National Building Museum Annual Report 2005

Detail of the terra cottafrieze by sculptor CasparBuberl, which surroundsthe full, 1,200-foot-longperimeter of the NationalBuilding Museum.Photo: © Maxwell MacKenzie

year. Contributed income remained the most

important component of the institution’s

revenue, amounting to over $4.5 million,

reflecting a 17 percent increase over 2004.

The popular and well-regarded Museum

Shop continued to do well financially, bring-

ing in more than $1 million in revenue.

As this exciting and successful

fiscal year at the Museum was drawing to

a close, we were shocked and saddened to

learn of the devastation wreaked by

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf

Coast. Like the terrorist attacks of

September 2001, these natural disasters

served as tragic reminders of the deep

emotional resonance with which buildings

and communities are often imbued. In the

aftermath of the hurricanes, the Museum

began organizing an ongoing series of pub-

lic programs to address the impact of the

disasters on the built environment. This

initiative continues, as does the Museum’s

commitment to serve as the nation’s pre-

mier forum for the discussion of ideas and

information about all facets of the world

we build.

As always, we are grateful for

the support of the many people, compa-

nies, and organizations that have made the

Museum’s work possible. We encourage your

involvement in our exciting upcoming

activities and look forward to welcoming

you back to the Museum frequently.

Sincerely,

Carolyn Schwenker Brody

Chair

Chase W. Rynd

President and Executive Director

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ARCHITECTURE IS THE UNIVERSAL ART,

and construction the universal craft.

Virtually all of humankind ultimately

shares in the creation of the built environ-

ment in some way, whether by fabricating

a rudimentary shelter or by developing a

commercial office complex. The National

Building Museum, then, is arguably the

universal museum, dedicated to promoting

a better understanding of the physical

world that we create for ourselves, in all of

its aspects.

Toward that end, the Museum

pursues a rigorous schedule of exhibitions,

education programs, and publications that

appeal to people of diverse ages and back-

grounds. During the 2005 fiscal year,

which ran from October 1, 2004 through

September 30, 2005, the Museum opened

five new exhibitions, presented a series of

informal, rotating exhibits in a special

“Building Learners” gallery, and conducted

hundreds of lectures, symposia, youth pro-

grams, and family festivals. A total of

329,705 visitors came to the Museum dur-

ing the year, a majority of them from out-

side the Washington metropolitan area,

and many of them from foreign countries.

In addition, our website attracted a record-

breaking 1,171,249 unique visitors, nearly

double the number for the previous year.

Once again, press coverage of Museum

activities was voluminous, with newspa-

per, magazine, radio, and television stories

about our exhibitions and programs reach-

ing a potential audience of literally hun-

dreds of millions of people.

The year was a strong one not

only in programmatic terms, but also

financially. The Museum’s total income

during fiscal year 2005 was nearly $8.2 mil-

lion, up 12 percent over that of the previous

Carolyn Schwenker BrodyChairPhoto by Diana Walker

Chase W. RyndPresident and Executive DirectorPhoto by Liz Roll

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Exhibitions

From the urban history of Washington, DC, to the domestic

culture of Japan, and from obscure drawing tools to avantgarde designs for public spaces, the National Building

Museum’s exhibitions for fiscal year 2005 spanned a broad

range of subjects. Five new exhibitions opened during the

year, while an additional gallery space was devoted to rotating

shows based on the Museum’s youth programs. All told, these

exhibitions offered something for everyone, from children to

professionals in the design and building industries.

Early sketch (2001) of the Museumof American Folk Art, New York, by Billie Tsien of Tod Williams BillieTsien Architects. From the exhibitionTools of the Imagination. Courtesy Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects,New York

“Original drawings by Thomas Jefferson, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Frank Gehry

provide a rare and intimate view of America’s icons at work.”

— from an article in The Washington Post by Linda Hales regarding the exhibition Tools of the Imagination

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Washington: Symbol and City

Opened October 9, 2004

The city of Washington is strongly associ-

ated not only with political power, but also

with the American ideals of democracy

and freedom. This heavy symbolic burden

is nobly borne by the magnificent monu-

ments that occupy the National Mall and

other prominent sites throughout the capi-

tal. At the same time, however, Washington

is a living, working community, where res-

idents go about their daily business like so

many other Americans. It is thus a city of

dichotomies, of contrasts, and often, of

conflicts, many of which are expressed—

often clearly but sometimes quite subtly—

in works of architecture and urban design.

Washington: Symbol and City is a

long-term exhibition that examines the

overlapping histories of the capital as an

international icon and as a constantly

evolving metropolis. Although based in

part on a previous show of the same name

that the Museum organized and presented

from 1991 to 2001, the current exhibition

offers a completely new treatment of the

subject matter.

The exhibition begins with a sec-

tion called “City of Intent,” devoted to the

monumental core of Washington, featuring

photographs, drawings, historic models, and

newly commissioned touchable models that

strikingly convey the grandeur for which

the city is famous. “Evolving City” exam-

ines the neighborhoods, local institutions,

and infrastructure that most visitors to

the nation’s capital rarely see, but which

are just as important in defining the

city’s character. Finally, a section on the

“Federal Presence” addresses the unique

elements of the city that relate to its role

Section through the dome of U.S. Capitol, as designed by Architect of the CapitolThomas U. Walter, 1859.Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

as a capital, including embassies, museums,

and memorials, as well as sites for protest

and national celebration.

For tourists and locals alike,

Washington: Symbol and City provides pro-

found insights into the manifold forces

that have made the nation’s capital the

complex, imposing, and beautiful place

that it is today.

Washington: Symbol and City was made possible byThe Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, Rockefeller BrothersFund, Government of the District of Columbia,American Express Company, Fannie Mae Foundation,Jim and Sharon Todd, Blake Real Estate, Inc., ChevyChase Bank, D.C. Office of Planning/HistoricPreservation Office, HITT Contracting, The KiplingerFoundation, Lt. Col. and Mrs. William Karl Konze,Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, the PetersonFamily Foundation, the Straley, Katrivanos, and MazzaFamilies, the Stephen G. and Thelma S. YeonasFoundation, Douglas Development Corporation, LouisDreyfus Property Group, The Max and Victoria DreyfusFoundation, Inc., Richard and Lois H. England, HorningBrothers, Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.,Frederick A. Kober, James & Theodore Pedas FamilyFoundation, PEPCO, Samuel G. Rose, Hattie M. StrongFoundation, Sunrise Foundation, Washington RealEstate Investment Trust, James G. Davis ConstructionCorporation, Charles H. Atherton, FAIA, ShalomBaranes and Associates, Clark Enterprises, TheHonorable Robert W. and Louisa C. Duemling, CynthiaR. and Charles G. Field, Jillian Poole, Albert and ShirleySmall, Jessica and Henry Townsend, Virginia BusinessInteriors, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and DorrLLP. Initial research for the exhibition’s redevelopmentwas generously funded by additional grants from the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation and theHumanities Council of Washington, D.C.

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View of one of the replicas of a room from a typical Japanesehouse, as seen in Five Friendsfrom Japan.Photo by Allan Sprecher

A young visitor enjoys one of the interactive elements in theclassroom setting in Five Friendsfrom Japan.Photo by F.T. Eyre

Five Friends from Japan: Children in Japan Today

November 4, 2004–February 13, 2005

Five Friends from Japan: Children in Japan Today

explored contemporary Japanese architec-

ture and culture through the daily lives

of five real-world children. The exhibition

began with a replica of a typical Japanese

elementary school classroom, which served

as the setting for videotaped greetings

from the “five friends.” From there, visitors

ventured into re-creations of spaces in the

children’s own homes, which featured

more in-depth video narratives and inter-

active components, such as a music-listen-

ing station, designed to introduce specific

aspects of Japanese culture.

Although conceived primarily for

young audiences, the exhibition proved

thought-provoking for adults. By exploring

both the similarities and the differences

between Japanese and American domestic

environments, the show challenged stereo-

types of Asian lifestyles and raised broader

questions about what happens to distinct

cultural traditions in an age of fluid ex-

changes of people, projects, and information

across regional and national boundaries.

Five Friends from Japan was presented by the NationalBuilding Museum in partnership with the NationalChildren’s Museum. Designed by the Capital Children’sMuseum and the Children’s Museum, Boston, the exhi-bition was made possible by the Freeman Foundationand supported by the Association of Children’sMuseums. Its presentation at the National BuildingMuseum was made possible in part by The Japan-USFriendship Commission and Weyerhaeuser Company.

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OPEN: new designs for public space

January 15–May 15, 2005

Around the world, many longstanding

assumptions about the role of public space

in communal life are now being reconsid-

ered in the face of heightened security con-

cerns, aging infrastructure, and various

economic and social factors. In response to

what some see as significant threats to the

quality and integrity of the public realm,

a number of talented architects and plan-

ners have produced ambitious schemes for

new open spaces and improvements to

existing public places, with an eye toward

enhancing and strengthening the commu-

nities they serve.

The Van Alen Institute in New

York City organized an exhibition called

OPEN: new designs for public space, exploring

some of these innovative designs. The fea-

tured projects included a new urban plaza

in Melbourne, Australia, that provides

a popular venue for recreation, cultural

activities, and public gatherings, as well

as a re-design of a faded commercial street

in Macon, Georgia, which had fallen into

disuse as businesses and residents left for

the suburbs. Also featured were two projects

in Latin America that served to weave

together disparate and neglected neighbor-

hoods through new networks of roads,

bicycle paths, and pedestrian corridors.

In presenting this exhibition, the

National Building Museum added a section

describing several relevant local projects

that had been recently proposed or were

under construction. These included a new

federal office building by architect Moshe

Safdie, the design of which strives to address

stringent security requirements while

reinforcing the public streetscape, and a

proposed plaza and collateral structures

intended to establish a stronger connection

between the currently isolated John F. Ken-

nedy Center for the Performing Arts and the

adjacent Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

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View of the visually striking installation of the exhibition OPENat the National Building Museum.Photo by Allan Sprecher

Proposal for Ponte Parodi, a project to make a commercialpier in Genoa, Italy, available as a public park, by UN Studio.Rendering courtesy of UN Studio

OPEN: new designs for public space was organizedby the Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture.The exhibition was made possible by generous grantsfrom The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,the National Endowment for the Arts, the New YorkState Council on the Arts, and the Stephen A. andDiane L. Goldberg Foundation. At the National BuildingMuseum, OPEN was made possible by the AmericanPlanning Association, EDAW Inc., the AmericanSociety of Landscape Architects, ULI-the Urban LandInstitute, Polshek Partnership Architects, and MosheSafdie and Associates Inc.

