This year?s installment of the National Building Museum?s Summer Block Party Series, James Corner Field Operations? ICEBERGS, is now open to the public. On display until September 5th, ICEBERGS takes the form of a shimmering, underwater world of glacial ice fields located in the museum?s expansive Great Hall to provide the public with an escape from the hot Washington, D.C. summer.

© ICEBERGS at the National Building Museum, by James Corner Field Operations. Photo by Timothy Schenck.

This year?s installment of the National Building Museum?s Summer Block Party Series, James Corner Field Operations? ICEBERGS, is now open to the public. On display until September 5th, ICEBERGS takes the form of a shimmering, underwater world of glacial ice fields located in the museum?s expansive Great Hall to provide the public with an escape from the hot Washington, D.C. summer.
© ICEBERGS at the National Building Museum, by James Corner Field Operations. Photo by Timothy Schenck.

Wrapping around the Great Hall?s large corinthian columns, a ?water line? has been suspended at 20 feet to bisect the room and turn the space into a literal representation of a 3D ice cube drawing. Massive polycarbonate icebergs poke their way through the water, becoming slides and viewing platforms as they approach the ground.

© ICEBERGS at the National Building Museum, by James Corner Field Operatio...