cities have been Photo by F.T. Eyre. dramatically reshaped or, in some cases, completely destroyed by natural and human-made disasters. The Museum has assumed a leading role in the debate about the impact of such catastrophic events.

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Building in the Aftermath Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Museum organized The damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina a series of programs and exhibitions under on the Gulf Coast in August 2005 was the title Building in the Aftermath, which unprecedented in U.S. history. The scope of proved to be a valuable vehicle for assessing the destruction and the ensuing diaspora the implications of terrorism for the design led many people to predict that New of buildings and communities. In the wake of Orleans and other affected communities Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the series was would never fully recover. resurrected in order to provide a forum for Even before the initial flooding candid discussion of strategies for recovery had subsided, the National Building Museum from natural disasters. began working on various initiatives to help Specific programs in the series ensure that such dire predictions would included a symposium featuring experts in not come true. Throughout fiscal year 2006, flood management, who authoritatively the Museum presented education programs explained the reasons for the levee failures examining the ramifications of the hurricane in New Orleans and described how similar for the built environment, complemented disasters could be prevented in the future. by a thought-provoking exhibition of Another panel discussion addressed broader innovative design proposals for a new— questions of land use, regional planning, and better—New Orleans. Meanwhile, and wetlands restoration. Other programs Museum staff members lent their expertise covered issues such as post-disaster housing, and volunteered their time to assist with coordination of neighborhood planning recovery efforts in the storm-ravaged region. efforts, and infrastructure repair. All told, the symposia and lectures drew nearly 850 people, including a number of federal, state, and local officials along with leaders of prominent non-governmental organizations.

Building in the Aftermath was sponsored by Lafarge, the American Planning Association, and the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Newer Orleans After the hurricane, the rebuilding of New Orleans became a topic of interest around the world. This was especially true in the Netherlands, a country that faces many of the same environmental risks as the American Gulf Coast. In February 2006, under the auspices of Artforum magazine, above / New Orleans on the Netherlands Architecture Institute August 29, 2005 (NAi) and the Tulane University School of Photo © Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum Photos. Architecture invited three Dutch and three right / A Building in the American design firms to develop visions Aftermath lecture featuring for the rejuvenation of New Orleans. They (l to r) Kevin Shanley, ASLA, principal, SWA were asked to propose public spaces at Group; Paul Rookwood, three scales—the neighborhood, the city, ASLA, AICP, principal, Wallace Roberts & Todd, and the wider region. LLC; Joseph E. Brown, FASLA, president and An exhibition of the six proposals, CEO, EDAW, Inc.; titled Newer Orleans—A Shared Space, appeared James Socash, ASLA, Sand County Studios. at the National Building Museum from Photo by F.T. Eyre. April 29 to July 30, 2006. The exhibited designs all challenged common assumptions about urban context, the use of public

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Designing Around Disaster For the 13th installment of the Museum’s Design Apprenticeship Program, informally known as the DAP Squad, participants designed and constructed emergency relief shelters that could be used in the event of natural disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, drought, and hurricanes. space, and the appropriate aesthetic language The participants had the rare for new buildings and landscapes in a honor of having their designs reviewed by historic city. The Dutch firm MDRDV and the internationally renowned Japanese American practice Huff + Gooden Architects architect Shigeru Ban, who was at the designed schools that explored the neighbor- Museum to give a Spotlight on Design lecture, top left / UN Studio- designed “mediatheque” hood scale. At the city level, Ben Van Berkel, and who has created various inventive from the exhibition of UN Studio, and Morphosis each proposed a temporary shelters himself. Newer Orleans. Rendering by UN Studio. central “mediatheque.” Hargreaves Associates Established in 2000, DAP Squad is an outreach program geared toward middle top / A new landscape and Dutch architect Adriaan Geuze of West for New Orleans levees, 8 devised plans for rethinking the regional and high school students. During the fall proposed by Hargreaves and spring of each academic year, about 25 Associates. landscape. Taken together, the proposals Rendering by Hargreaves suggested possibilities for a vibrant, “Newer” local teenagers work with architects, Associates. Orleans, in which innovative contemporary designers, and college-level students to above / In DAP 13: design and build small structures, furniture, Designing Around structures would complement the preserved, Disaster, students had historic architectural fabric of the city. or other objects. an opportunity to discuss disaster relief housing The exhibition opened with a Design Apprenticeship Program was funded by The with world-renowned architect Shigeru Ban. reception and dinner hosted by the Royal McGraw-Hill Companies with additional support from Photo by F.T. Eyre. Netherlands Embassy on April 27, 2006. The The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Clark event was attended by 121 people, including Charitable Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation of The Community Foundation senior Congressional staff members and for the National Capital Region, The Dimick Foundation, numerous journalists. Highlights of the event and The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation. included remarks by Dutch Ambassador Boudewijn Johannes van Eenennaam and Senator . Service to Society The Museum and its staff members contributed directly to post-Katrina relief efforts in Newer Orleans—A Shared Space was organized by various ways. In October 2005, for example, the Museum hosted an event organized by the Netherlands Architecture Institute, Tulane University Share Our Strength®, a non-profit, anti-hunger organization, in which 50 top chefs from School of Architecture, and Artforum magazine and across the country contributed their services to raise funds for victims of the storm. made possible by Shell Oil company, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands, and the Royal A number of individuals affiliated with the Museum made personal commitments to aid Netherlands Embassy. in the recovery. Curatorial associate Matt Kuhnert, for instance, volunteered his time to help the National Trust for Historic Preservation and other groups to document the condition of damaged structures in New Orleans—a vital initiative to ensure that salvageable historic buildings would not be demolished unnecessarily. Other staff members volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, which has been busily constructing new houses across the Gulf Coast.

19 for Youth and Families

During the 2006 Discover Engineering More than 42,000 young people participated in design education at the Family Day, a young visitor poses a question National Building Museum in 2006, benefiting from an approach which to an astronaut at the International Space integrates information with experience, links learning to living, promotes Station via a real-time radio link. socialization and cooperation, and is both inter- and multi-disciplinary. Photo by F.T. Eyre. The Museum also opened a long-term exhibition designed for two-to-six- year-olds and, in a significant move, launched its first design education program for national audiences.