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Circular staircase plan and section,by Richard Morris Hunt Architect,1846. Prints & Drawings Collection, The OctagonMuseum, The American ArchitecturalFoundation, Washington, DC

Ellipsograph, made by John Farey,ca. 1813.Courtesy of David and Renae Thompson

Tools of the Imagination

March 5–October 10, 2005

Architects practicing today routinely employ

sophisticated digital tools to develop and

communicate complicated ideas. At the same

time, most architects still own various hand

drawing instruments, many of which would

have been familiar to Thomas Jefferson

when he designed Monticello and the orig-

inal campus of the University of Virginia

more than two centuries ago. From simple

wooden pencils, to precisely crafted metal

instruments such as compasses and ellipso-

graphs, to highly complex computer pro-

grams, the tools that architects have used

over time to convey their designs are often

technologically fascinating and aesthetically

intriguing in their own right.

Tools of the Imagination traced the

development of such tools over the past

250 years, presenting archaic devices such

as a volutor—a remarkably specialized

implement invented to facilitate the draw-

ing of the ornamental scrolls on Ionic

column capitals—as well as some of the

most current design and drafting software

including CATIA and Autodesk Revit.

Examples of original drawings, three-

dimensional models, and digital renderings

helped to convey the vital role that tools

have played in helping architects to turn

ideas into reality.

Tools of the Imagination was made possible byAutodesk Inc., Bentley Systems, Incorporated,McGraw-Hill Construction, Business Software Alliance,Microsoft, Inc., Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.,Norbert W. Young, Jr., E3 Synergy.

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Stained glass window, originallyfrom a synagogue in Brooklyn,New York, which hung for manyyears at Litwin’s antique furniturestore in the Judiciary Squareneighborhood of Washington.Photo by F.T. Eyre

Visitors viewing the exhibitionJewish Washington: Scrapbookof an American Community.Photo by F.T. Eyre

Jewish Washington: Scrapbookof an American Community

June 24, 2005–July 4, 2006

The National Building Museum stands in

an area now associated almost exclusively

with governmental and institutional

buildings. This was not always the case,

however—for most of the nineteenth and

early twentieth centuries, the Judiciary

Square area was a diverse residential and

commercial neighborhood with a rich eth-

nic identity. For many decades, in fact, it

was one of the centers of Jewish life in

Washington.

Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an

American Community was developed by the

Jewish Historical Society of Greater

Washington to shed light on some of the

people and places that have been important

in the history not just of one ethnic group,

but of the nation’s capital in general.

Organized chronologically, the exhibition

used 1795 as a starting point, the year in

which the city’s first known Jewish resident

arrived, and then followed the community’s

growth from a population of 200 at the

time of the Civil War to more than 200,000

in the metropolitan area today. Photographs,

videos, architectural artifacts, and personal

mementos illustrated various milestones in

the history of both Washington and modern

Judaism. The content of this exhibition com-

plemented that of the Museum’s ongoing

show, Washington: Symbol and City.

Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an AmericanCommunity, an exhibition curated by the JewishHistoric Society of Greater Washington, was presentedin partnership with the National Building Museum. Theexhibition was made possible in part by major supportfrom the Albert and Lillian Small Foundation, Small-AlperFamily Foundation, The Jewish Federation of GreaterWashington, Barbara & Bert Rein, Dr. JonathanGrossman, The Marjorie Kovler Fund, Rory & SheltonZuckerman, Brenda & Paul Pascal, Abramson FamilyFoundation, Paula Pascal Levine & Family, Joanne &Matthew Tobriner, Annette M. and Theodore N. LernerFamily Foundation, Humanities Council of Washington,D.C., the United Jewish Endowment Fund, and manyother supporters.

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Building Learners Gallery

The Building Learners Gallery provides

a venue for the presentation of informal

exhibitions based on the Museum’s school,

family, and outreach education programs,

along with occasional shows addressing

other topics of interest to families. In fiscal

year 2005, the Museum presented three

exhibitions in this gallery.

Origami as Architecture (November 6,

2004–March 27, 2005) was a showcase for

works of origami, the Japanese art of paper

folding, as well as architectural origami, a

new art form inspired by the traditional

technique and focused on the depiction of

buildings. The display complemented the

Museum’s exhibition Five Friends from Japan:

Children in Japan Today.

Kids’ View of the City (May 7–July 31,

2005) featured projects by local elementary

students, who explored their schools’

neighborhoods and created models, drew

pictures, took photographs, and wrote

stories based on what they observed.

Investigating Where We Live (August 13

–October 9, 2005) presented the results

of the Museum’s outreach program of the

same name, in which students are taught

to use photography as a vehicle for docu-

menting and analyzing their neighborhoods.

An origami rendition of theCathedral of Notre Dame in Paris,by artist Kazukiyo Kurosu.Photo by F.T. Eyre

A quilt of images by students from the Margaret M. AmidonElementary School in SouthwestWashington, from the exhibitionKids’ View of the City.Photo by F.T. Eyre

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Sunlight streaming into the windowsof Grand Central Terminal, New York City, 1903-13, from the“Connecting the Continent” section of the Building Americaonline exhibition. Courtesy Library of Congress

Model of proposed new centraltrain station in Stuttgart, Germany,by Ingenhoven und Partner in collaboration with Frei Otto, fromthe online exhibition Liquid Stone:New Architecture in Concrete.Courtesy of Ingenhoven und Partner

Virtual Exhibitions

The National Building Museum’s website,

www.nbm.org, features several virtual exhi-

bitions, making some of the institution’s

content available to those who cannot visit

in person.

Building America was conceived as

an exclusively online exhibition, providing

a vehicle for Internet users to learn about

various themes in the history of American

architecture, engineering, and construction.

The site allows visitors to view video clips

and listen to audio recordings without hav-

ing to download custom programs, and is

accessible directly at www.building-america.org

or through the Museum’s main site,

www.nbm.org.

Also on the website are two vir-

tual exhibitions developed to complement

physical shows that were presented in the

Museum’s galleries. Affordable Housing:

Designing an American Asset demonstrates that

low-cost housing need not be of low quality.

It presents numerous examples of affordable

developments that have been beautifully and

successfully incorporated into existing

communities. Another virtual exhibition,

Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete, pre-

sents nearly three dozen innovative projects

from around the world in which the use

of concrete is an essential aspect of the

design. The site includes a virtual tour of

the exhibition galleries, conveying a clear

sense of the physical installation at the

Museum, which was designed by the firm

of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.

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Installation of Affordable Housing:Designing an American Assetat the University of Pennsylvania.Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania

Traveling Exhibitions and Publications

A number of the exhibitions developed by

the National Building Museum have traveled

to other institutions around the country.

Such tours are an important mechanism for

disseminating ideas and information to

broader audiences, while building aware-

ness of the Museum and its mission.

During fiscal year 2005, the exhibi-

tion Affordable Housing: Designing an American

Asset traveled to three venues: the University

of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia (March 19–

May 31, 2005); the Museum of History

and Industry, in Seattle (June 25–August 28,

2005); and The Lyceum, Partnership for

Strong Communities, in Hartford, Connec-

ticut (September 7–October 16, 2005).

Also in 2005, the National

Building Museum and ULI-the Urban Land

Institute co-published a book based on the

Affordable Housing exhibition. The book

is available through the National Building

Museum shop and other sources.

The traveling version and associated tour of AffordableHousing: Designing an American Asset were madepossible by generous grants from the U.S. Departmentof Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae Foundation, and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OFREALTORS®.

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Electric light sconce from theKress store in Anniston, Alabama,c. 1935, from the S.H. Kress & Co. Collection.Gift of Genesco Inc., Collection of theNational Building Museum

Photo of a trellis in Kingsport,Tennessee, from the Wurts BrothersPhotography Collection.Gift of Geraldine and Richard Wurts,Collection of the National Building Museum

Collection

The National Building Museum’s permanent

collection comprises more than 110,000

items, including photographs, original

drawings, and three-dimensional artifacts

such as material samples, tools, and build-

ing remnants. The collection supports spe-

cific Museum exhibitions, and is accessible

to scholarly researchers by appointment.

Among the most significant items

in the collection are elements from build-

ings that are either listed on the National

Register of Historic Places or designated as

National Historic Landmarks, including a

portion of the stamped sheet metal façade

from an addition to the Z.C.M.I. depart-

ment store in Salt Lake City, and a copper

dormer surround from the former Andrew

Carnegie Mansion in New York. Other

important items include the extraordinary

archives of the Wurts Brothers and the

Stewart Brothers architectural photogra-

phy firms, along with drawings from the

Northwestern Terra Cotta Company, which

produced material for thousands of com-

mercial and public structures in the late

nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Education

Participants in the Be a Builderprogram hold up a truss that theyare about to install in a smallhouse in the Museum’s Great Hall.Photo by National Building Museum staff

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“[The students] are extremely bright. They just kind of gradually blossomed.

It is like opening the floodgates to use their creative skills.”

—Daniel Shapiro, volunteer mentor for CityVision program

Lectures, tours, hands-on demonstrations, and

other educational activities expand upon the issues

raised in the National Building Museum’s exhibitions

and address a wide range of other mission-related

topics. During fiscal year 2005, a total of 71,297

adults and children participated in education

programs at the Museum.

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Natatorium at the CranbrookEducational Community,Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects,who participated in the Spotlighton Design lecture series.Photo by Michael Moran

Project for a shelter in Africa by Cameron Sinclair, anotherSpotlight on Design speaker.Image courtesy of Architecture for Humanity

Landscape architect Walter Hoodduring his Spotlight on Designlecture.Photo by National Building Museum staff

Spotlight on Design

Spotlight on Design is the Museum’s most pop-

ular lecture series, attracting distinguished

architects, landscape architects, and other

designers from around the globe. Lecturers

in fiscal year 2005 included Charles

Gwathmey of New York, Enrique Norten of

Mexico City, landscape architect Walter

Hood of Oakland, California, and local

architect Robert M. Gurney, who has

received many prestigious awards for his

residential projects. One extraordinary pro-

gram in the series involved three of the

partners in the firm Polshek Partnership,

providing unusual insights into the nature

of their collaborative practice.

The 2005 Spotlight on Design series was sponsoredby Lafarge North America, the leading building materialscompany in the United States and Canada.

Building for the 21st Century

Building for the 21st Century is a lunchtime lec-

ture series examining emerging construc-

tion technologies and techniques, with an

emphasis on economy and energy-effi-

ciency. The roster of programs for the 2005

fiscal year included a presentation on

Swedish and Japanese innovations in pre-

fabricated housing, and a lecture by the

principals of KieranTimberlake Associates,

an architecture firm known for its research

into, and application of, new building

materials and methods.

The 2005 Building for the 21st Century series wassponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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A large audience assembles in the Great Hall to hear one ofthe Museum’s lecture programs.Photo by F.T. Eyre

Craig B. Smith, author of How the Great Pyramid Was Built, pictured at the site of his subject.Photo courtesy of the author

Smart Growth

The Smart Growth lectures explore develop-

ment strategies aimed at enhancing the

quality of life in American cities and

suburbs while also protecting the natural

environment. Among the speakers for

fiscal year 2005 was Dhiru Thadani, an

architect and planner who discussed the

integration of college buildings and cam-

puses into their host communities, to the

mutual benefit of “town” and “gown.”

