Exhibitions - National Building Museum

2021

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© U.S. Customs and Border Protection, photo by Jerry Glaser

The Wall/El Muro

What Is a Border Wall?

Nov 9, 2021–Nov 6, 2022

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The Towers of the WTC

51 Years of Photographs by Camilo José Vergara

Sep 4, 2021–Mar 6, 2022

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GHESKIO Cholera Treatment in Port Au Prince, Haiti. ©Photo: Iwan Baan

Justice is Beauty

The Work of MASS Design Group

Apr 9, 2021–Sep 25, 2022

2020

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Château La Coste Visitor Cente, Tadao Ando Architect, Le Puy-Sainte Réparade, Provence, France. © Alan Karchmer.

Alan Karchmer: The Architects’ Photographer

Apr 9, 2020–Jun 5, 2022

2018

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Fun House

Jul 4–Sep 3, 2018

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© SOM Torkel Korling, courtesy of architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Secret Cities

The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project

May 3, 2018–Mar 3, 2019

2017

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Las Abuelitas Kinship Housing in Tucson, Arizona. Courtesy Poster Frost Mirto, 2015

Making Room

Housing for a Changing America

Nov 18, 2017–Sep 16, 2018

2016

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Rendering of the façade design for one of two competition winners of the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Courtesy SHoP Architects PC © National Building Museum

Timber City

Innovations in Wood

Sep 17, 2016–May 21, 2017

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Student Photos © National Building Museum

Investigating where we live 2016

Aug 5, 2016–Jun 7, 2017

2015

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Hot to Cold

An odyssey of architectural adaptation

Jan 24–Aug 31, 2015

2014

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Home Front (Assembly Line), Jolan Gross-Bettelheim, 1942. Courtesy National Building Museum.

The Architectural Image, 1920-1950

Prints, Drawings, and Paintings from a Private Collection

Nov 8, 2014–May 4, 2015

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The BIG Maze

Jul 4–Sep 2, 2014

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The Boardwalk After Sandy. Long Beach, NY. October 30, 2012. Photo by Arden Designs, Kristie Arden.

Designing for Disaster

Natural disasters affect everyone, everywhere.

May 11, 2014–Aug 3, 2015

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Kaleidoscope Dollhouse, Dolls, and Furniture. Creators: Laurie Simmons and Peter Wheelwright. Manufactured by Bozart Toys. Gift of Linda Syverson Guild. / Photo by Museum staff.

Cool & Collected

Recent Acquisitions

Mar 8, 2014–May 26, 2015

2013

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LAX Theme Building by Pereira & Luckman, Welton Becket & Ass., and Paul R. Williams (1961), Image courtesy of and © Luckman Salas O'Brien.

Overdrive

L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990

Oct 20, 2013–Mar 10, 2014

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Loloma 5 Lofts, Scottsdale, Arizona. Architect: will bruder + PARTNERS. Built: 2004. Photo ©Bill Timmerman; courtesy of will bruder + PARTNERS.

House & Home

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