Events

to 30 June 2025

Washington, DC
General, Exhibitions

Capital Brutalism  

Amid the Cold War, urban renewal efforts ushered in a “Brutalist” phenomenon that reshaped the nation’s capital in the mid-20th century. Many high-profile public buildings were designed and constructed with exposed structural elements and building...


to 5 July 2025

New Haven, CT
General, Exhibitions

The Tuskegee Chapel: Paul Rudolph X Fry & Welch  

This exhibition reveals the often-overlooked story of the rich partnership behind a celebrated yet understudied work of midcentury architecture: Paul Rudolph, Louis Fry, Sr., and Col. John Welch’s landmarked Tuskegee Chapel (1960–1969) on the campus of...


3 July to 20 July 2025

Washington, DC
General, Exhibitions

Momentum Park(our)  

This summer, the National Building Museum invites visitors of all ages to experience Momentum Park(our), a bold new installation that transforms the Museum’s Great Hall into an immersive parkour environment. Open from July 3–20, this limited-time...


22 July 2025

New York, NY
Events, Lectures

Designing the American Century: The Public Landscapes of Clarke and Rapuano, 1915-1965  

In his new book Designing the American Century, Thomas J. Campanella argues that Gilmore D. Clarke and Michael Rapuano were the foremost spatial designers at work in the mid-20th century. Their vast portfolio of public...


to 8 August 2025

San Francisco, CA
General, Exhibitions

Do Not Try to Remember  

In the mid-20th century, a group of renegade architects broke all the rules, shaping a uniquely American vision of design. Now, their work comes to life in Do Not Try to Remember: The American School of Architecture in the Bay Area, an archival...


to 10 August 2025

New York, NY
General, Exhibitions

Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial  

Featuring 25 site-specific, newly commissioned installations, Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial explores design’s role in shaping the physical and emotional realities of home across the United States, US Territories, and Tribal Nations. The...


to 31 August 2025

Chicago, IL
General, Exhibitions

Constructing Hope: Ukraine  

Constructing Hope: Ukraine presents the work of over a dozen participants currently applying architectural thinking to support Ukraine’s short and long-term reconstruction efforts. In the face of Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine—a...


to 2 September 2025

New York, NY
General, Exhibitions

Fantasizing Design: Phyllis Birkby Builds Lesbian Feminist Architecture  

Fantasizing Design: Phyllis Birkby Builds Lesbian Feminist Architecture traces the life, work, and networks of lesbian feminist architect Phyllis Birkby (1932–1994), who pushed design professionals and the public to imagine a built environment beyond...


to 5 October 2025

Washington, DC
General, Exhibitions

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Southwestern Pennsylvania  

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Southwestern Pennsylvania presents both realized and unrealized projects Frank Lloyd Wright designed for the region from the 1930s through the 1950s. The exhibition examines how his vision of the future might have impacted urban,...


23 June to 6 October 2025

Chicago, IL
General, Exhibitions

The Prize is the Beginning: Illuminating Architectural Excellence Through the Americas Prize  

The prize is only the beginning. MCHAP’s goal is to lay groundwork for these conversations to continue growing on their own, contributing to a greater understanding of how architecture impacts the vibrant, complex world around us.Presented in...


to 18 October 2025

New York, NY
General, Exhibitions

The Modern Concrete Skyscraper  

The new exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum, The Modern Concrete Skyscraper retells the history of the high-rise through the lens of the material reinforced concrete. Popular narratives of the rise of the skyscraper view the evolution of the tall...


to 2 November 2025

Hudson, NY
General, Exhibitions

What’s Missing? Artworks in the Olana Landscape  

Olana’s 250-acre naturalistic landscape was designed by Frederic Church between 1860 and 1900 and is the most intact historic artist’s environment in the United States. Despite this remarkable state of preservation, several structures dating to...


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