The Smart Growth series for fiscal year 2005 was presented in association with the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency and the Smart Growth Network.

D.C. Builds

The D.C. Builds lecture series examines

design, planning, and public policy issues

in Washington and the surrounding region.

Programs in fiscal year 2005 included a

discussion of managed growth in the Wash-

ington metropolitan area and a present-

ation about the vast and complicated

Woodrow Wilson Bridge project, now under

construction over the Potomac River.

The D.C. Builds lecture series for fiscal year 2005 wassupported by Forest City Washington.

Other Lectures and Seminars

In addition to the ongoing series described

above, the Museum frequently presents

“one-off” public programs addressing his-

torical topics and contemporary issues.

Examples from the past fiscal year include

a lecture by the author of Louis I. Kahn:

Building Art, Building Science, who traced the

master architect’s influence on the “high-

tech” school in the 1970s and ‘80s, and a

revealing presentation about the rivalry

between the great Italian Renaissance

architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and

Francesco Borromini, whose brilliant designs

transformed the character of Rome. Also

offered were a lecture by an engineer who

has used sophisticated computer technolo-

gies to investigate the construction of the

Great Pyramid at Giza, and an astonishing

presentation by Chris Luebkeman, director

of global foresight and innovation for the

engineering firm of ARUP, who encouraged

the audience to imagine exciting new

possibilities for the future of design and

construction.

The Museum periodically pre-

sents major symposia addressing complex

issues in great depth, such as one con-

ducted in cooperation with the Sustainable

Buildings Industry Council on “green”

building guidelines for home builders,

architects, and remodelers. Another sym-

posium about privately developed open

spaces was cosponsored by the American

Planning Association.

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left / Members were invited totake part in a special bus tour toMontpelier, the estate of PresidentJames Madison in Orange County,Virginia, which was undergoingrenovation.Photo by National Building Museum staff

top / Tour of the renovation ofLatrobe’s Basilica in Baltimore.Photo by National Building Museum staff

above / Audience members listento live music before the start ofone of the movies in the Museum’sReel Architecture Film Series.Photo by National Building Museum staff

Construction Watch Tours

Construction Watch Tours are an exclusive

benefit of Museum membership, providing

behind-the-scenes glimpses into the design

and construction of major new buildings.

During fiscal year 2005, members visited

the construction sites of the new Woolly

Mammoth Theatre, the Katzen Arts Center

at American University, the District of

Columbia’s Unified Communications

Center, and a 255-unit residential project

at the charmingly eclectic National Park

Seminary compound in Silver Spring,

Maryland, among others. The series also

included visits to local architects’ offices,

as well as to several buildings undergoing

restoration, such as the lavishly elegant

Turkish Ambassador’s Residence on

Washington’s Embassy Row, and Benjamin

Latrobe’s historic basilica in Baltimore.

Films

In anticipation of its upcoming 25th

anniversary (celebrated in fiscal year 2006),

the Museum organized the first Reel

Architecture Film Series, offering 16 movies

free of charge during the festival’s opening

weekend and then on a series of weekday

evenings during the summer of 2005. The

films were selected with an eye toward vari-

ous themes raised in the Museum’s current

and past exhibitions—for example, the

1967 comedy classic How to Succeed in Business

Without Really Trying, in its depiction of the

post-World War II corporate office environ-

ment, evoked the content of the popular

exhibition On the Job: Design and the American

Office, which was presented in 2001. Local

bands performed before the weekly films,

providing entertainment as audience mem-

bers enjoyed picnic dinners in the Museum’s

Great Hall.

The Museum also presented

numerous individual films throughout

the year on topics ranging from Japanese

gardens to the “Government Girls” who

moved to Washington during World War II

and helped change the character of the

city. In conjunction with the annual D.C.

Environmental Film Festival, the Museum

screened two movies, one of which traced

the precarious condition of Venice, Italy,

and was followed by a discussion with

the filmmakers.

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Students prepare their robot forcompetition in the FIRST Roboticsdemonstration area of the 2005ZOOM™ Into Engineering Family Festival.Photo by F.T. Eyre

A young visitor proudly displays heruniquely designed “public space”at the Designing Public Spacesfamily program held in April 2005.Photo by National Building Museum staff

Family Programs

Families constitute an important—and

growing—audience for the National

Building Museum, which offers numerous

family-oriented programs throughout the

year. On weekends, for instance, visitors

may participate in regularly scheduled

interactive “Discovery Cart” demonstra-

tions. Bridging the Gap engages adults and

children in a problem-solving exercise to

determine which type of bridge structure

would be most appropriate to span a given

site. Another Discovery Cart, called Arches

and Trusses: The Tension Builds, encourages vis-

itors to test the properties of various mate-

rials and then to apply what they have

learned to build basic structural forms.

Custom family programs offered

on weekends during fiscal year 2005

included workshops for creating holiday

ornaments depicting prominent Washington

buildings, and making “haunted houses”

for Halloween. In conjunction with the

exhibition Five Friends from Japan: Children in

Japan Today, the Museum collaborated with

the National Children’s Museum to offer

numerous programs, including the Five

Friends Family Day celebrating the opening

of the exhibition and attracting over 1,300

visitors. Other programs complementing the

exhibition were a Japanese New Year’s

Celebration, Calligraphy Creations, which

explored the artistry of Japanese calligra-

phy, and Taketombo, a program in which

participants created their own flying toys.

The Museum also worked with the

Washington Ballet to offer Artful

Architecture, a day during which 638 family

visitors viewed selections from the com-

pany’s new Nutcracker ballet and designed

architecturally inspired hats.

Several activity booklets, geared

toward children ages 6 to 13, are available

free to visitors at the Museum information

desk. These booklets introduce engineering

and architecture concepts using the

Museum’s historic home and other

Washington landmarks as case studies.

Zoom™ into Engineering Family Festival

The annual Zoom™ into Engineering Family

Festival took place in February 2005,

attracting 6,966 enthusiastic and inquisi-

tive participants. Visitors had a chance to

meet cast members from the popular PBS

television series ZOOM™, and took part in

numerous hands-on activities designed to

enhance their understanding of the many

distinct types of work that engineers do.

The event was sponsored by The National EngineersWeek Foundation with major support provided byIEEE-USA, and additional funding from ASME and BE&K.

Festival of the Building Arts

One of the National Building Museum’s

most popular ongoing programs is the

Festival of the Building Arts, which in 2005

drew 3,265 people, including 348 scouts and

their leaders. Children and parents alike

enjoyed dozens of activities and demon-

strations by master craftspeople, including

carpenters, roofers, plumbers, stonecarvers,

bricklayers, and woodworkers. A perennial

favorite, the construction equipment

“petting zoo,” allowed kids to clamber into

the cabs of earth movers, concrete mixers,

and other large vehicles used in major

building projects.

The 2005 festival was presented by The AssociatedGeneral Contractors of America.

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A group finishes construction of ageodesic dome in the Great Hall.Photo by National Building Museum staff

Possible future construction managers participate in the Be a Builder program.Photo by National Building Museum staff

School and Summer Programs

Every year the Museum offers interactive,

curriculum-based programs for elemen-

tary, middle, and high school groups, in

which young people take part in activities

such as constructing a one-room house in

the Great Hall, assembling a geodesic

dome, or planning and creating a model

city. These programs develop students’

analytical, problem-solving, and teamwork

skills as they use the design process to

solve building challenges. Participating

teachers receive comprehensive resource

packets including pre- and post-visit class-

room activities, bibliographies, and related

reference material. A Teacher Advisory

Board, comprising ten public and private

school teachers from the Washington area,

meets quarterly to offer feedback and

guidance on these programs.

During the 2004–05 academic

year the Museum offered ten different

types of school programs, with a total of

767 individual programs drawing nearly

23,000 students and teachers—a record-

setting number reflecting a 10 percent

increase over the previous year. Nearly

one-fifth of the programs were conducted

for groups from Federal Title I schools

serving low-income communities.

As part of an effort to expand

the reach of its educational activities to

a more national audience, the Museum

developed the self-contained Bridge Basics

Program Kit, based on a program offered in

house for many years. The kit is available

to teachers across the country, who may

conduct the activity independently in

their own classrooms.

In addition to school programs,

the Museum offered six different summer

programs for school-aged children. These

hands-on programs focused on teambuilding

and cooperation and served 1,929 young

people and chaperones through 76 individ-

ual programs.

School Programs received generous support from TheMorris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The ClarkCharitable Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation,the Construction Industry Round Table, the BenderFoundation, Hattie M. Strong Foundation, SunriseFoundation, and the Turner Construction Company.

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top / CityVision students sketchand take notes during a neighbor-hood tour.Photo by National Building Museum staff

above / A colorful structuredesigned and built by a team taking part in the DesignApprenticeship Program.Photo by National Building Museum staff

above right / A group from theInvestigating Where We Liveprogram visits Cedar Hill, the historic home of Frederick Douglassin the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington.Photo by National Building Museum staff

Scout Programs

The Museum offers fun and engaging pro-

grams for Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. These

programs also help scouts fulfill many

requirements for activity badges. During

the 2004–05 academic year, the Museum

conducted 74 programs for more than 1,700

scouts and chaperones.

Birthday Parties

Parents seeking a special experience may

arrange for birthday parties at the National

Building Museum for children ages three to

eleven. Museum teachers take the children

on an investigative tour of the historic

building, lead them through a construction

project, and provide space for a birthday cel-

ebration. In the 2005 fiscal year, more than

1,400 guests celebrated their birthdays at the

Museum.

CityVision

CityVision is a longstanding Museum program

that teaches at-risk middle and junior high

school students to think creatively and

positively about their communities. Each

semester, students from public, inner-city

middle and junior high schools in the

District of Columbia learn urban planning

principles in study sessions at the Museum,

complemented by organized neighborhood

expeditions. The participants identify urban

problems, develop design-based solutions,

and then present their ideas to an audience

of students, teachers, administrators, and

family members.

Investigating Where We Live

Investigating Where We Live is an intensive

summer program that teaches teenagers to

use photography as a tool for documenting

and interpreting local urban neighbor-

hoods. In 2005, participants explored the

Anacostia area, the Washington Navy Yard,

and the New York Avenue corridor. At the

conclusion of the documentation phase,

the students developed an exhibition of

their work, which was presented in the

Building Learners Gallery.

Design Apprenticeship Program

The Design Apprenticeship Program, informally

known as the DAP Squad, gives teenage

students an opportunity to develop their

design skills and then to turn their ideas

into reality. The focus of the program for

fall 2004 was a project complementing the

exhibition Five Friends from Japan: Children in

Japan Today, while in the spring of 2005,

the students pursued a project based on the

exhibition Tools of the Imagination.

