National Museum of the American Indian 1995-1997

Project Architect:  
Concept Development, models, watercolour rendering, ACAD Design and Construction Documents for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

With Douglas Cardinal Architect, Washington DC 1995-1997.

Final Building Construction 2004.
Situated on the last Site of the Mall adjacent to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Washington DC. The five-story, 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m2), curvilinear building is clad in a golden-colored Kasota limestone designed to evoke natural rock formations shaped by wind and water over thousands of years.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) was awarded a LEED Silver rating established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute. LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings. The NMAI’s Washington, D.C., building achieved LEED certification for energy savings, water efficiency, indoor environmental air quality, and site sustainability, based on green design and construction features that positively impact the building and its immediate environs and the broader community. The NMAI is the first Smithsonian museum to achieve LEED certification.