SOURCE: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Theo tin Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
WHAT: World Architecture Day
WHEN: Monday, October 3 from 10 AM to 7 PM
WHERE: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at Seventh Street, 700 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560
Celebrate #WorldArchitectureDay by enjoying “Donuts with the ‘Brutalist Donut’”—a day of complimentary donuts and free architecture tours of our iconic circular building.
Tours by experts, including The Atlantic’s Kriston Capps and ARCHITECT magazine’s Deane Madsen, will reveal the genius of the Hirshhorn’s unique spaces and how the museum’s rebellious, modern style changed ideas of design. Then, visitors can enjoy a delicious Hirshhorn-inspired donut from Zombie Coffee and Donuts created especially for this day (while supplies last).
A new special session, ARTLAB+ Storytime at 10 a.m., invites the museum’s youngest visitors ages birth to preschool, to enjoy a read-aloud of the children’s book “Iggy Peck Architect” and a hands-on building activity. Nursing moms and strollers are welcome.
Affectionately nicknamed the “Brutalist donut,” the Gordon Bunshaft-designed Hirshhorn, the Smithsonian’s museum of modern art, is one of the most celebrated examples of the Brutalist architectural style that flourished during the 1950s–1970s. Other well-known local Brutalist landmarks include Washington’s Metro stations and the J. Edgar Hoover (FBI) Building.
SPECIAL TOURS:
10 a.m. tour: ARTLAB+ Storytime for young visitors birth to preschool and their caregivers
Noon tour: Critic Kriston Capps (@kristoncapps) writes for the Atlantic’s CityLab on art, architecture and the shape of cities today. The public can join online via FacebookLive at facebook.com/thisiscitylab.
3:30 p.m. tour: Gallery-guide tour of architecture-inspired artwork in the Hirshhorn’s collection
6 p.m. tour: Deane Madsen (@deane_madsen) is the associate editor of Architect magazine and runs @brutalistDC, an Instagram celebration of the District’s concrete masterpieces. (The 6pm tour is an outdoor walking tour of the building and plaza)
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