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National Building Museum

An 'Evicted' Exhibit Planned for the National Building Museum

The critically acclaimed and Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted by Mathew Desmond will serve as the inspiration for an "immersive" exhibition at the National Building Museum.

October 28, 2017 - CityLab

Minnesota History Center Exhibit Makes Room for Suburban Romance

"Suburbia," opening today at the new Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, allows a portrait of suburban living that goes well beyond the mundane. By redefining the history suburbia, the exhibit also tracks the contemporary evolution of suburbs.

October 17, 2015 - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Designing the Built Environment With Information Technology

A new project at the National Building Museum is collecting information to better understand the built environment. Next American City talks with the program's curator, Susan Piedmont-Palladino.

July 19, 2011 - Next American City

A Museum-Based Charrette on Riverfront Revitalization

A new museum exhibit in Vermont invites visitors to review various proposals for updating the riverfront in Brattleboro -- and allows them to submit their own ideas.

September 22, 2010 - Change Observer

Unleashing the Planner in Everyone

This piece from Next American City looks at a variety of urban planning-focused events being hosted by cultural institutions, and how those events help to include the regular citizen in the process of planning.

August 16, 2010 - Next American City

Visions of 2030: Bikes, BRT and Other Stuff We Have Now

A review of the Our Cities Ourselves at the Center for Architecture in New York, which features ten proposals to create better cities by 2030.

July 24, 2010 - The Architect's Newspaper

Showcasing Suburbia

An exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art offers an unbiased, "awestruck" exploration of America's suburbs.

October 8, 2008 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ethnic Groups Are Reinterpreting the Burbs

'Fringe Benefits: Cosmopolitan Dynamics of a Multicultural City' is the name of an exhibit open now at the Design Exchange in Toronto. Urban designer Ian Chodikoff explains his inspiration for the show.

July 12, 2008 - The Globe and Mail

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