National Geographic Society Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
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Polished stone sculpture threatened by National Geographic expansion prompts reconsideration

Architect

David Childs of , the architect who commissioned the sculpture as part of an SOM-led expansion of the headquarters in 1984, has come out against the demolition, as have over a dozen other design, museum, and cultural heritage professionals and organizations, including , which has led efforts to save the sculpture.