20 DESIGN EDUCATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES

Going National staff, volunteer instructors, professional photographers, designers, and writers to With more than 20 years of design education explore the neighborhoods and learn about experience, the Museum is uniquely architecture and urban planning. The equipped to inform future generations program culminated in the exhibition about the built environment. In 2006, the Investigating Where We Live: Anacostia (August Museum launched the first of several 19–November 26, 2006), designed by and programs for national audiences. The featuring the work of participating popular Bridge Basics program was developed students. Photographs, drawings, collages, into a curriculum kit complete with poems, stories, and narratives highlighted foundation and supplementary lesson the participants’ fresh outlook on plans, materials, posters, worksheets, and Washington, D.C. In 2006, the 10-year-old a CD-ROM, allowing educators to teach program also won special recognition as fundamental structural engineering a finalist in the 2006 Leadership Greater concepts and five basic bridge types in Washington Youth Awards. their own classrooms. Rene Islas, chief of The Museum once again collabor- staff at the U.S. Department of Education’s ated closely with D.C. public schools to offer Office of Elementary and Secondary area middle and junior high school students Education, joined the Museum’s national its award-winning CityVision program, now launch, saying “this program has the in its 13th year. During two semesters, promise to support foundational skills and participants met at the Museum once a innovation.“ In 2006, the Museum also week for 13 weeks to work on design-centric worked with the U.S. Department of Labor activities that taught them how to actively Employment and Training Administration shape their communities. The fall session to develop a national curriculum for Design focused on Potomac Avenue, the Navy Yard, Apprenticeship Program: Building Blocks. Testing and the area south of Florida Avenue; began near the end of the fiscal year and while the spring session had participants the program will be ready for national examine the LeDroit Park, , and distribution in 2007. Eckington neighborhoods. top / After designing and construc- The Bridge Basics Program Kit was produced in ting a cable-stayed bridge model Major funding for Investigating Where We Live was during the Museum’s Bridge Basics partnership with the Construction Industry Round Table programs, students test the bridge provided by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and (CIRT) and also supported by The Sunrise Foundation. to applause. Design Apprenticeship Program: Building Blocks was Humanities, an agency supported in part by the Photo by Museum staff. supported by the U.S. Department of Labor, National Endowment for the Arts, and The Beech Street Foundation. CityVision was supported by the above / Drawing by a CityVision Employment and Training Administration. participant named Rachelle. D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an Photo by Museum staff. agency supported in part by the National Endowment Inspiring Youth in the Community for the Arts, The Freddie Mac Foundation, Mead below / The Museum’s Bridge Basics Family Foundation, Bloomberg, Bank of America, and national launch (l to r): Mark Casso, president of CIRT; Chase Rynd, The Museum’s three outreach programs William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Additional Museum executive director; served 171 at-risk youth from D.C. public support for outreach programs was provided by The Rene Islas, chief of staff of the U.S. schools and empowered them, through Fannie Mae Foundation of the Community Foundation Department of Education’s Office for the National Capital Region, The Morris and of Elementary and Secondary design education, to create change in their Education; and Scott Kratz, Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Clark Charitable communities. vice president for education Foundation, and The Max and Victoria Dreyfus at the Museum. The Museum’s five-week Foundation, among others. Photo by F.T. Eyre. Investigating Where We Live (IWWL) program teaches junior, middle, and senior high school students to use photography and creative writing to explore, document, and interpret the built environment. In partner- ship with the Anacostia Community Land Trust, IWWL participants in the 2006 program focused on three neighborhoods in D.C.’s Southeast quadrant: Congress Heights, Hillsdale, and Uniontown. Twice a week, the participants met with Museum

21 DESIGN EDUCATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES

The Design Apprenticeship Program (DAP) The National Building Museum’s school programs program also had fall and spring semesters. were funded, in part, by generous grants from The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Clark Participants in each seven-week program Charitable Foundation, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus were challenged to solve a design problem Foundation, Turner Construction Co., and Gilbane and then construct the solution. Collabor- Building Company, among others. Additional support ating with architects, contractors, interior for special projects was received from Bender Foundation, Inc. for Fuller’s Fantastic Geodesic designers, visual artists, and others, teams Dome; and Construction Industry Round Table of students conceived and constructed their and the Sunrise Foundation for Bridge Basics; designs. In the fall, participants considered and Miller & Long Concrete Construction and the “building blocks” of architecture and James G. Davis Construction Corporation for Be a Green Builder. design. The spring semester, in response to the series of international natural Signature Family Festivals disasters, carried the theme of “Designing Around Disaster,” in which students were The Museum’s family festivals draw large challenged to create emergency shelters in crowds while still offering personal case of a drought, earthquake, hurricane, interactions with engineers, designers, or tsunami. artists, educators, and others involved in the built environment. Design Apprenticeship Program was funded by The festival season began with The McGraw-Hill Companies with additional support from The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Discover Engineering Family Day on February 16. The Clark Charitable Foundation, Clark-Winchcole The Museum and the National Engineers Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation of The Community Week Foundation welcomed 6,400 people to Foundation for the National Capital Region, The this engineering extravaganza where curious Dimick Foundation, and The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation. visitors interacted with professional engineers to solve math and engineering Group Learning puzzles, built model railroad bridges, created paper helicopters, watched student- School groups with students in grades designed robots compete, and even listened pre-K though nine visited the Museum to in on a live, 10-minute teleconference with participate in fun, curriculum-linked the International Space Station. programs. Eight interactive, two-hour, hands-on programs were offered in 2006: Major funding for the Discover Engineering Family Day Be a Builder; Bridge Basics; City by Design; Early was provided by the National Engineers Week top / Design Apprenticeship Foundation and IEEE-USA. Local support was provided Program students learn that the American Architecture; Fuller’s Fantastic Geodesic by the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program, American construction process requires teamwork. Dome; Mathetecture; Patterns Here, There, Society of Civil Engineers National Capital Section Photo by Museum staff. and Everywhere; and Washington: Symbol and and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and City. One of the most popular programs Air-conditioning Engineers Nation’s Capital Chapter. above / Young participants design Additional support was provided by McDonough a haunted house during a family was City by Design, where students learn workshop. Bolyard Peck, Inc. and PEER Consultants, Inc. Photo by Museum staff. how communities are shaped and then design their own model city. All told, 667 More than 6,250 visitors came to the National individual school programs were presented, Cherry Blossom Festival® Family Day on March 25, serving more than 19,500 students. Fifteen 2006, participating in origami and Japanese percent of the programs were presented to garden-making activities and watching Title I schools, demonstrating the Museum’s demonstrations on Japanese brush painting, commitment to serving low-income students fruit carving, and more. Following the and D.C. public schools. free, day-long festival, a record-breaking Other learning opportunities were crowd attended the official National Cherry offered to scout groups. Badges were earned Blossom Festival® Opening Ceremony in the by 1,295 scouts in 2006 in programs like Great Hall. Fuller’s Fantastic Geodesic Dome and Be a Builder. During the summer, 1,907 students partici- The National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day and Opening Ceremony was co-presented by the National pated in 77 individually-organized programs. Building Museum and the National Cherry Blossom Festival®. It was funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. 22 DESIGN EDUCATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES

