October 2003 - Masonry Month in Washington, D.C. - marked the debut of a national exhibition that explores the untapped potential of masonry and offers this challenge:

“If you can imagine it, we can build it.”

Sponsored by the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) and the International Masonry Institute (IMI), the National Building Museum exhibition featured four renowned architects taking four masonry materials – stone, brick, terrazzo and AAC – in new directions in collaboration with expert IMI instructors. The full-scale installations helped to suggest the unexplored potential of each material.

The exhibition also documented masonry’s contribution to today’s built environment, and challenged visitors to question masonry’s future direction in architectural design. Lectures and hands-on design seminars completed the program.

The exhibition was curated by Stanley Tigerman, FAIA, of Tigerman McCurry Architects in Chicago, Illinois.

The National Building Museum is America’s premier cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction and urban planning. In addition to Masonry Variations, the National Building Museum is host to many other exciting BAC/IMI events.

	Stone Jeanne Gang, AIA Studio Gang Chicago Matthew Redabaugh, BAC Member IMI Special Projects Coordinator
	Brick Carlos Jimenez Carlos Jimenez Studio Houston Keith Behrens, BAC Member IMI Southwest Regional Training Director
	AAC Winka Dubbeldum Archi-tectonics New York Bob Mion, BAC Member IMI Mid Atlantic/NY/NJ Training Director
	Terrazzo Julie Eizenberg Koning/Eizenberg Architecture Santa Monica Mike Menegazzi, BAC Member IMI Terrazzo Instructor