Outreach Programs received generous support from the Freddie Mac Foundation, The Morris andGwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, D.C. Commission onthe Arts and Humanities and the National Endowmentfor the Arts, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Mead FamilyFoundation, Bank of America, Bloomberg, The BeechStreet Foundation, The Clark Charitable Foundation,Clark-Winchcole Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation,the History Channel Save Our History Grant Program,Hearst Endowment for CityVision, the DimickFoundation, and Forest City Enterprises.

AWARDS

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The Vincent Scully Prize

Named after famous architectural histo-

rian Vincent J. Scully, the Scully Prize was

inaugurated in 1999 to recognize outstand-

ing contributions to the understanding of

architecture, planning, preservation, and

design through writing, research, or schol-

arship. The fifth prize was presented in

January 2005 to His Highness The Aga

Khan, who has devoted much of his life to

promoting design excellence, urban revital-

ization, and historic preservation through-

out the Muslim world. The Aga Khan is

perhaps best known in architectural circles

for his eponymous awards program, which

has called attention to projects that simul-

taneously reflect Muslim culture and

accommodate the needs of modern societies.

His Highness graciously donated the $25,000

cash prize that accompanies the Scully

Prize to several American universities. left / His Highness The Aga Khanaccepting the Scully Prize.Photo by Vivian Ronay

bottom left / Al Azhar Park, in Cairo,Egypt, a project made possible by The Aga Khan’s charitablefoundation.Photo by Vivian Ronay

top / Atrium of the GenzymeCenter, Cambridge, Massachusetts,which was designed and built inaccordance with the U.S. GreenBuilding Council’s LEED standardsfor environmental design.Photo by Anton Grassi

The Henry C. Turner Prize forInnovation in ConstructionTechnology

The Turner Prize is presented for outstand-

ing contributions to the advancement of

construction technology, and was named

after the founder of the Turner Construction

Company, which also generously endowed

the $25,000 prize. The 2005 award went to

the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC),

in recognition of the organization's efforts

to advance the cause of environment-con-

scious design through the promulgation of

standards and information. The USGBC

was the fourth winner of the prize, and

the first institutional recipient, following

in the footsteps of engineer Leslie Robertson,

architect I.M. Pei, and Charles DeBenedittis,

director of design and construction at

Tishman Speyer Properties.

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Visitor Services

Visitors explore the merchandisein the Museum Shop.Photo by F.T. Eyre

“Never thought I would enjoy a building museum but this has been fascinating and I’ve learned a lot.

And this is the best gift shop in town!”

— Anonymous visitor, in Museum comment book

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AM EN ITI ES AN D VO LU NTEERS

Docent Hillary Rubin leads a tourof the National Building Museum.Photo by National Building Museum staff

Museum Shop

The renowned Museum Shop continues to

be one of the most popular stores of its kind

in Washington. The shop offers an unparal-

leled assortment of merchandise, including

books on a wide variety of topics, beautifully

designed housewares, jewelry, and a range

of cleverly conceived toys that challenge

children’s imaginations. Special items relat-

ing to specific exhibitions complement a

core of standard material that draws regular

shoppers time and time again. For those

unable to visit the shop in person, many

items are available online through the

Museum website at www.nbm.org.

Website and NBM Online

Drawing more than one million visitors

for the first time in fiscal year 2005, the

Museum’s website is an important vehicle

for disseminating the content of exhibi-

tions and programs. In addition to general

Museum information, online exhibitions,

and summaries of lectures, the website

offers online registration for public programs

and other events, as well as shopping for

merchandise from the Museum Shop.

The Museum produces an elec-

tronic newsletter called NBM Online, which

keeps subscribers up to date on education

programs, exhibition openings, new prod-

ucts in the Museum Shop, and other news.

NBM Online is currently distributed to more

than 15,000 subscribers each month.

Museum Café

The Museum’s small café is a popular place

for a snack, for lunch, or just a cup of cof-

fee between visits to exhibitions. Patrons

enjoy their food and drinks at tables set up

in the gloriously spacious Great Hall.

Volunteers and Interns

The National Building Museum relies on

the efforts of many dedicated volunteers

who assist with critical tasks. During fiscal

year 2005, volunteer docents led 12,362 peo-

ple on tours of exhibitions and the build-

ing itself. Other volunteers staffed the

information desk and registration tables

for lectures, assisted in the Museum Shop,

and conducted demonstrations for such

programs as the Bridging the Gap exercise, in

which visitors learn about the principles of

bridge construction. A Volunteer Advisory

Board assists in evaluating the activities of

volunteers and arranging special enrich-

ment activities.

The Museum also welcomes a

number of interns each year, who lend

assistance in all departments, supporting

curators with exhibition research, helping

with membership and marketing campaigns,

and assisting with education programs. A

total of 185 volunteers and interns provided

nearly 11,200 hours of service during the

fiscal year.

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The National Building Museum is a private, nonprofit

institution, and therefore depends on contributions from

corporations, individuals, associations, and foundations

in order to fund its exhibitions and programs. In fiscal

year 2005, contributed income totaled $4,507,294.

The Board of Trustees and staff are extremely grateful

to all who provided financial support to the Museum

during the year.Development

The 2005 Honor Award gala filledthe central court of the Great Hall.Photo by Alex Lorman

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SU PPO RT

Museum chair Carolyn Brody and executive director Chase Ryndflank Albert Ratner, co-chairman ofthe board of Forest City Enterprises,as Ratner accepts the 2005 HonorAward on behalf of the company. Photo by F.T. Eyre

Membership

Members are the backbone of the Museum.

Numbering nearly 5,000 at the end of the

fiscal year, members enjoy a variety of

direct benefits, including discounts in the

Museum Shop, invitations to private exhibi-

tion viewings, and subscriptions to Blueprints

and the monthly Calendar of Events. Individuals

who contribute $100 or more annually

belong to a special group known as The

Builders, whose generosity helps to support

vital Museum activities. Corporations and

other businesses may join as members of

The Professional Circle, which entitles their

employees to many individual benefits,

in addition to the public recognition that

the contributing firm receives.

The Corinthians

The Corinthians are individual and corporate

donors who contribute $1,000 or more in

unrestricted funds each year. Major gifts

such as these are a critical component of

the institution’s operating budget. Corinthians

enjoy many special opportunities, including

invitations to private receptions, use of the

Museum’s Corinthian Lounge for small meet-

ings and events, and larger discounts in

the Museum Shop. In 2005, a number of

Corinthians attended exclusive receptions

and dinners with guest speakers such as Tod

Williams and Billie Tsien, Charles Gwathmey,

and Steven Holl.

The Honor Award

The Honor Award for 2005 was presented

to Forest City Enterprises, a national real

estate development firm that, impressively,

has been run by the same family since its

founding in 1921. Forest City was recognized

for its long track record of transformative

investment in America’s cities, its dedication

to sensitive planning and sustainable

development, and its commitment to the

provision of affordable housing in projects

across the country. The award gala drew

nearly 900 guests and raised $1 million for

the Museum’s education and exhibition

programs.

Restricted Funding

Most exhibitions, many education activities,

and endowed prizes at the Museum are

supported by contributions given expressly

for those projects. Such “restricted” fund-

ing is an important complement to the

operating funds that cover most day-to-day

programming. In fiscal year 2005, the

Museum raised almost $1.8 million in

restricted funds.

Planned Giving

Planned or estate gifts offer opportunities

for Museum members and friends to

create a legacy. Detailed information about

planned giving is available from the

Development Department.

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The following donors made gifts or pledges

of $100 or more during the 2005 fiscal year

(October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005).

While space limitations do not permit listing gifts

of less than this amount, the Museum extends

its sincere thanks to all donors.Contributors

The National Building Museum,then known as the PensionBuilding, pictured in 1885, 100 years before the Museumopened to the public in the historic structure.

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*Includes payment on a pledge made ina previous fiscal year

$100,000 and aboveAmerican Society of Interior

Designers

D.C. Office of Planning

Fannie Mae Foundation

Lafarge North America Inc.

National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and theU.S. Commission of Fine Arts

National Endowment for theHumanities*

Portland Cement Association

Turner Construction Company

$50,000–$99,999Anonymous

Autodesk, Inc.*

Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Bosch home appliances

Forest City Enterprises, Inc./ForestCity Washington

McGraw-Hill Construction/TheMcGraw-Hill Companies

Will Miller and Lynne Maguire

United Technologies Corporation*

Whiting-Turner ContractingCompany

$25,000–$49,999American Express Company*

The Associated GeneralContractors of America

Kim Baldi and Geoffrey Raynor

Vicki S. and Edward P. Bass

David Bonderman

Mr. and Mrs. Arturo E. Brillembourg

Carolyn and Kenneth D. Brody

The Morris and Gwendolyn CafritzFoundation

Penny and Jim Coulter

Freddie Mac Foundation

The Martha and Bronson IngramFoundation

Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington

Rehman Jinnah, All AmericanMobile

Moyez Khimji

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze

Louis Dreyfus Property Group

The John D. and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation

National Association of HomeBuilders

National Endowment for the Arts

Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr.

Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation

David M. Schwarz/ArchitecturalServices, Inc.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Robert A.M. Stern Architects LLP

U.S. Department of Housing andUrban Development*

$10,000–$24,999Abercrombie & Fitch

The Abramson Family Foundation,Inc.

The American Institute of Architects

American Society of LandscapeArchitects

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Armstrong, III

Associated Builders andContractors, Inc.

Bank of America

The Beech Street Foundation

Bender Foundation, Inc.

Deborah Berke & PartnersArchitects LLP

Blake Real Estate, Inc.

Bloomberg

David L. Brunner and Rhonda Butler

Jane and Calvin Cafritz

Christie’s America

The Clark Charitable Foundation

Clark Construction Group, LLC

Clark-Winchcole Foundation

Construction Industry Round Table

Cushman & Wakefield of GreaterWashington, Inc.

D.C. Commission on the Arts andHumanities and the NationalEndowment for the Arts

D.C. Office of Planning/ HistoricPreservation Office

James G. Davis ConstructionCorporation

The Walt Disney Company

EDAW, Inc.

Figg Engineering Group

FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS

GMAC Commercial Mortgage

Mike Goodrich

Delon Hampton Associates

The History Channel Save ourHistory Grant Program

Holland & Knight

Robert W. Holleyman, II

International Association of Bridge,Structural, Ornamental andReinforcing Iron Workers*

International Masonry Institute

Japan-United States FriendshipCommission

The JBG Companies

Frederick A. Kober

A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA, RIBA,JIA/Kohn Pedersen FoxAssociates PC

MacFarlane Partners

Mead Family Foundation*

National Association of Real EstateInvestment Trusts

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OFREALTORS®

National Basketball Association

National Children’s Museum

Nixon Peabody LLP*

Ohio Savings Bank

Perkins + Will

The Peterson Family Foundation

Whayne S. Quin/Holland & Knight

The Related Companies, L.P.

Sheet Metal Workers’ InternationalAssociation

Charles E. Smith CommercialRealty, a division of VornadoRealty Trust

The Straley, Katrivanos, and Mazza Families

STUDIOS Architecture

Target

This Old House Ventures, Inc.

Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc.

Sharon and Jim Todd

Walker & Dunlop/Green ParkFinancial

$5,000–$9,999American Planning Association

American Society of Civil Engineers

Terry W. Antonello

Arent Fox

Shalom Baranes Associates,Architects

Beers & Cutler, PLLC

Bloomingdale’s

Boston Properties

Bresler & Reiner Inc.

John & Jacolyn BucksbaumCharitable Fund

Matthew & Carolyn Bucksbaum

CB Richard Ellis, Inc./Washington-Baltimore Multi-Housing Team

Centex Construction Company, Inc.

Century Housing

Charter One

Chase Commercial Real EstateBanking

Cooper Carry Inc.

Charles A. DeBenedittis

Design Build Institute of America

The Max and Victoria DreyfusFoundation

Economics Research Associates

Enterprise Companies

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Evans

Fleischman and Walsh

The Fogelson Foundation

Freddie Mac Community RelationsDonor Assisted Fund of theCommunity Foundation for the National Capital Region

The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund

Barbara and Herbert Franklin

Gensler Architecture, Design andPlanning Worldwide

Gladding, McBean

Goldberg Companies, Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C.

Gary L. Gross and Harley I. Gross

Harris Nesbit

The Haskell Company

Mrs. John W. Hechinger, Sr.

Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Hines

Joseph F. Horning, Jr.

Huntington National Bank

International Union of Bricklayersand Allied Craftworkers

Phyllis Lambert

Lerner/Cohen/TannenbaumFamilies

Reva and Daniel Logan FamilyFund of The CommunityFoundation for the NationalCapital Region

Linda B. and Jonathan S. Lyons

Marriott International

McKissack & McKissack

McWilliams/Ballard, Inc.

The Morningstar Foundation

Occasions Caterers

Parking Management, Inc.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw PittmanLLP

P.N. Hoffman, Inc.

Prudential Mortgage Capital Co.

J.E. Robert Companies

Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo &Associates LLC

Chase W. Rynd

SMWM

Swidler Berlin LLP

Hattie M. Strong Foundation

Sunrise Foundation

TIAA-CREF

Tompkins Builders

Trammell Crow Company

US Bank

Emily and Antoine van Agtmael

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

WCI / Renaissance Communities

Western Development Corporation

Westfield Corporation Inc.

Leonard A. Zax

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership

$2,500–$4,999Harold L. Adams, FAIA, RIBA, JIA

Andersen Corporation

Mark L. Baughman

Mr. and Mrs. David Bender

BFC Partners

James H. Callard

Cannon Design

Crawford/Edgewood Managers,Inc.

Elizabeth and Martin David

Design Ways & Means–Perry Cofield, AIA

Dimick Foundation

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

Dorsky Hodgson + Partners

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald I. Dozoretz

Ambassador and Mrs. Robert W.Duemling

The Eckert Family Foundation

EMCOR Facility Services

Envision Design PLLC

Fentress Bradburn Architects

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.

The Georgetown Company

Gensler Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gewirz

Graycor Companies

Hargrove Inc.

Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum

The IDI Group Companies

Independence Excavating

Latham & Watkins

Lehman-Smith + McLeish PLLC

Liggett-Stashower, Inc.

Stuart A. McFarland

Mid-Atlantic Association ofMuseums

Miller & Long

Mr. and Mrs. F. Joseph Moravec

National Architectural Trust

National Engineers WeekFoundation

Polshek Partnership Architects

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CO NTR I BUTO RS

Jerome M. Cooper

Kay Cox

Husein Cumber

Janet and David Curtis

Marie-Elise Diamond

Fattehali Eboo

Mark D. Ein

Elkus Manfredi Architects, Ltd.

Susan S. and A. Edward Elmendorf

Richard F. Evans

Nancy McElroy Folger

Phyllis Freedman

Robert J. Geniesse, Esq.

Allan Greenberg, Architect LLC

Paul Gunther

Joseph Haley

Thomas D. Hesselbrock

Homes Portfolio, LLC

William L. Hopkins and Richard B. Anderson

Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLC

Kirk R. Hyde

Hugh Newell Jacobsen, FAIA

Andrew Joskow

Amir Badrudin Kanji

Nazim Karim

Ramzan Ali Karimi

Nooruddin Karsan

Keane Enterprises, LLC

Duane Kissick

Linowes and Blocher LLP

Mahan Rykiel Associates, Inc.

Hanif Mamdani

David D. Marquardt, AIA

Michael L. Marshall, AIA

Grace R. Mayer

Katherine McHugh

Lily and Bob McLean

Joan Meixner

Frederic Melby, AIA

Abdulmalek J. Merchant

Carole and David Metzger

Monarc Construction, Inc.

Julia Monk-Landis, AIA, AISD andJeffrey C. Landis, AIA

Ann K. Morales

Sakura Namioka

Almas Nanji

Clarence W. Pearson, Jr.

Susan Piedmont-Palladino andDouglas R. Palladino

PIP Printing

Quadrangle Development Co.

Eden W. Rafshoon

The Ramji Law Firm

Ann Kendall Richards and The Honorable William Nitze

Stan and Marilyn Ross

Bruce Ross-Sheriff

Mansoor Saleh

Adrienne Schmitz

Aniko Gaal Schott

Rhea S. Schwartz

Susan W. Schwartz

Peter W. Segal

Karen and Langley Shook

Siemens Corporation

Robert Silman Associates, P.C.

Nancy Somerville

Ben S. Stefanski, II

Keene Taylor

Aziz Valliani

Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates

Moez Virani

Katy and Scott Weidenfeller

Nick Whitmer

Beverly A. Willis, FAIA

$100–$499Anonymous

Charles Ablard

Ava Abramowitz and Neil Rackham

Mary Ellen and Gary Abrecht

Mary Achatz

Rolf Achilles

B.J. and Clark Adams

Katherine Adams

Rachel Adcox

Anthony F. Albanese

Donald Albrecht

John B. Albright

Kathryn S.C. and John H. Albright

Charles T. Alexander

Joseph W. Alexander and Kelly Adams

Carolyn Alper

Jeff Alpher

America’s Charities

American University

Teresa Anders

Wolfram Anders

Tove Anderson

Dorothy Andrake

Laura Apelbaum

Apple Electrical Services, Inc.

Benjamin Apt

David S. Arnold

Jeremy Arnold and Eleanor Choi

Matthew Arnold

John Arroyo

Agnes Artemel

Joseph Asin

Charles H. Atherton, FAIA

Atlantic Decorating, Inc.

Robert Axelrod and Christy Wise

Mary and William I. Bacchus

Bachner Communications

Kathy and Bob Baer

Baines Construction

Susan C. Bairstow

Richard Allan Baker

Letitia Baldridge

Michelle Baldwin

Rita Balian

Thomas M. Ballentine

Reed Smith LLP

Emerson G. and Dolores G.Reinsch Foundation

Rippeteau Architects, P.C.

Moshe Safdie and Associates, Inc.

Deborah Ratner Salzberg

Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc.

St Marys Cement Inc.

United Arts Organization of GreaterWashington Inc.

Walton Street Capital

$1,000–$2,499Anonymous

Ai

All Stage & Sound, Inc.

Altoon + Porter Architects

American Institute of ArchitectureStudents

The Honorable and Mrs. MahlonApgar, IV

ARCOM

ARUP

J. Aron Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Atmosphere, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Aurbach

Joseph A. Baldinger

The Bank of New York

Basheer & Edgemoore

BDO Seidman, LLP

The Bernstein Companies

Bernstein Management

Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP

Robert H. Braunohler

Brick Industry Association

Brownstein Hyatt Farber

The Cafaro Company

Cerami Associates

CertainTeed Corporation

Champion Title

Farin Chatur

The Christopher Companies

christopher consultants, ltd.

James C. Cleveland

Eric Colbert, AIA

Contemporary Electrical Services

Marshall B. Coyne Foundation

Criterium Engineers

Custom Design ConceptsArchitecture + Interiors

Leo A. Daly

Day & Zimmerman Group, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Arnaud deBorchgrave

Gilbert E. Delorme, Esq.

Debartolo Holdings, LLC

Zahir Dhalla

Hussein M. Dharsee

DiMella Shaffer

Donohoe Construction Company

Doracon Contracting, Inc.

Christopher Dorval, DorvalStrategies

EHT Traceries Inc.

Embassy of the Kingdom of theNetherlands

Lois and Richard England

Jennifer and Farus Farmanali

Feiner Family Foundation, Michael A. Feiner

Cynthia R. and Charles G. Field

Leonard Forkas, Jr.

Thomas and Ann Friedman

Gilbane Building Company

Greenebaum & Rose Associates

Hanley Wood, L.L.C.

Hickok Cole Architects

Hillier Architecture

HKS Architects

Neal Evan Hodgson

Michael L. Horst

Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Subzali Jinah

Almas Jiwani

Mary Roberta Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Salim Juma

KA, Inc. Architecture

Almas Kanani

S. Kann Sons CompanyFoundation, Inc.

Jack Kay

KGD (Kishimoto.Gordon.Dalaya PC)

KINCH Construction

Susan L. Klaus

KPMG LLP

Eric Lamb/DPR Construction

LaSalle Bank

Robert C. Larson

Jacqueline and Marc Leland

Lewis Group of Companies

Raphael V. Lopez and Linda Marks

Col. Barbara M. Macknick

Martinez & Johnson Architecture

McKennon Shelton & Henn LLP

Meredith & Grew

Mid-City Urban, LLC

Mortgage Bankers Association

Diana R. and Charles A. Nathan

National City Bank

National Concrete MasonryAssociation

National Electrical ContractorsAssociation

National Multi Housing Council

National Trust for HistoricPreservation

NFL Charities

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Novak

Oehme, van Sweden & Associates

Kay and Robert Oshel

Robert A. Peck and Lynn Palmer

Ted & Lea, Jim & Wanda Pedas

PSA-Dewberry

Irene and Abe Pollin

Pulte Homes

Pritzker Foundation

RATHGEBER/GOSS ASSOCIATES

Jaquelin T. Robertson, FAIA

Ellen and Russell Rosenberger

Deborah L. Rosenstein, The Christopher Companies

Stephen E. Sandherr

Ann Satterthwaite, AICP

Bill Sawicki

The Honorable and Mrs. James H.Scheuer

Nizam Shajani

Sharma General Engineering

Darrell Sheaffer

SK&I Architectural Design Group,LLC

Barbara Spangenberg

Ambassador Carl Spielvogel andBarbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

Stanley Martin Commercial, Inc.