On April 5, the Museum offered Careers in companions. In the exhibition, kids built Construction for middle and high school with building blocks, curled up with an students. At this free, one-day expo, 1,559 architecture picture book, played with toy students were introduced to the skills construction trucks, dressed up as a crafts- needed and training available for a variety person, and more. The exhibition debuted of careers in the construction industry. in April and has been extended indefinitely Visiting students participated in hands-on based on feedback from visitors. demonstrations like bricklaying and The Museum’s programs are computer-aided drafting, and met with educational and enjoyable, making them a professionals from the industry to learn fun way to celebrate birthdays. Eighty-one about the numerous opportunities available birthday parties for youngsters ages three in the building and design industry. to eleven were thrown at the Museum in fiscal year 2006, with 1,738 kids investigating The 2006 Careers in Construction Expo was the Museum’s historic building, constructing sponsored by Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. and Future Force Now. a design project, and celebrating their special day. Family Learning In addition to the spring festivals, the Museum’s family audiences enjoyed many Leading Design Education drop-in programs and even a new exhibition during fiscal year 2006, plus opportunities Throughout 2006, staff in the Museum’s to celebrate birthdays at the Museum. education department shared their Available on a daily basis were expertise with other educators and activity booklets on patterns and architec- professionals in the field. The Museum tural elements that guided families in was selected to serve on the steering their exploration of the Museum. Every committee for the Architecture+Design weekend, the Museum offered demonstra- Education Network (A+DEN) and during tions on bridge types and structural forces through Discovery Carts called “Bridging the the course of the year met with leaders Gap” and “ and Trusses: The Tension from the American Architectural Builds.” Special programs were also Foundation and other organizations to scheduled throughout the year, where discuss strategies for fostering the families designed window ornaments, growth and development of architecture pasta towers, green houses, terra cotta and design education on a national level. tiles, model airplanes, architectural photo In addition, outreach program collages, gingerbread houses, and more. coordinator Kate McGill was invited to During the summer, visitors participated in an eight-week series called “Wednesdays participate in a one-week workshop at with Wright,” making and taking home the Alvar Aalto Institute in Finland, using projects inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright her experience working with the and the exhibition Prairie Skyscraper. In Museum’s outreach programs to mentor conjunction with the same exhibition, the young people. In Washington, D.C., Ann Museum presented “A Towering Challenge Lambson, director of youth education, Family Day,” during which families built top / Participants in one and Sarah Rice, family programs of the Museum’s summer “skyscrapers” out of Keva® wooden planks programs. coordinator, were invited to participate in Photo by Museum staff. and watched building masters erect a 50-foot-high freestanding tower using the the Traditional Building Exhibition and above / Building a sky- Conference and prepared a presentation scraper at the Museum’s four-inch planks. “Towering Challenge In the spring, the Museum opened on how to engage young people in Family Day.” Photo by F.T. Eyre. the exhibition Building Zone, a hands-on understanding and preserving the built introduction to the building arts especially environment. for children ages two to six and their adult

23 Building Communities

Investigating Where We Live participants explore Partnering with like-minded organizations, participating in citywide initiatives, Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood. and engaging and supporting the community of which we are a part are Photo by Museum staff. important goals and responsibilities of the National Building Museum.

24 BUILDING COMMUNITIES

Our City, Our World Members also have the opportunity to learn about what “DC builds” by participa- The long-term exhibition Washington: Symbol ting in the Museum’s Construction Watch Tours. and City investigates the Museum’s hometown These tours, usually held on Saturdays, with in-depth stories and descriptions of give inside and exclusive access to important the architecture, influential players, monu- projects in the Washington area. In 2006, ments, neighborhoods, and residents of the participants visited the U.S. Air Force nation’s capital. Opened in 2004, the Memorial, the Harman Center for the Arts, exhibition remained popular among tourists and the Newseum, to name a few. and residents in 2006, with more than For the design education program 105,000 people going through the galleries Investigating Where We Live, the Museum during the year. Also in 2006, the Museum enlisted the expertise and mentorship of offered a new school program to complement local design professionals and cooperated the exhibition. Specifically for grades five with the Anacostia Community Land Trust through eight, the one-and-a-half-hour and other local groups. The resulting program engaged students in activities to exhibition Investigating Where We Live: discover the evolution of Washington, D.C. Anacostia will travel to Anacostia in 2007, Washington: Symbol and City was made possible allowing the greater D.C. community to see by major grants from The Morris and Gwendolyn the ideas and accomplishments of the Cafritz Foundation, the Charles E. Culpeper Museum’s program participants. Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Government of the District of Columbia, American Express Company, the Fannie Mae Foundation, and Jim and Sharon Todd, among others. A Community Partner

Planning for Our Future During the course of 2006, the Museum The National Building Museum partnered participated in numerous city-wide with the American Planning Association to cultural promotions, including “American establish a new lecture series in fiscal year Originals” and “Warm up to a Museum,” above / As part of 2006, creating an annual forum that initiated by Cultural Tourism D.C. CityVision, local historians enlivens dialogue about urban and regional and designers take together with the Washington, D.C. students on tours of growth and stimulates development of Convention and Tourism Corporation. D.C. neighborhoods. communities of lasting value. The L’Enfant Photo by Museum staff. The Museum hosted several Lecture on City Planning and Urban Design performing artists in July as part of was initiated on December 15, 2005, at the Museum, with Sir Peter Hall as the D.C.’s inaugural Capital Fringe Festival. inaugural speaker. The Museum was engaged in the Neighborhood Association Learning In the Community and supported its holiday party by The Museum’s education programs serve hosting the event. The Museum also a range of audiences in the community. worked with industry partners like the DC Builds, a long-standing lecture series American Institute of Architects, the conducted in cooperation with the D.C. Office of Planning, explores issues specific to the American Society of Interior Designers, Museum’s hometown. In January, a panel the American Planning Association, discussed how a D.C. planning commission the American Society of Landscape could enhance the economic development of Architects, and the National Trust for the city. Other topics in fiscal year 2006 Historic Preservation to promote included the role of modernism in this the building arts, organize education largely classical city and an exploration of events, and offer professional Washington’s Metro system. development credit.

25 The Visitor Experience

The Museum’s busy information desk. The National Building Museum welcomed more than 376,000 visitors to its Photo by Museum staff. marvelous building in fiscal year 2006, and an additional 1.6 million guests online to its website. Compared to 2005, website attendance was up 39 percent, public program attendance increased by 28 percent, and overall Museum visitorship increased by nearly 5 percent. Contribution box donations made by Museum visitors during their visits were up a significant 32 percent.

26 THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE

Touring the Museum The Museum offered free tours of its historic home every day and special exhibition tours over each weekend. During 2006 more than 10,400 people took advantage of this opportunity. The Museum’s group tours, for groups larger than ten, were specially arranged for travelers from across the country and from our own community; the Museum hosted 871 groups during the year.

The Acclaimed Museum Shop Going Online The Museum Shop, hailed as one of the best in Washington, D.C., offers unique It is always satisfying to see the Museum design-oriented merchandise, a wide busy with visitors, but in cyberspace the selection of books, educational toys and National Building Museum has become a games for young people, jewelry, resource for people around the world. More housewares, and more. In 2006, the Museum than 1.6 million people visited the Museum was stocked with special merchandise in fiscal year 2006 through our website, corresponding to the Museum’s many www.nbm.org. The site offers four online exhibitions, such as Frank Lloyd Wright- exhibitions, audio lectures and transcripts inspired pens and ties in conjunction with from education programs, downloadable Prairie Skyscraper and a beautiful book of activities for young people, educator Shulman’s work complementing Julius resources, past issues of Blueprints, and up- Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis. Most to-date information about the Museum’s notably, the Shop offered hundreds of activities. Many of the Museum’s online books and products relating to The Green visitors request e-communications, which House, including bamboo towels, energy- include the monthly electronic newsletter efficient appliances, a solar backpack, soy NBM Online, a monthly email for families top / A docent leads a detailing fun Museum learning activities, group on a tour of the crayons, a full library of books on sustainable Museum’s historic home. design, and more. Green products were a hit and a weekly email outlining upcoming Photo by Museum staff. with customers and the media—local Fox education programs. The e-communications above / A sample page Channel 5 aired a segment on the Museum program reaches more than 50,000 from NBM Online. Image courtesy National Building Shop’s green offerings. Select products are subscribers per month. Museum. also available online at www.nbm.org. below / The Museum’s acclaimed shop. Photo by F.T. Eyre. Taking a Break During fiscal year 2006, the Museum welcomed Firehook Bakery and Coffee House as the new manager of its cafe. Firehook is known for its delicious breads and pastries and now Museum visitors can enjoy muffins, bagels, sandwiches, salads, soups, specialty espresso drinks, and more.

