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F STREET—The National Building Museum's Spotlight on Design lecture will be by Jim Eyre, RIBA on January 12th. Click through for the press release. [CurbedInbox]
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Media Advisory from the National Building Museum
For Immediate Release: January 5, 2012
Media Contact: Stacy Adamson, sadamson@nbm.org, 202.272.2448, ext. 3458
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Spotlight on Design Lecture with Jim Eyre, RIBA
National Building Museum Presents Groundbreaking Architect on January 12
WHAT
Spotlight on Design: Jim Eyre, RIBA
Jim Eyre, RIBA, is a founding director of London-based Wilkinson Eyre Architects. The firm won the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize two years in a row. Some of the firm's best known designs are Gardens by the Bay in Singapore and Guangzhou International Finance Centre. One of Eyre’s designs for the National Building Museum's Great Hall is included in the Museum's Unbuilt Washington exhibition, which will be open for viewing prior to the lecture.
Continuing education credits are available as follows: 1.5 LU HSW-SD (AIA)
WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
(Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
$12 Member | FREE Student | $20 Non-member.
Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.
WHO
Jim Eyre, RIBA, a founding director of Wilkinson Eyre
WHEN
Thursday, January 12, 2012
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Spotlight on Design Lecture
SPONSOR
Spotlight on Design is sponsored by Lafarge, the world leader in building materials, with additional support from the American Institute of Architects. Architectural Record is the official media sponsor of Spotlight on Design.