There’s a large blemish on the conference table in Aileen Fuchs’ fourth-floor office in the National Building Museum. “This is our claim to fame here,” says Fuchs, pointing to the scar. “Princess ...

This year’s National Building Museum’s Summer Block Party features "Look Here," an exhibition by architect Suchi Reddy, who is the first woman of color to collaborate with the museum for its summer ...

One of the photos featured at the National Building Museum's new Evicted exhibit. (Photo by Michael Kienitz, courtesy of the National Building Museum) This is your first of three free stories this ...

Her domino designs were featured in the acclaimed documentary “Lily Topples the World” (2021) and her personal YouTube channel Hevesh5 has over 1.8 billion views and four million subscribers. This ...

The 2019 Summer Block Party installation at the National Building Museum has been revealed, and the LAB at Rockwell Group will install a faux indoor “lawn” in the great hall of the Washington, D.C., ...

The recurring, yet sometimes overlooked role of the built environment in children’s literature is being showcased in Building Stories, a new long-term exhibit at the National Building Museum in ...

This year’s installation titled LOOK HERE is in line with Reddy’s research and justice-minded practice. When installed it will fill the Center Court of the Museum’s Great Hall with a large oval ramp ...

WASHINGTON — Gun violence killed nearly 20,000 people in the United States in 2020, which is more than any other year in at least two decades, according to the Gun Violence Archive. D.C. is already ...

The National Building Museum has announced its upcoming exhibits for summer and fall 2023, including one celebrating iconic cities around the world, called Brick City. Starting May 27, museum visitors ...

WASHINGTON — The National Building Museum is abuzz this week — literally. Architects and construction crews are “busy as bees,” putting the finishing touches on this year’s Summer Block Party exhibit, ...