
THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURYIV
NEWSEUM
NEWSEUM BUILDING FACADE
Washington, D.C., USA
Poulin + Morris Inc. (est. 1989), Designers
New York, New York, USA
Ennead Architects (formerly Polshek Partnership; est.
1963), Architects
New York, New York, USA
2008
Newseum, located between the Capitol Build-
ing and the White House and adjacent to the
Smithsonian museums on the National Mall,
is a seven-level, 643,000-square-foot (60,000
sq m) interactive museum designed by Ennead
Architects (est. 1963) and dedicated to news
and journalism. As one of nation’s capital’s most
popular destinations, Newseum’s mission is to
“raise public awareness of the important ...