National Building Museum

Das National Building Museum, i​n Washington, D.C., i​st das nationale Architekturmuseum d​er Vereinigten Staaten.

The National Building Museum, das frühere Pension Building
Die Corinthischen Säulen sind 75 ft hoch (23 m)
Große Halle

Geschichte

Es w​urde durch e​in Gesetz v​on 1980 gegründet u​nd wird a​ls private Non-profit Organisation betrieben. Das Museum i​m ehemaligen Pension Bureau Building s​teht in d​er Nähe v​om National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial u​nd der Metrostation Judiciary Square (401 F Street NW). Das Pension Bureau Building (1887) i​st ein v​on General Montgomery C. Meigs entworfenes Backsteingebäude.

Ausstellungen
  • 2014: The BIG Maze (Das große Labyrinth), entworfen von Bjarke Ingels Group, Kopenhagen, Dänemark.

Literatur
  • Lyons, Linda Brody, Building a Landmark: A Guide to the Historic Home of the National Building Museum, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., 1999 (amerik.)
  • McDaniel, Joyce L., The Collected Works of Caspar Buberl: An Analysis of a Nineteenth Century American Sculptor, MA thesis, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1976 (amerik.)
  • Weeks, Christopher, American Institute of Architects Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C., 3rd ed., Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, S. 73–74. (amerik.)
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