Visit to the National Building Museum, Washington, DC

This Sunday, October 22, my wife and I went down town Washington,DC and visited the NBM ( www.nbm.org) . I know it is fashonable to complain about "government spending" but I must say this is an amazing building and it currently houses an amazing exhibit - The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architercture and Design.

There is almost too much there to describe in detail, but of particular interest is an entire, physical house (The Glidehouse - http://www.mkd-arc.com/whatwedo/glidehouse/index.cfm) designed byMichelle Kaufmann in California and available now on the market (10 houses so far starting at $130/sf). It is representative of some of the most creative work being done today by using powerful design software, the latest "green" materials and prefabricated/modular construction. These techniques allow individual designs to be combined efficent production and low-impact construction.