27 THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE

were also organized expressly for volunteers, including a tour of the new green roof at the Casey Trees Endowment Fund’s head- quarters in Washington, D.C. Working more behind the scenes were 17 interns from universities across the country and overseas. As a group, the interns donated close to 4,600 hours in all departments. While learning about Museum operations and the various disciplines, interns assisted with marketing initiatives, special events, family programs, and more.

Great Events in the Great Hall The majestic Great Hall makes a spectacular setting for galas and special events. Many organizations chose the hall as the backdrop for special occasions: the American Institute of Architects and the American above / Museum volunteers Making a Difference at the NBM enjoy special benefits, Architectural Foundation held their annual such as educational trips and tours. A high-quality visitor experience depends Accent on Architecture gala at the Museum Photo by Museum staff. in part on volunteers who lead historic in February, and in May, the American right / The Museum's building tours, guide visitors through Jewish Committee had its centennial Great Hall set up for a exhibitions, staff the Information Desk, celebration with President George Bush, special event. Photo © Reflections Photography. and support education programs and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and UN family festivals. In fiscal year 2006, Secretary-General Kofi Annan in attendance. volunteers donated 7,952 hours of their NBC selected the Great Hall as the venue time to the Museum. In appreciation, the for the season finale of Treasure Hunters and Museum honored the volunteers at a TBS again filmed the star-studded Christmas special dinner in July. Several field trips in Washington program at the Museum.

28 THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE Fiscal Year 2006 Volunteers

The Museum Jacqueline Aamot Jon Gann Sally Liff Lilly Shoup Brent Adams Carmen Garzone Julian Looney Nadine Simon extends its thanks Louis Allahut Mark Gavin Margaret Luke Hanna Smith to all volunteers Katherine Anderson Ann Gilbert Eric Lutz Wendy Smith and interns who Claire Andreas Daniel Gillies W. Scotte MacQueen Ralph S. Smith Joanne Angeles Bobby Gladstein donated their time Tina Maisto Sarah Smith Peter Amato Judith Goldberg Kelly Malloy Eric Snellings and services to the Joyce Arsnow Ellyn Goldkind Jerry Maready Robert Somers National Building David Avitabile Pat Goldstein Lori Marmolejo Michael Sorensen Museum in 2006. Benjamin Axleroad Edward Green Ellen Marsh Merrill St. Leger-Demian Yimon Aye Matthew Grimm Bronwyn Massey Gail Stenger Susan Bairstow Allison Grobe Nicole Mayer Garthleen Thomas Michelle Bakasara Katie Groen Debran McClean Barbara Thomson Thomas Ballentine Reema Gupta James McCormick Rhiannon Thumma Karen Bancroft Ilona Gyorffy Richard McCree Catherine Timko Raymond Barberousse Amy Haas Mark McGovern Maria Timm Hilda Beauchamp Alice Haddix Maggie McInerney Chris Torres Eugene Becker Catherine Hailey Supichaya Meesad Kim Toufectis Jordan Benderly Inga Hailstorks Charlene Melcher Carole Toulousy-Michel Aron Beninghove Anita Hairston Norman Metzger Charlesetta Tullis Misty Benson Garath Hall Justin Mortensen Emily Van Agtmael Amy Bergbreiter John Hanley John Murphy Suzanne Vaughn Raman Bhatia Tomi Harman Richard Nagelhout Nick Wafle Nianti Bird-Ortiz Alice Harris Fred North Elizabeth Waites Frank Boucher Judy Hecht Andrea Norton Alice Walkup Marian Bradford James Heegeman Anne Novak Lisa Walkup Heather Bradley Elizabeth Hensen David Pak Deborah Wallower Stephanie Brown Lana Hirsch Amy Pan Rich Walsh Christine Buttner-Grafenhain Stephanie Hixson Ivan Pang Ken Walton Sandra Byrne Mary Anne Hoffman Matthew Parker Tim Ward Nina Caccioppoli Cheryl Hollins Zarna Patel Nicole Warren Tricia Callahan Willam Hopper E.M.J. Pauyo Jack Wennersten Cheryl Campbell Mark Horne Emilia Pawlowski Ruth Ellen Wennersten Jim Carr Samantha Hudson Alexis Peck Heather Whitlow Frank Chalmers Judith Hunter Beth Pedersen Ken Williams Eleanor Chambers-Jackson Badonna Hurowitz Kris Peters Sylvia Williams Kiana Chriss Bettina Irps John Peterson James Woods Paul Christy Dudley Ives Carol Potter Debee Yamamoto Scott Clowney Ellen Jacknain Mary Purcell Pei Ching Yang Cordelia Coleman Ghislaine Jackson Marilyn Reis Boaz Yavnai Bebe Coulton Louise Johnson Harriet Reiss David Zadain Glenn Court Jennifer Kaltwasser Madeline Revkin Steve Zorn Bob Craycraft Danica Kane Judy Richey Interns Betsy David Maxine Karam Monica Rivera-Munoz Mary Allen Carolina Dayer Lisa Karasiewicz Shannon Roberts Larrisa Boulba Brenda Derby Lynn Kawaratani Hillary Rubin Margaret Callan Gino DiNardo Joseph Keiger Ellen Ruina Maria Del Rosario Cornejo Susan Donkers Susan Kennedy Jennifer Russel Rachel Finkelstein Bill Eby Kiara Kerwin Ned Russell Mark Genszler Magdalena Egues Lloyd Kinch Lanre Sagaya Danielle Holstrom Ann Elkington Dorothy Kirby Roslyn Samuelson Emily Hungerman Eileen Emmet Emily Kirk Mandira Sareen Charlotte Ickes Cory Estep Rose Marie Kirwin Vandana Sareen Anna Ippolito Richard Evans Lori Krauss William Sawicki Ludivine Gilli F. T. Eyre Sherman Landau Rick Harlan Schneider Margaret Luke Sybil Fainberg Anne Lange John Schuler Carmen Melchers Pamela Feltus Mike Larson Janice Schuler Katie Meyerson Sarah Ferguson Normarina Latip Ama Schulman Joy Ogden Mary Finkenbinder Beryle Lednicer Robert Scott Lisa Rhoden Courtney Fint Dan Lednicer Harvey Segal Sarah Smith Nora Fischer Catherine Lee Carl Seifert Kelli Urry Jonathon Fitzpatrick Radine Legum Eric Selbst Jennifer Walker Kerilyn Fox Donnell Lewis Seymour Selig Alan Friedman Yanyan Li Leonard Shapiro Richard Gallagher Mei Li Jerry Shapiro

29 Support

A record-breaking crowd of more than 1,200 guests As a private, nonprofit institution, the Museum relies on the generous enjoyed the reception at the beginning of the contributions from corporations, individuals, associations, and foundations 2006 Honor Award gala, which recognized Clark to fund its many exhibitions and programs. In fiscal year 2006, contributed Construction Group, LLC. Photo © ImageLink Photography. income, including contributed goods and services, totaled $5.3 million. The Board of Trustees and staff are grateful to all who provided the financial support during the year that allowed the Museum to carry out its mission.

