As the built environment expands, the role of architects and architecture in realizing goals of sustainabilty, along with human aspiration, only increases in importance. Visit the Cooper Hewitt, ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Maria Nicanor is the director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. An architecture and design curator and historian, she is passionate about public access to culture and rethinking ...

You can see what’s going on at the museums for that day and ... s design came from prominent New York architect James Renwick, Jr. The Smithsonian Castle houses the administrative offices ...

With a collection of more than 147 million items, this robust Smithsonian museum on the National Mall attracts millions of visitors each year. Some of the museum's highlights include replicas of ...

Visitors can reach the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by taking the Metro's Blue, Orange or Silver lines to Smithsonian station or Federal Triangle station.

There are also implications for the allied arts—to which architecture is inextricably linked. Take for example, the Smithsonian. While Renwick wanted to assert the independence of that budding ...

The Smithsonian. The Met. The Guggenheim. These institutions are among the most well-known in the U.S., revered worldwide for their exhibits and architecture. But three of the best museums in the ...