Framing A Capital City Symposium
April 11, 2007National Building Museum
Washington, DC, United States of America
Venue: National Building Museum
At the Framing a Capital City Symposium experts and authors from
across the country will discuss the landscape of commemoration and
symbolic narrative beyond the National Mall, the creation of a more
sustainable urban ecology, the evolution of the use of public space
and architecture in Washington, and the challenges facing local and
federal authorities to build a capital city that honors our
nation’s achievements while maintaining the qualities of a
livable city for both residents and tourists.
Speakers include: Lucy Barber, Author, Marching on Washington the
Forging of an American Political Tradition; Larry Beasley, former
Director of Planning for the City of Vancouver; Timothy Beatley,
Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, University of
Virginia School of Architecture; Joe Brown, President and CEO of
Landscape Architecture Firm EDAW; Maurice Cox, Associate Professor,
University of Virginia School of Architecture and City Counselor
for the City of Charlottesville; Judy Scott Feldman, Chairman,
National Coalition to Save Our Mall; Alex Krieger, Professor in
Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Design Department of Urban
Planning and Design; Dan Tangherlini, City Administrator and Deputy
Mayor, Washington DC; Lawrence Vale, Professor of Urban Studies and
Planning at MIT; and Michael Z.Wise, Author of Capital Dilemma:
Germany's Search for a New Architecture of Democracy. Robert Ivy,
editor-in-chief, Architectural Record, will moderate the
Symposium.
Framing A Capital City is being hosted and sponsored by the
National Capital Planning Commission and the U.S. Commission of
Fine Arts in partnership with the National Building Museum. Free.
Registration required. To register go to www.nbm.org.
9:00 AM – 6:30 PM