30 SUPPORT

Membership Museum members enjoy exclusive member- only benefits, but more importantly, they are core supporters whose contributions help the Museum offer inspiring exhibitions and education programs. At the end of the year, the Museum was pleased to have nearly 4,500 members from 45 states and 10 countries. In 2006, members enjoyed an exclusive presentation from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, festive opening receptions for Cityscapes Revealed and The Green House, and previews for all new exhibitions. Members also received the Museum’s quarterly magazine, Blueprints, the Calendar of Events, and continued savings on education programs and in the Shop. The Builders, comprising members who contributed $100 or more, were invited to a special exciting exhibitions and countless above / Museum’s 2006 reception and presentation with interior Honor Award Presentation. education programs, two Vincent Scully Photo © ImageLink Photography. Katie Leavy, who spoke about green Prize awards, and the Turner Prize for living, and other events. This special group Innovation in Construction Technology. grew by almost 10 percent in 2006. 25th Anniversary Bash The Corinthians The Museum celebrated its 25th anniversary The Corinthians are the Museum’s premier in 2005 and capped the milestone with a philanthropic partners. These generous and once-in-a-lifetime Silver Anniversary Bash public-minded individuals and corporations in late October 2005. The silver-themed event provide substantial annual support and are included a luxury raffle, live music, and committed to sustaining the Museum’s most more than 700 revelers. Proceeds directly significant efforts. Corinthians enjoy many benefited the Museum’s exhibitions and exclusive opportunities, including invitations education programs. to private receptions and dinners, use of the Corinthian Lounge for small meetings Honoring Tradition and Innovation and events, and larger discounts in the On June 8th, the Museum presented its 2006 Museum Shop. In 2006, Corinthians attended Honor Award to Clark Construction Group LLC. a tour of the Capitol Visitor Center led by Bestowed on the occasion of Clark’s 100th the Architect of the Capitol, Alan Hantman, anniversary, the award recognized Clark’s FAIA; a private dinner with Rem Koolhaas; contributions to the commercial, residential, receptions with Antoine Predock and public, and infrastructure sectors of American Shigeru Ban; and the annual Corinthian cities and its tradition of excellence and Holiday Party. commitment to community service. The 2006 award was the most successful ever, hosting Restricted Funding more than 1,200 cultural, corporate, political, While membership contributions provide and building industry leaders and raising unrestricted support for the Museum’s more than $1.2 million for Museum operations, other gifts are given especially exhibitions and education programs. for certain exhibitions, education activities, prizes, or other projects. The Museum raised $1.4 million of such “restricted” funding in 2006, making possible

31 CONTRIBUTORS Contributors

The following donors $250,000 and above $10,000–24,999 Melissa Moss and Jonathan Silver Harris Nesbitt Corp. The Home Depot Foundation ACS, Inc. National Association of The Haskell Company made gifts or pledges The American Architectural Home Builders Hensel Phelps Construction Co. $100,000–$249,000 of $250 or more Foundation National Housing Endowment Hess Mechanical/ Benjamin Moore® Paints during the 2006 fiscal year American Planning Association Perkins + Will Comfort Systems USA The Nathan Cummings Foundation American Society of Phillips Development Corporation HITT Contracting, Inc. (October 1, 2005 through Lafarge Landscape Architects Pierce Associates, Inc. Joseph F. Horning, Jr. National Capital Arts and Aon Corporation Abe Pollin Host Hotels & Resorts September 30, 2006). Cultural Affairs Program and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. The Shooshan Company HSMM While space limitations the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts Armstrong III Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Silas IDI Group Companies Turner Construction Company Associated Builders and do not permit listing gifts Contractors, Inc. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP JCM Associates Inc. $50,000–99,999 of less than this amount, Baltimore-Washington Brick Albert H. and Shirley Small John J. Kirlin, Inc. Bosch home appliances Distributor Council SmithGroup Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze the Museum extends its Clark Construction Group, LLC Shalom Baranes Associates Smoot Construction of LandAmerica Commercial Services Fannie Mae Foundation of the sincere thanks to all donors. The Beech Street Foundation Washington, D.C. Lerner/Cohen/Tannenbaum Families Community Foundation for the Sorg & Associates, P.C. National Capital Region Deborah Berke & Partners Russell C. Lindner Architects LLC Robert A. M. Stern Architects LLP Marilyn and Michael Glosserman/ Monument Realty Bernstein Global Wealth JBG Companies Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. National Association of Real Estate Management/ Robert W. Truland/ Investment Trusts Hanley Wood Joseph M. Brodecki The Truland Group National Cherry Blossom Festival Portland Cement Association BFC Partners A. James Clark School of Committee, Inc. Royal Netherlands Embassy Blake Real Estate Engineering, University of Maryland National Endowment for the $25,000–49,999 Bloomberg U.S. Department of Labor, Humanities Employment and Training The American Institute of Architects Boston Properties/ Occasions Caterers, Inc. KEG Associates 1 Administration The Associated General Contractors Parsons Brinckerhoff CarrAmerica Realty Corporation WDG Architecture, PLLC of America PEPCO The Clark Charitable Foundation Autodesk Inc. $5,000–9,999 Perseus Realty Partners/ Carolyn and Kenneth D. Brody The Conco Companies Akridge Perseus Realty Capital The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Cushman & Wakefield American Iron Works, Inc. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Foundation LLP James G. Davis Construction American Society of Civil Engineers Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Corporation The Poole and Kent Arent Fox PLLC Corporation/Dynalectric Company Chevy Chase Bank The Walt Disney Company AvalonBay Communities, Inc. The Prince’s Foundation for the Colonial Parking David C. Evans, Esq./ Reed Smith Bank of America Built Environment Copper Development BB&T Red Coats, Inc. Association Inc. Fannie Mae BDO Seidman, LLP Rockwood Capital Corporation D.C. Commission on the Greg and Candy Fazakerley Arts & Humanities, an agency Forest City Washington Bender Foundation John F.W. Rogers supported in part by the National Goldman, Sachs & Co. Brophy Properties Ellen and Russell Rosenberger Endowment for the Arts Mike Goodrich Burt Hill Mrs. Emily Malino Scheuer EPA/Energy Star Gould Property Company Cassidy & Pinkard Fred Schnider Co., LLC Freddie Mac Foundation/ Freddie Mac Foundation Delon Hampton & Associates CB Richard Ellis Shapiro & Duncan, Inc. Community Relations Donor Chartered Century Housing SK&A Structural Engineers, PLLC Assisted Fund of The Community Hardwood Manufacturers Children’s National Medical Center Charles E. Smith Commercial Realty Foundation for the National Association Capital Region Component Assembly Systems, Inc. STV Incorporated Harmon, Inc. McGraw-Hill Construction/ Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. DeBenedittis Thelen Reid & Priest LLP Anne and Til Hazel, Jr. The McGraw-Hill Companies Design Cuisine Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Mead Family Foundation Design-Build Institute of America Trammell Crow Company Hines Alan Meltzer/The Meltzer Group (DBIA) ULI – The Urban Land Institute Holland & Knight/ Miller & Long Co., Inc. Dewberry Washington Real Estate Whayne S. Quin, Esq. National Architectural Trust Discovery Communications Investment Trust Robert W. Holleyman II NATIONAL ASSOCIATION The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Weidlinger Associates, Inc. International Masonry Institute OF REALTORS® Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo International Union of Bricklayers & National Endowment for the Arts ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC West*Group Allied Craftworkers The Peterson Family Foundation Federal Realty Investment Trust West, Lane & Schlager/ KCE Structural Engineers, PC The Prince’s School of The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund ONCOR International Frederick A. Kober Traditional Arts FOX Architects, LLC Leonard A. Zax A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA, RIBA, JIA/ Sharon and Jim Todd Freddie Mac Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership Kohn Pedersen Fox The Tower Companies Associates PC Future Force Now $2,500–4,999 U.S. Department of Energy, Samuel H. Kress Foundation Gensler Office of Energy Efficiency and Harold L. Adams, FAIA Louis Dreyfus Property Group Gilbane Building Company Renewable Energy American Institute of Architecture The MARPAT Foundation, Inc. Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C./ Students U.S. Green Building Council Gilbert E. DeLorme, Esq. McKissack & McKissack Arban & Carosi, Inc. Diana and Mallory Walker Grid Properties and Mesirow Financial Real Estate, Inc. Gotham Organization The Beverly Willis Architecture Will Miller and Lynne Maguire Foundation Grunley Construction Co., Mona Electric Group, Inc. Kenneth M. Grunley, President James H. Callard