Sid Stolz and David Hatfield

StreetSense

Tara Consulting

Peggy and Ken Thompson

Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates

Toucan Capital Corporation

Jessica and Henry Townsend

Truland Foundation

vda

Verizon DC

Mr. and Mrs. Mallory Walker

Wagner Roofing

WDG Architecture, PLLC

Mr. and Mrs. R. Beverly R. Webb

Judy and Pete Welch

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale andDorr LLP

Neal L. Wood

Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA

$500–$999Brian Aitken and Andrea Evers

Jamil Alibhai

Elinor R. Bacon

George Gregory Barnard

Linna M. Barnes and Christian J. Mixter

BBGM/Architects & Interiors

Sally Berk and Sanders H. Berk, M.D.

Shehenaz Bhanji

Suzanne and Richard Bissell

Sara Ann Bounds

M.J. Brodie, FAIA

C. Dudley Brown

Gahl Burt

Mr. and Mrs. William N. Cafritz

Cass & Associates Architects, P.C.

Cheryl and Matthew Chalifoux

Cherry Hill Park

Coblentz, Patch, Duffy, & Bass, LLP

Columbia Woodworking, Inc.

Gianne Conard, AIA

David E. Cooper

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Louisa B. and John F. Barker

Gino J. Baroni

David M. Barton

William B. Bassett

Jason Bassingthwaite and Nichole Roher

Susan Bathory and Donald Lane

Timothy Beacom and JohannesMueller

Ellen Beasley

Esther H. Beaumont

Beery Rio Architects & Interiors

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Belcher, Jr.

Merithew Benington

Marc Bergoffen

Edwin Berk

Phillip G. Bernstein

Best Address Real Estate, LLC

Howard S. Biel

Thomas Biery

Edith S. Bingham

Linda and Mark Binsted

Ann and Jonathan Binstock

Carolyn and Ben Bird

Ilona and Matthew Birenbaum

Nancy and Don Bliss

Blueline Design

Richard C. Blumenstein

Tersh Boasberg

Eleanor and Richard Bochner

BOE Architects, PLLC

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

David and Catherine Bohrman

Lewis Bolan

Analouise C. Bolten

Henry H. Booth

Pamela and Jay Bothwell

Simon Bourgin

Marcia E. Bove

Hollie Bowen and E. Paul Love

Bowie-Gridley Architects, PLLC

Inci Bowman

Jody and Charles Boynton

Susan Haas and Steve Bralove

Carol Brandt

Sue L. Bremner

Robert Brennan

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brenza

Keith Bridger and Nancy J. Simpson

Casey Brill

Katie Britton

Susan Begley Broeksmit and Sam Broeksmit

Karlton W. Brown

William D. Browning

Darnell Burfoot

Florence Burian

Richard T. Busch

John A. Butch

Lanty K. Butchko

Sandra Byrne

Catherine Cahill and WilliamBernhard

California State PolytechnicUniversity

The William Calomiris Company,LLC

Jim Calvert, M.D.

Marcia Camarda

Laura and Ralph Cantral

Capstone Communications, L.L.C.

Claire and Thomas Cardella

Jan D. Carline

Jonita Carter

Joseph Cartwright

Stephen H. Case

Christina S. Casgar

Louise Alden Cassity

Patrick J. Caufield

Katherine Cave

Robyn and Mark Chachula

Morris J. Chalick, M.D.

Wallace W. Chandler

Carl Chapman

Jana Charters and Roy A. Stacy

Chernikoff and Company

CHJ3 Architecture, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon L. Church

John Clark

Lindsey Clark

D. Sherman Clarke

William F. Clinger, Jr.

Donald Cobean

Bonnie Cohen

Nancy Berkinshaw-Cohen andHoward K. Cohen

Ray Colbert

Estella S. Cole

Robert Collett and Nancy Mika

Barbara Collier

Commercial Glass Company Inc.

Jerome Conlon

Sonia and Robert Conly

Joyce Connolly

David Conway

Caroline Cook

William Cook

William T. Cook

Cooke + Skidmore ConsultingCorp.

Kent Cooper

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coupard

Mary and Eugene Covert

David Cox, FAIA

Claire and Warren Cox

Cox Graae + Spack Architects

CPR Multimedia Solutions

William A. Crane

Anne Sprunt and Drury B. Crawley

Stephen M. Crumbie

Ken Cummings

Dahlberg Associates

Donald J. Dakin

Gerald P. Darymple

Maygene and Stephen Daniels

Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Fehrle

Pamela and Daniel J. Feil, FAIA

Paul S. Feira

Brian Feit and Phil Melemed

Frances Ferguson

Theodore M. Fields

Nora Fischer

Christine E. Fisher

Carol Flaisher

Erin J. Flanigan

Grace S. and Philip A. Fleming

Whit Fletcher

Edmund J. Flynn & Co.

P.D. Folk

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ford, II

Phyllis B. Fordham

Sarajane Foster

Florence B. Fowlkes

Barbara Francisco

Kenneth Franco

Enoch D. Frankhouser

Molly M. Frantz

Velma Viets Frazier

Lara Fredrickson

Bruno Freschi, OC, FRAIC

Shirlee and Howard Friedenberg

Ken Fulton and Ron Duby

David F. Furman, FAIA

Susan and Thomas Gage

Patrick Gallagher

Francis E. Gardiner, Jr.

Eileen and Richard Garson

Louis Gauci

Gauthier, Alvarado & Associates

John T. Geary, Jr.

General Typographers, Inc.

B. Clayton Gentry

Jere R. Gibber

Troy Jennene and Charles A. Gibbs

Elizabeth T. Gibson

Christine Gill

Elizabeth and Richard Gill

Laurie and Mark Gillman

Gerald Giovaniello

Giuliani Associates

Global Lighting

Lewis Jay Goetz, AIA, IIDA

Ellen Gold

Leslie J. Goldman

Michael Goldstein

Mr. and Mrs. Kingdon Gould, Jr.

Louise W. and Thomas H. Greene

Georgette N. Gregg

Steve Griffin

The Griffin Family

Jennifer and Brett Griffith

Reginald Griffith

Grimm + Parker Architects

Debbie and Bob Groberg

Carol and C.B. Groce

David J. Gunzerath

Melanie and Fred Dann

Sarah Davidson

Gloria Davis

Susan M. Davis

Greg Dawson and Amy Van Allen

DC Maxecuters

Emily K. and Frank A. DeCicco

Sara Nomellini Delgado, AIA

Lisa Delplace and Chris McGahey

John Demirjian

Susan A. and Bernard G. Dennis, Jr.

Design 1

Miriam and Eugene Dessureau

A.J. Diamond

Jill Dixon

Eric Dobson

William H. Doggett, AIA

Joshua Donato

The Donohoe Companies, Inc.

Robert F. Dorsey and Lynne M. McGrail

Jill Dowling and Collin Green

Joyce and Mortimer L. Downey, III

Vered and Allan Drazen

John Dryden

Dan Dubrowski

Michael H. Ducody

Malinda and Keith Duke

Duke 8 4-0 1 Partnership

Georgiana P. and Chester G. Dunham

Christopher Dunlavey

Jo Ann Duplechin

Jane S. Durch

Samuel S. Dyer

Amy Easton and Keith Green

George Cameron Eaton, AIA

John P. Eberhard, FAIA

Pamela S. Ecker

EDSA

Conrad Egan

Jennifer A. Eggleston and Benjamin Licciardi

Steven Ehrlich, AIA

Ronald Eichner

Joan Eisenstodt and Joel Levy

Ann Elkington and Alvin J. Lorman

Shelly and Gerald Elliott

Harold E. and Louise H. Engle

Carmen T. Schlinke Epstein

Sarah G. Epstein

Shelia Etzkorn and Michael Binder

Ronald L. Ewing

Fabry Associates Architects

Alpheus Fair

Judith and David Falk

Waldo C. Falkener, Jr.

Marilyn Farley

Ellen Farrell

Douglas A. Faulkner and Carolyn F. Gray

Arthur H. Fawcett, Jr.

GWWO Inc. Architects

Mr. and Mrs. Miles J. Haber

John Hager and Ron Geatz

Bruce Haglund

Hailey Design, LLC

Steven A. Hamilton

Michelle Hanson

Rosalyn and Alan M. Hantman

Rita Hare and Bernice Deren

Ann and John Hargrove

Suzanne Harness and Raymond Kogan

Harney Woodworking, Ltd.

William H. Harris, Jr.

Patricia Harrison

Michael Manning Hartman, AIA

Hartman-Cox Architects

Harvard Jolly Architects PA

Anne Hassoun

David Havelka

Ronald Hayes

Josephine D. Hearld

Jay Hellman

Elika Hemphill

D. Rodman Henderer

Matthew Herrington

Joseph Hertzler

Douglas A. Heydon

Daniel W. Hicks, M.D.

Mary Welch Higgins

Gil Hill and Carol P. Galaty

Henry Hill, II

Hill Lumber Company

Margaret Hillert-Zysk

Albert P. Hinckley

Deborah and Klaus Hirtes

Mary Anne and Lance Hoffman

Sandra Dee Hoffman

Jeffrey Holland

Juanita Holler-Mildenberg

Cheryl Hollins

Martin Holmer and Jo Moore

Jeanette M. Honsa

Gayle Hooper

Diane and Victor Hoskins

Gregory M. Hoss

Mary Ann C. Huey

J. Ford Huffman

Pierre Huggins and Lois Ireland

Elise Hughes

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hunter

Badonna R. Hurowitz

Tae Hyon

Ivan V. Idrobo

Wendy Ikezawa

Independence Federal SavingsBank

ING Real Estate

Catherine and W.T. Ingold

Susan J. Irving

Jill Isenbarger and Keith O’Connor

Nancy Riddle Iversen

Susan and Dudley Ives

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Darrell Lemke and Maryellen Trautman

Donald H. Leppla and Eric D. Jackson

Nancy Leuba

Jeffrey Levine and Margaret Moore

Richard H. Levy

Eleanor R. and Roger K. Lewis,FAIA

Ligne Roset Georgetown

Frederick Lindstrom

Kathleen and Peter Linneman

Robert C. Liotta

Stanford Lipsey

Jane Loeffler

Margie and Allen Lomax

Tim Lomax

May F. and William C. Louie

Sharon B. and James W. Lowe

Ann Lowry

Greg D. Luczyk

Kelly Lukins and Kenneth Propp

Karen Luria

Mary Sue and Thomas J. Lyons

Carolyn M. Mackenzie

Richard Maeder

Howard P. Maginniss, AIA

John J. Mahoney

Malcolm Real Estate

Myra Malkin

Bill Malley and Dana Carstarphen

Michael Malone

David P. Manfredi

Vicki and Greg Marchland

Susan Marcus

Marks, Thomas Architects

Rich Markus Architects

Robert C. Marshall, Jr.

Ellen Fishwick Martin

Julie A. Martin and Bruce Fitzgerald

Lynne Masterson

Taddy McAllister

Maureen McAvey

Barbara McBride

Mr. and Mrs. Allan McClain

David McColloch

Joseph McCoy

John McCullough

Celia McEnaney

Mary and Michael McGill

Dorn C. McGrath, Jr.

