Spotlight on Design: WXY
Claire Weisz, founding principal of WXY architecture + urban design, discusses the firm’s design approach for an era of climate adaptation at the National Building Museum. This insightful lecture explores resilient urban design and climate-ready architecture.
School’s Out: Architectural Photography
Join the National Building Museum for a hands-on architectural photography workshop at 10:30 on April 17, 2026. This educational session covers composition, lighting, and framing of iconic architecture, with on-site practice inside the museum.
Writing Workshop: Blackfish City (AT POLITICS AND PROSE)
Explore how imagined environments shape world-building in fiction, guided by Blackfish City. This interactive workshop at the National Building Museum, part of Politics and Prose, dives into setting, character, and narrative craft inspired by Sam J. Miller’s novel, with hands-on writing prompts.
Future Fridays: Detroit
Join Future Fridays for a virtual session featuring personal stories shaping Detroit's transformation. Explore how identity, memory, and belonging influence what it means for a city to evolve, in a thoughtful dialogue hosted by the National Building Museum.
Spotlight on Design: GGN
Shannon Nichol, co-founder of GGN, discusses the firm's holistic approach to landscape architecture, weaving urban planning, landscape design, restoration ecology, architecture, engineering, and art. The National Building Museum talk offers insight into innovative, cross-disciplinary design for cities and public spaces.
Girl Scouts- Nice Neighbors
Daisy Girl Scouts earn the Good Neighbor badge by exploring what it means to belong to a community through a hands-on city-design activity at the National Building Museum. This family-friendly workshop invites youth and guardians to discuss communities, apply design thinking, and earn a badge together.
Future Friday: Chattanooga (VIRTUAL)
Future Fridays at the National Building Museum host a virtual panel on Chattanooga’s next chapter, exploring how stories of identity and belonging shape the future of smaller cities with big ambitions. Hear from diverse speakers shaping urban narratives and consider how place and people influence policy, planning, and community.