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Cannon Design Kathryn and Kent Colton Oehme, van Sweden & Associates Jan D. Carline Michael J. Holland Centex Construction Company, Inc. Committee of 100 on the Kay and Robert Oshel GCA Casey Trees Endowment Fund Kimberly Hoover Federal City Construction Industry Round Table Parker Rodriguez, Inc. Patrick J. Caulfield William L. Hopkins and Richard B. Criterium Engineers Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Eckert III PEER Consultants, Inc. Centria Architectural Systems Janet and David Curtis Hord Coplan Macht, Inc. Envision Design PLLC Polinger Shannon & Luchs Company Chernikoff and Company Mark R. Sullenberger, AIA/ Gregory M. Hoss and Lars Etzkorn Fentress Bradburn Architects Ltd. Alvin Smith - Post Construction CHJ3 Architecture, Inc. Custom Design Concepts Mary Ann C. Huey Cynthia R. and Charles G. Field Antoine Predock, FAIA Ray Colbert Davis Carter Scott J. Ford Huffman Herbert M. Franklin, Esq. Pulte Homes ColePrevost Margaret DeBolt and David Esch Elise and Scott Hughes Gensler Family Foundation Quadrangle Development Co. Kim Coletta DPR Construction J. Louis and Kathryn Hughes Independence Excavating, Inc. Quite a Stir in Catering! C. J. Collins The Honorable Robert W. and HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF Matt Lauer Rathgeber/Goss Associates Columbia Woodworking, Inc. Louisa C. Duemling WASHINGTON, D.C. Jacqueline and Marc E. Leland Darrel D. Rippeteau, AIA Gianne Conard, AIA Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hunter Lerner Enterprises The Rogers Group David E. Cooper Representative of the Electrical Catherine and W.T. Ingold National Engineers Week Foundation Construction Industry Deborah L. Rosenstein Jerome M. Cooper Margaret Irving The Oklahoma State Society Lois and Richard England Ross Development & Investment & Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coupard Realty Management Services Evalyn Jack Patton Boggs LLP Philip A. Esocoff, FAIA Cox Graae + Spack Architects Stephen E. Sandherr George Jennings Joseph L. Ritchey Nancy McElroy Folger Drury B. Crawley and Moshe Safdie and Associates, Inc. Anne Sprunt Crawley Rich Jensen and Beth Goodrich J.E. Robert Companies Leonard Forkas Jr. Ann Satterthwaite, AICP CUH2A, Inc. Andrew Joskow RTKL Associates Inc. Freedom Forum Bill Sawicki Gerald P. Dalrymple Michael A. Joy Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc. Friedlander, Misler, Sloan, Kletzkin & Ochsman James M. Scarpace M. DeBlasio, Inc. Paul Kalkbrenner STUDIOS Architecture FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS Lois and Bruce Selfon Steve Deggendorf and Raymond J. Kaskey, FAIA Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Assoc., Inc. Gary Garczynski David W. Seltzer and Dennis McClellan Keane Enterprises, LLC Henry and Jessica Townsend GHT Limited Lisa Roberts Lisa Delplace and Chris McGahey Joanne M. Kelly Tricon Construction, Inc. Greenebaum & Rose Associates Leslie C. and Leonard A. Shapiro Frank C. Devlin, Jr. and Cheryl Brown Krista and Karl Kendall Trizec Properties, Inc. Family Foundation Phillip E. Halcomb Dorsky Hodgson + Partners Nancy King and Tom Loy United Arts Organization Robert Silman Associates, PLLC Haley & Aldrich Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Austin H. Kiplinger United Way Campaign of the Barbara Spangenberg Ginny Dyson C. M. Kling & Associates, Inc. National Capital Area Hargrove, Inc. Tetra Partnerships Edge Construction, Inc. Michael Kolakowski Valleycrest Companies John F. Hennessy, III P.E. Peggy and Ken Thompson Conrad Egan Kvell Corcoran Architects, PC Wachovia Bank, NA — Hickok Cole Architects Tompkins Builders, Inc. Real Estate Financial Services Hillier Architecture Steven Ehrlich, AIA Lacy, Ltd. John Toups Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, HKS Architects EHT Traceries Inc. Anita T. Lager L.L.P. Transwestern Commercial Services HNTB Architecture Laura Einstein and Helene Madonick M.K. Lanzillotta, AIA and Michael K. Wilkinson / The Charles A. Veatch Company Lee Becker, FAIA Michael L. Horst Joan Eisenstodt and Joel Levy Windsor Consulting VIKA, Inc. Joseph Lapan Hyde Family Foundation James Elliot Deby and Robert M. Wulff Wagner Roofing Company Mary E. Lawrence and Peter Buck Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown Carmen T. Schlinke Epstein Mr. and Mrs. R. Beverly Webb Joel Lawson and Keith Krueger $1,000–2,499 Johns Hopkins Medicine Jay Epstien Linden H. and Judith A. Welch Harold Leich All Stage & Sound, Inc. Mary Roberta Jones Richard F. Evans Wiley & Wilson Richard H. Levy Anacostia Waterfront Corporation Kalos Construction Co. Inc. Fadley Construction Wolfensohn Family Foundation Paula Loomis Mark Anderson Associates S. Kann Sons Company Tom Farrell Apartment Zero Foundation, Inc. Neal L. Wood Theodore M. Fields Carolyn M. Mackenzie The Honorable Mahlon Apgar IV KGD (Kishimoto.Gordon.Dalaya, PC) Page H. and A. Thomas Young Christine E. Fisher Manhattan Construction Co. Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Aron KINCH Construction JM Zell Partners, Ltd. Whit Fletcher J. Robert Mann, Jr., P.E. in honor of Robert A.M. Stern David D. Marquardt, AIA Jeffrey C. Landis, AIA and $250–999 Phyllis Freedman Associated Builders and Julia Monk-Landis, AIA, ASID Michael L. Marshall, AIA Mary Achatz Emily Freeland Contractors, Inc., Virginia Chapter Robert C. Larson McCain McMurray Theodore M. Adamstein and Shirlee and Howard Friedenberg Associated Builders and lee)sallee & company, inc. Joan Meixner Contractors, Inc., Olvia Demetriou Cris Fromboluti, AIA Metro Washington Chapter Lessard Group, Inc. Brian Aitken and Andrea Evers David F. Furman, FAIA Patricia A. Mellen Atmosphere Inc. Rafael V. Lopez and Linda Marks Carolyn Alper Patrick Gallagher Dirk P. Melton Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Drs. Linda B. and Jonathan S. Lyons Jeff Alpher Katie Garrett John S. Milgram Planners, LLP Barbara M. Macknick, Ph.D. Tina Alster and Paul Frazer Rod Garrett, AIA Ewing H. Miller, FAIA and Donna Ari Bingham McCutchen LLP Mancini Duffy Frank and Georgine Anton Marian T. Gay and William R. Granik George H. Miller Allan S. Birndoff Sandra and David Mayhood Bob and Kathy Baer Robert J. Geniesse, Esq. J.C. and Neil Milner Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Lily and Bob McLean Thomas M. Ballentine Giuliani Associates Ann K. Morales Boston Red Sox Foundation McDonough, Bolyard, Peck, Inc. Greg Barnard Bobby Gladstein Mr. and Mrs. F. Joseph Moravec The Bozzuto Group Katherine McHugh David M. Barton and Susan L. Martin Lewis Jay Goetz, AIA, IIDA M. Howard Morse Katherine B. and David G. Bradley McWilliams/Ballard, Inc. Michaele and Philip Battles Leslie J. Goldman The Honorable Alfred H. Moses Joan and Robert Calambokidis The Honorable Henry Meigs II Beery Rio Architects & Interiors Raymond D. and Ellen Hahn Grabb Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers Daniel J. Callahan Col. Theresa A. Meyer and Sally Berk and Sanders H. Berk, MD Allan Greenberg, Architect LLC Bob Ranck Sakura Namioka Cardinal Bank Richard and Suzanne Bissell Reginald Griffith Carfam II Associates L.L.C. Walter P. Moore National Conference of State Richard C. Blumenstein GWWO Inc. Architects Historic Preservation Officers Carrier Johnson Architecture Morphosis Architects BOE Architects, PLLC Harvard Jolly Architects PA Priscilla Nelson Catholic University of America Mortgage Bankers Association Bonstra Haresign Architects LLP, AIA Bruce Hayes and Jo Fleming Kathy J. and Richard B. Nettler Champion Title and Settlements, Inc. Carl E. Nash Pam and Jay Bothwell Josephine D. Hearld Loretta F. Neumann The Christopher Companies Diana R. and Charles A. Nathan Sara Ann Bounds Heller & Metzger, P.C. Edward J. Newberry christopher consultants, ltd. National Concrete Masonry Association Calvert S. Bowie, AIA Vicki and Michael Herson NFL Charities Karen and Jim Cleveland National Ready Mixed Concrete Terri Brady and Steve Verna Thomas D. Hesselbrock Jane W. and Frederick North C.J. Coakley Co., Inc. Association Brennan + Company Architects Chris Hester Thomas E. O’Brien Perry C. Cofield Jr., AIA/ National Society of Professional Marcia Camarda Carole and John Hirschmann Lawrence and Ashley Power Design Ways & Means Engineers Capstone Communications, L.L.C. Hoachlander Davis Photography, LLC O’Connor Howard K. Cohen and The National Trust for Historic Claire and Thomas Cardella Neal Evan Hodgson Marie and Tom O’Day Nancy Berkinshaw-Cohen Preservation