Liz McGrath

Charles C. McLaughlin

Randolph McManus

Marilyn and Charles McMillion

McCain McMurray

Gillian McPhee

Dan McVane

Philip E. Meany, Jr.

Derek Meares

Clarence Medema

Meditch Murphey Architects

Patricia A. Mellen

Diana C. Mendes and Mark Bassett

Metropolitan Architects andPlanners Inc.

Col. Theresa A. Meyer andBob Ranck

Alan Meyers

Richard Miele

John S. Ingram

David Miller and M. Scott Bowling

David L. Miller

Mr. and Mrs. David P. Miller

Ewing H. Miller, FAIA and Donna Ari

George H. Miller

Gordon L. Miller

Iris Miller, ASLA

Robert Miller

Robert Kris Miller

Miller, Miller & Canby

Jessica and Toby Millman

Henry A. Millon

J.C. and Neil Milner

Robert Minkoff

William Minor

David Missert

Richard Moe

G. Martin Moeller, Jr.

Nahid Mohamadi

Meridith H. and Charles B.Moldenhauer

Tina and Neal Mollen

Mary Alice Molloy

Michael Monette

Lyn Moriarity

M. Howard Morse

John E. Moyer, AIA

Richard J. Moylan

MSI General Corporation

Mueser Rutledge ConsultingEngineers

Donna M. Murasky and Craig M. Dean

Murillo/Malnati Group

Robert Murphy and Fred W. Steckler

John A. Murray

Philip D. Muse, AIA

Patricia and Jeffrey Myers-Hayer

Leonard Napolitano

National Conference of StateHistoric Preservation Officers

National Council of ArchitecturalRegistration Boards

National Law Enforcement OfficersMemorial Fund

National Ready Mixed ConcreteAssociation

Lawrence I. Neff

Charles H. Nelson, III

David L. Nelson

Gregory M. Nelson and Jennifer Nye

Jeff Nelson

Pricilla Nelson

Kathy J. and Richard B. Nettler

New Jersey Institute of Technology

The New York Community Trust

New York Institute of Technology

Hilary Chapman Nguyen

McDuffie Nichols

Lisa and David Nicks

Ted A. Niederman

R.W. Nilsson

Jack Nobles

Alice Norris

Jane W. and Frederick North

Susan Woodward Notkins, AIA andAbner Notkins

Thomas E. O’Brien

Ashley Power and Lawrence O’Connor

Susan D. O’Connor

Paul O’Leary

Ruth E. O’Rourke

Oak Ridge Incorporated

Robert K. Oaks

Linda and Rob Obenreder

Oscar J. Olson, Jr.

Barbara and Fred D. Ordway

Martha and Mark Orling

Henry Otto

G.F. Oudens, FAIA

Andrew Paciorek

Joseph Palca and Kathy Hudson

Barbara Palmer

Linda J. Palmer

Michael J. Panciera

Tom Parker

Susan and David Parry

Valerie and Adrian Parsegian

John G. Parsons

Nicholas Pasanella

Barbara and Stephen M. Pattin

Laura Peebles

Jonathan Penndorf

PerLectric, Inc.

Perfect Settings

John Petro

Claudia Phelps and Ted Baird

Peter G. Piness

John B. Pitchford

Roger Platt

Jillian Hanbury Poole

Martin H. Poretsky

Thorn L. Pozen

Pamela J. and John E. Prevar

Arnold J. Prima, Jr., FAIA

Providence Associates, Inc.

Rhonda Pruss and Donald Messer

Marshall E. Purnell, FAIA

Quality Engraving and Design

Lee C. Quill, AIA and Lori Arrasmith

Marcia F. Rachy

John T. Radelet

Eka Rahardjo

Anne B. Raines

David Ralston

Patricia Ralston

Edna R. Ranck and MartinFleischer

Rasevic Construction Co.

Georgia Ravitz

Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Redden

Wally Reed, Jr. and Mary Ellen Taylor

Deborah E. Reeves

William Regan

Ellie Reichlin

Fred Reiner

Phillip K. Reiss

Teresa F. Remein

Restoration East, LLC

Susan A. Retz, AIA and Charles Lovett

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rigelsky

Scott Riggs

Michael Rilee

Juan Felipe Rincon

Robert Wilson Mobley Partnership, AIA

Kym and Jenns Robertson

Bernard Robertson

Timothy Robson

Trini Rodriguez

Ann and Vincent Rogers

J. Rogers Architecture, Inc.

Walter A. Romanek

Joyce Root

Fred Rosenberger

Rodney A. Ross

Blair Ruble

Ellen Ruina

Francisco Ruiz

Frederick A. Russell

Edward J. Rynne, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Salingher

Stephen M. Salny

Nancy and Arthur Saltford

Barbara M. and Harry L. Sanders

Janet and Thorndike Saville, Jr.

David J. Saylor

Lawrence Scarpa, AIA

Frances Way Schafer

Gilbert P. Schafer, III

James A. Scheeler, FAIA

Roger O. Schickedantz

Peter Schmidt, AIA

Richard L. Schmidt

Cindy and Terry A. Schmidt

Robin Schoen

Zachary Schrag

Angela Schreiber

Harry K. Schwartz

Alethea Schweigert and Gregory Opas

Alan D. Sclater

Mary Frances Scofield

L.M. Scofield Company

Frances I. Scott

David Jameson

Matthew Jelacic

Rich Jensen and Beth Goodrich

John M. Johansen

Bruce Johnson

John H. Johnson

Elizabeth F. Jones

Elizabeth and Dennis Jones

Martha C. and William J. Jones

Joy Developers, LLC

JustGive.org

David N. Kamlin

Ruth and Herschel Kanter

Susan E. Kary

Raymond J. Kaskey, FAIA

David Kassing

William Katzenstein

Gale D. Kaufmann

Elizabeth and John D. Keegan

Judith K. Keenan

Joseph T. Keiger

Joanne M. Kelly

Jonathan Kemper

Cathie J. Kempf

Krista and Karl Kendall

Jeffrey F. Kenney, AIA

Thomas E. Kettler

Rashida Khakoo

Richard Kilday

Esther King and John Page

Nancy King and Tom Loy

Rose Marie Kirwin

Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Kling

C.M. Kling & Associates, Inc.

Mary V. Knackstedt

Stephen W. Koenig, AIA

Sue A. Kohler

Michael Kolakowski

Steven T. Kopke

Martin B. Kormanik

Paulette and John Korns

Janine and Brian D. Kraft

George R. Kravis, II

Mike T. Krzykowski

David Kuehn and Laura Gottesman

Kvell Corcoran Architects, PC

Anita T. Lager

George C. Lancaster

Landis Construction Co.

Susan and Stephen Langley

M.K. Lanzillotta, AIA and Lee Becker, FAIA

Richard P. Larm

Michele and Karen Late

Alison and Peter Lattu

Mary E. Lawrence and Peter Buck

Deborah Lawson

Beryle and Dan Lednicer

Philip D. Lee

Marni G. Lefkowitz

Harold Leich

Barbara B. and Richard Leighton

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Donors of Goods and Services@Last Software, Inc.

Autodesk, Inc.

Blue Ridge Timberwrights

Betsy Bowers

Brick Industry Association and The Belden Brick Company,Canton, OH

Ramon A. Cala

CPR MultiMedia Solutions

Design Ways & Means –Perry Cofield, AIA

Tom Dews

District of Columbia Association of Land Surveyors

Jonathan Foote

Gehry Technologies, Inc.

Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C.

Jayson Hait

Andrew Hall

Lianna S. Hamm

Linda Kay Heinrich

Hewlett-Packard Company

International Masonry Institute

James G. Davis ConstructionCorporation

Lafarge North America, Inc.

J.P. McDermott

The McGraw-Hill Companies

McRaven Restorations

National Capital Art Glass Guild

National Children’s Museum

National Society of ProfessionalEngineers

Natural Edge

NIKO Contracting Co., Inc.

RTKL Associates Inc.

David M. Schwarz/ArchitecturalServices, Inc.

Clift A. Seferlis

Signs by Tomorrow

David Sucher

ULI-Urban Land Institute

Jaime Van Mourik

Virginia Railway Express

Washington City Paper

Washington Metropolitan AreaTransit Authority

Washington Woodworkers Guild

Beth Wehrle

Margaret T. and Ted Weidlein

Robert A. Weinstein and Judith M. Capen

Marvin F. Weissberg

Gareth Wells and Janet E. Ziffer

Wells Woodworking Specialties,Inc.

R. Harrison West

Dean Westman and Andrea Putscher

WHA Architecture

Gerry Whiddicombe

Louise W. Wiener

Allan H. Williams

Michael Willoughby & Associates

Scott M. Wilson

Doryan L. Winkelman and Melanie Ferrara

Christine Wirkkala

Laura Wirkkala

Roger A. Wissman

Robert A. Wittie

Joan and Marshall Wolff

Dale R. Worley

Ron Worth

Edmund Worthy, Jr.

Deby and Robert M. Wulff

William Robert Wurtz and Lisa Swanson

Kevin Yam

Marion E. Yeck

Alex Yellin and Shelia G. Billingsley

George C. Yeonas

Mary and Andy Zehe

Ziegler Builders, Inc.

M. Zelaya Quesada

Rita and Karl Zener

Joanne and Robert Zich

Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.

Robert Zuraski and Elizabeth Monnac

Memorial GiftsIn memory of Jeffrey WildeBrenda M. Derby

In memory of Winthrop FaulknerFlorence B. Fowlkes

Honorary GiftsThe Honorable and Mrs. Stuart

A. Bernstein in honor of Gerald Hines

Matching GiftsBank of America Foundation

Boeing Matching Gift Program

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

ExxonMobil Foundation

The Ford Foundation

GannettMatch

IBM Corporation

The John D. and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation

Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc.

Carolyn Tager

Jack Taylor

Jean Taylor

Shar Taylor and Lisa Dickey

Thomas Taylor and Daniel Drolet

William W. Taylor

Telesis Corporation

Doris C. and Vigdor I. Teplitz

Texas Tech University Library

James Thackaberry

Lauren P. and Stuart Davis Thayer

Renae and David Thompson

R.M. Thornton, Inc.

Nestor Tirado

Michael Towbes

Trace Inc.

Betsy McCue Train

Tricon Construction, Inc.

Trout Design, Inc.

Donald Tucker, RA

Jo Tulkoff

Laura Turner

Patrick Turner

Albert Twanmo

Robert D. Uher

Kristen and Christopher Ullman

University of Florida

University of New Mexico

Joseph Valerio

Henry Van Dyke, V

Deborah and Hall Van Vlack

Stephen Vanze

Andrew Varrieur and Caroline Tipton

Jeanne and Joseph Ventrone

Michele Ruddy Vernon

Versaci Neumann & Partners

Versar Inc.

Voorsanger & Associates

Huan Vu, M.D.