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Warner Construction Perry Cofield, Architect National Cherry Blossom Festival Consultants, Inc. Corcoran Gallery of Art Committee, Inc. Washington/Alexandria Architecture CPR MultiMedia Solutions National Engineers Week Foundation Center Cru de Provence Soap Company National Football League Luke and Sarah Wassum DAccess, LLC National Museum of Women in Arts James V. Waugh and Occasions Caterers, Inc. Kate Meenan-Waugh Dance Place The Octagon Patty and Robert Webb James G. Davis Construction Corporation Otter Creek Collections Beth Wehrle Design Army OXO Good Grips Scott and Katy Weidenfeller Design Cuisine Patriot Center Gareth Wells and Janet E. Ziffer Design Within Reach, Peter Danko Design Dean Westman and Adams Morgan Studio Andrea Putscher Phaidon Press Design Within Reach, Russell Pinch Thomas Whitley Georgetown Studio Whitmore Print & Imaging PIP Printing of Gaithersburg, District of Columbia Arts Center Maryland Beverly A. Willis, FAIA Dwell Plants Alive! Kerie R. Wilson Eco-Friendly Flooring Inc. Plexwood Christine Wirkkala Eli’s Cheesecake Company Portland Cement Association Laura Wirkkala Embassy of Argentina The Potomac Gallery Marion E. Yeck Embassy of Austria Potomac Garage Solutions Caren L. Yglesias and Embassy of Canada John Livengood Potomac Kennels Embassy of Switzerland Robert Zuraski and Bill Price, Inc. above / Antoine Predock EnviroGLAS Products Inc. speaks with Museum guests Elizabeth Monnac Random House, Inc. Cynthia R. Field Renewed Materials, LLC at a dinner reception. Memorial Gifts Photo by Rich Confalone. Finnforest U.S. Eng. Wood Division Ridgewells Caterer Brenda M. Derby Firefly Restaurant In memory of Jeffrey Wilde Leslie E. Robertson Associates, Folger Shakespeare Library R.L.L.P. Amy and Peter Pastan Brian O’Looney Shepley Bulfinch Richardson In memory of Ira Kessler Ford’s Theatre Royal Netherlands Embassy Robert K. Oaks and Abbott Freed Photography Sandhill Glass Tile Matching Gifts Rob and Linda Obenreder Rajiv N. Sheth Furnature Serenity Now Lifestyle Management Boeing Deborah and Ian Otter Daniel K. Shogren and Marcia and Noah C. Gibson III Sesto Senso Jennifer L. Rise The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Henry Otto Brent D. Glass Signature Theater Julius Shulman Foundation Global Green Skin Savy Spa, courtesy of Joseph Palca and Kathy Hudson ExxonMobil Foundation Stefanie Z. and Robert K. Sigal Global Village Shelters, LLC Tonya Edmonds The Charles Pankow Foundation Fannie Mae Foundation Melinda Silver Gold Leaf Studios Smith & Fong Plyboo Parkinson Construction Co. The Ford Foundation SKB Architecture & Design M. Gralwick & Associates The Smithsonian Associates Susan and David Parry GannettMatch Art Collectors Program Louis H. Skidmore, Jr., AIA Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C. Cy and Eunie Paumier, Jr. IBM Corporation SomaFit Bernard Slosberg and Mary S. Chor Gregory Fine Portraits Peak Corporation Sony Music Smith, Thomas & Smith, Inc. Donors of Goods and Services Hanley Wood Marketing Robert A. Peck and Lynn Palmer Sotheby’s Lawrence Spinelli 3form Hargrove, Inc. Laura Peebles Star Restaurant Group Richard L. Sprott Adam’s Inn Herman Miller Inc. Kristina Penhoet Studio Theater Stanley Martin Commercial, Inc. Addison/Ripley Fine Art Michael Higdon Perkins Eastman Sugar House Day Spa & Salon Ben S. Stefanski, II AFI Silver Theatre and Susan Piedmont-Palladino and Hillwood Museum & Gardens Cultural Center Tabard Inn Douglas R. Palladino Studio 27 Home Rule Alexandria & Arlington Technical Glass Products/ PIP Printing of Gaithersburg, MD Hugo Subotovsky Architects LLC Bed & Breakfast Network Hotel Monaco, Washington DC– Cabot Corporation Plants Alive! Neal Sumner a Kimpton Hotel American Clay Enterprises, LLC Tenley Sport & Health Martin H. Poretsky Patti Swain Jared and Nadia Hughes American Defense Council The Textile Museum Andrew S. Potts Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. The Ambassador of Hungary and American Hydrotech Inc. Mrs. Simonyi Nancy and Michael Torbert Virginia Prange Carolyn Tager Amicus Green Building Center IceStone, LLC Trex Company, Inc. Project Management Services, Inc. Jack Taylor Andersen Corporation IDB Cultural Center Two’s Company David Ralston Keene Taylor Apartment Zero Innovations Wallcoverings Ultra-Sun Technologies Edna R. Ranck and Martin Fleischer Shar Taylor and Lisa Dickey Arlington Public Schools International Masonry Institute UMBRA Janet B. Rankin, AIA Stanley E. Taylor Thomas N. Armstrong, III The International Spy Museum Nancy Van Meter Rasevic Construction Co. Terra Nova Communications, LLC Atlantic Services Group, Inc. Italian Cultural Institute Jaime and Dave Van Mourik Re/Max Allegiance Susan Thomas Attic Antiques jGoodDesign, LLC Laura Van Mourik William Regan Mary Meigs Thorne Baltimore Blast Kirei USA Vastu Emerson G. and Dolores G. Reinsch Tishman Construction Corp. Baltimore Museum of Art Vespa Washington Foundation Trace Inc. Knoll, Inc. BAND, Inc. Walters Restore Media LLC Edward J. Trenn The Kreeger Museum Benjamin Moore® Paints Warehouse Theater Susan A. Retz, AIA and Ruina Family Fund of the Beryle and Dan Lednicer Charles Lovett Triangle Community Foundation Phillip Bernstein His Excellency Jean-David Levitte The Washington Ballet Stephen and Sharon Rigelsky Donald Tucker, RA Bosch home appliances Lloyd-Meurer Photography Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Danielle Roberts Interiors Kristen and Christopher Ullman Bosch Water Heating Maharam Washington Sports & Entertainment Robinson & Associates University of Maryland, Brighton Cabinetry, Inc. MBCI Mark West Gail C. Rothrock College Park Foundation The British Embassy McGraw-Hill Construction George Wetzel Nancy Sainburg Joseph Valerio Buck’s Fishing and Camping Melissa and Doug, Inc. Willard InterContinental Hotel Adrienne Schmitz Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates Stevens Jay Carter and Mindy Lyle MIO Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company Stan Schultz John C. von Senden The Cathedral Choral Society Multiflor Erika Zap Designs Susan W. Schwartz Voorsanger & Associates CBS Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Architects PC Peter W. Segal Chef Valerie NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF Boyd Walker and Amanda Lenk SGA Architects Christie’s America REALTORS® Scott M. Clowney

34 Financial Report

The Museum’s total revenue for fiscal year FY ’06 Sources of 2006 was $9,059,271, an 11 percent increase Support and Revenue compared to 2005. More than 58 percent of the Museum’s overall revenue came from Other Earned Income 10% contributed revenue and services. These contributions totaled $5,292,397, an 18 percent increase from 2005. Significantly, Contributed contributions made through the donation Great Hall Events 20% boxes at the Museum increased by Revenue and 32 percent. Earned income from Great Hall Services rentals, the Museum Shop, and other 58% sources totaled $3,766,874—an increase Museum Shop Sales 12% of $78,495. The Museum’s exhibitions, education programs, events, administration, and other costs totaled $9,506,358. The change in net assets from the end of fiscal FY ’06 Expenses year 2005 to the end of fiscal year 2006 was a decrease of $447,087. Great Hall Events 4% The National Building Museum is a nonprofit, educational institution Museum Shop 10% designated under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This financial report is based on an independently audited Fundraising 15% financial statement. For a copy of the Programming General & Administrative 5% complete financial statement, please write to: 66% Accounting Department, National Building Museum, 401 F Street NW, Washington DC 20001, or call 202.272.2448.

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

Chase W. Rynd President and Executive Director National Building Museum

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2006 Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended September 30, 2006 Temporarily Permanently 2006 2005 Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total

REVENUE, GAINS, & OTHER SUPPORT Contributions and Grants 2,408,591 1,394,566 - 3,803,157 3,643,892 Great Hall Events 1,783,703 - - 1,783,703 1,782,453 Contributed Goods & Services 1,179,408 - - 1,179,408 548,994 Museum Shop Sales 1,088,049 - - 1,088,049 1,045,485 Other 254,770 - - 254,770 223,964 Membership 248,889 - - 248,889 268,161 Education Programs 238,056 - - 238,056 208,082 Investment Income 136,854 126,380 5,122 268,356 318,895 Event Income 133,940 - - 133,940 109,500 Contribution Box 60,943 - - 60,943 46,247 Net Assets Released from Restrictions 1,745,284 (1,175,284) - - -

TOTAL REVENUE 9,278,487 (224,338) 5,122 9,059,271 8,195,673

EXPENSES

Program Services Exhibitions 2,669,149 - - 2,669,149 1,807,345 Education & Public Programs 1,733,729 - - 1,733,729 1,364,258 Marketing & Communications 1,003,465 - - 1,003,465 820,587 Museum Shop 960,665 - - 960,665 883,754 Collections 694,519 - - 694,519 200,855 Great Hall Events 419,637 - - 419,637 444,611

TOTAL Program Services 7,481,164 - - 7,481,164 5,521,410

Supporting Services Fundraising 1,400,219 - - 1,400,219 1,065,782 General & Administration 478,274 - - 478,274 484,649 Membership 146,701 - - 146,701 127,163

TOTAL Supporting Services 2,025,194 - - 2,025,194 1,677,594

TOTAL EXPENSES 9,506,358 - - 9,506,358 7,199,004

Change in Net Assets (227,871) (224,338) 5,122 (447,087) 996,669

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

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

Net Assets, September 30, 2005 965,694 2,195,853 652,733 3,814,280 Change in Net Assets (227,871) (224,338) 5,122 (447,087)

Net Assets, September 30, 2006 737,823 1,971,515 657,855 3,367,193

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