Susan and Melvyn Wahlberg

Boyd Walker and Amanda Lenk

Christopher W. Walker

Lois Walker

Stanley B. Wall

Deborah Wallower

James M. Walter and Michelle A. Portman

Patricia A. and Jesse W. Walter, Jr.

Maurice Walters, AIA and Mary Jean Pajak

Kevin M. Warner

Melissa Warren

Sarah and Luke Wassum

Margaret Watson and Paul Brown

Marjorie and Mathew Watson

Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald

Stan Watters

Kate Meenan-Waugh and James V. Waugh

Verna and John W. Webb, AIA

Patty and Robert Webb

Teri and Mark Webster

Mr. and Mrs. Rex W. Scouten

Colleen and Evans Sealander

Margaret A. Seaver

Donald P. Seibert

Sandra and David Sellers

John Selstrom

Marsha L. Semmel

SGA Architects

Zee Shakur

David L. Sheridan

Gilaine Shindelman

Daniel K. Shogren and Jennifer L. Rise

Lynne K. Siemers

Stefanie Zeldin Sigal and Robert K. Sigal

P. Dawn Sikkema

Scott David Simonsgaard

SKB Architecture & Design

Louis H. Skidmore, Jr., AIA

Bernard Slosberg

Shirley and Albert H. Small

Corinne Smith

Dean Smith

M.C.R. Smith

P.K. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Smith

Smith, Thomas & Smith, Inc.

Jennifer and Marlon Smoker

Susan Sorensen

Fredda S. Sparks

Jeff B. Speck

Madeline and William Speer

Alexander C. & Tillie S. SpeyerFoundation

Nancy M. Spiesman and William C. Jackson

F.N. Spiess

Lawrence Spinelli

Richard L. Sprott

Cecile Srodes

Nick Stanisic Building and Contracting, LLC

George Stavropoulos

Angela Steever-Diba

Joan Steigelman

John Steigerwald

Marjorie L. Stein

Joseph D. Steller

Anne Stephansky

Tim Stephens

Stevens & Vitanza AIA

Scott Sterl, AIA, PLLC

Anne J. Stone

Cornelia J. Strawser

Dennis Stubbs Plumbing

Cathleen Sullivan

Patti Swain

William Robert Wurtz

Joan and Tom Swift

Dwayne J. Sye

T. Rowe Price

Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Associates, Inc.

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Financial Report

The Great Hall at dusk.Photo from the National Building Museum files

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FY ’05 Sources of Support and Revenue

FY ’05 Expenses

Great Hall Events 22%

Museum Shop 12%

General & Administrative 7%

Fundraising 15%

Great Hall Events 6%

Museum Shop Sales 13%

Other Earned Income 10%

ContributedRevenue and Services55%

Programming60%

The Museum’s total revenue for fiscal year

2005 was $8,195,673, a 12 percent increase

over 2004. The growth occurred across vir-

tually all of the Museum’s income streams.

Contributed revenue and services, which

included both restricted and unrestricted

gifts and accounted for over half of the

museum’s total revenue, totaled $4,507,294,

an increase of $736,767. Earned income

from the Museum Shop, Great Hall rentals,

and other sources totaled $3,688,379, an

increase of $114,813.

Expenses for the fiscal year

totaled $7,199,004, the vast majority of

which went directly toward exhibitions,

educational activities, and other program-

ming. The change in net assets between

the end of fiscal year 2004 and the end of

fiscal year 2005 was $996,669.

The National Building Museum

is a nonprofit educational institution as

designated under section 501(c)(3) of the

Internal Revenue Code. This financial

report is based on an independently audited

financial statement. For a copy of the

complete financial statement, please

write to: Accounting Department,

National Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20001, or call 202.272.2448.

The National Building Museum makes all financialrecords available to its outside auditors and atteststo their accuracy and completeness. Additionally, theMuseum attests that it maintains adequate internalaccounting controls and that it adopts soundaccounting policies.

Chase W. RyndPresident and Executive DirectorNational Building Museum

Statement of Changes in Net AssetsTemporarily Permanently

Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total

Net Assets, September 30, 2003 683,837 2,951,012 640,000 4,274,849 Change in Net Assets 101,665 (1,564,068) 5,165 (1,457,238)

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

Temporarily Permanently 2005 2004Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total

REVENUE, GAINS & OTHER SUPPORTContributions and Grants 1,846,315 1,797,577 - 3,643,892 2,731,116 Great Hall Events 1,782,453 - - 1,782,453 1,621,076 Museum Shop Sales 1,045,485 - - 1,045,485 1,136,280 Contributed Services 548,994 - - 548,994 702,112 Membership 268,161 - - 268,161 268,283 Other 223,964 - - 223,964 233,340 Education Program Fees 208,082 - - 208,082 259,057 Investment Income 125,874 185,453 7,568 318,895 254,963 Event Income 109,500 - - 109,500 68,850 Contribution Box 46,247 - - 46,247 69,016 Net Assets Releasedfrom Restrictions 1,174,121 (1,174,121) - - -

Total Revenue 7,379,196 808,909 7,568 8,195,673 7,344,093

EXPENSESProgram ServicesExhibitions 1,807,345 - - 1,807,345 3,058,176Education & Public Programs 1,364,258 - - 1,364,258 1,594,119Museum Shop 883,754 - - 883,754 907,218Publications & Public Affairs 820,587 - - 820,587 1,058,650Great Hall Events 444,611 - - 444,611 367,709Collections 200,855 - - 200,855 163,593

TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES 5,521,410 - - 5,521,410 7,149,465

Supporting Services

General & Administration 484,649 - - 484,649 697,752Fundraising 1,065,782 - - 1,065,782 851,500Membership 127,163 - - 127,163 102,614

TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES 1,677,594 - - 1,677,594 1,651,866

TOTAL EXPENSES 7,199,004 - - 7,199,004 8,801,331

Change in Net Assets 180,192 808,909 7,568 996,669 (1,457,238)

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2005 Statement of Financial ActivitiesYear Ended September 30, 2005

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The Great Hall during the Festival of the Building Arts.Photo by F.T. Eyre

VO LU NTEERS

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Fiscal Year 2005 Volunteers

The Museum thanks all those who

donated their time and services to

the National Building Museum in

fiscal year 2005.

Shop Volunteers

Gino DiNardo

William Eby

Mary Finkenbinder

Kerilyn Fox

Joseph Glassman

Judith Goldberg

Ellen Goldkind

Judith Hecht

Lana Hirsch

Badonna Hurowitz

Ghislaine Jackson

Radine Legum

Harriet Reiss

Madeline Revkin

William Sawicki

Robert Scott

Carole Toulousy-Michel

Lisa Walkup

Deborah Wallower

Newell Watkins

Information DeskVolunteers

Jackie Aamot

Brent Adams

Katherine Anderson

Benjamin Axleroad

Susan Bairstow

Thomas Ballentine

Eugene Becker

Jordan Benderly

Amy Bergbreiter

Sandra Byrne

Robyn Chachula

Eleanor Chambers-Jackson

Ruth Crump

Betsy David

Brenda Derby

William Eby

Sarah Ferguson

Mary Finkenbinder

Alan Friedman

Mark Gavin

Alice Harris

James Heegeman

Dudley Ives

Dorothy Kirby

Rose Marie Kirwin

Lori Krauss

Yvonne Lamy

Sherman Landau

Beryle Lednicer

Sally Liff

Eric Lutz

Ellen Marsh

Norm Metzger

Richard Nagelhout

Matthew Parker

Jennifer Russel

Ned Russell

Roslyn Samuelson

Janice Schuler

Paula Shelton

Garthleen Thomas

Barbara Thomson

Newell Watkins

Jack Wennersten

Ruth Ellen Wennersten

James Woods

Steve Zorn

Docents

Louise Allahut

Claire Andreas

Joyce Arsnow

Susan Bairstow

Thomas Ballentine

Jordan Benderly

Raman Bhatia

Frank Boucher

Marian Bradford

Jim Carr

Frank Chalmers

Paul Christy

Glenn Court

Bob Craycraft

Betsy David

William Eby

Eileen Emmet

Richard Evans

Pamela Feltus

Courtney Fint

Nora Fischer

Jon Gann

Ann Gilbert

Bobby Gladstein

James Golden

Matthew Grimm

Ilona Gyorffy

John Hanley

Tomi Harman

James Heegeman

Mary Anne Hoffman

Judith Hunter

Bettina Irps

Dudley Ives

Ellen Jacknain

Joseph Keiger

Lloyd Kinch

Dorothy Kirby

Yvonne Lamy

Mike Larson

Sally Liff

Margaret Luke

Tina Maisto

Jerry Maready

Debran McClean

Mark McGovern

Charlene Melcher

Norman Metzger

Richard Nagelhout

Fred North

Anne Novak

Amy Pan

John Peterson

Carol Potter

Marilyn Reis

Hillary Rubin

Ellen Ruina

Roslyn Samuelson

John Schuler

Harvey Segal

Seymour Selig

Leonard Shapiro

Jerry Shapiro

Nadine Simon

Ralph Smith

Eric Snellings

Robert Somers

Kim Toufectis

Carole Toulousy-Michel

Nick Wafle

Lisa Walkup

Tim Ward

James Woods

Debee Yamamoto

Cart Facilitators

Aron Beninghove

William Eby

Amy Haas

Tina Maisto

Kelly Malloy

Leonard Shapiro

Wendy Smith

Kim Toufectis

Staff Volunteers

Joyce Arsnow

Susan Bairstow

Hilda Beauchamp

Heather Bradley

Yang-Yang Chen

Scott Clowney

Bob Craycraft

Gene Eisman

Richard Evans

F.T. Eyre

Arlene Fetizanan

Bobby Gladstein

Ellyn Goldkind

Alice Harris

Judy Hecht

Cheryl Hollins

Ellen Jacknain

Louise Johnson

Lisa Karasiewicz

Emily Kirk

Anne Lange

Dan Lednicer

Catherine Lee

Sally Liff

Margaret Luke

Bronwyn Massey

Nicole Mayer

James McCormick

Supichaya Meesad

Emily Mudd-Hendricks

John Blake Murphy

Ivan Pang

Zarna Patel

Alexis Peck

Marilyn Reis

Roslyn Samuelson

Rick Harlan Schneider

Janice Schuler

Hanna Smith

Gail Stenger

Barbara Thomson

Cindy Thompson

Maria Timm

Kim Toufectis

Emily Van Agtmael

Meghan Van Dam

Nicole Warren

Steve Zorn

Emeritus Volunteers

Pat Goldstein

William Hopper

E.M.J. Pauyo

Edmund Peterson

Judy Richey

Interns

Nana Akowuah

Emily Beaver

Molly Cable

Maria del Rosario Cornejo

Kristin Dean

Laura Fribley

Ludivine Gilli

Emily Gresham

Tatiana Lledo

Katie Meyerson

Emma Sandler

Shuning Zhao

Volunteer Benjamin Axleroad(right) with a participant in theFestival of the Building Arts.Photo by F.T. Eyre