Architects Honored at White House for National Arts and Humanities Medals

President Barack Obama will award the 2013 National Medals of Arts and the National Humanities Medals at a ceremony today in the White House East Room.

Johnpaul Jones, FAIA, founding partner of Seattle-based Jones & Jones, is one of ten recipients of the National Humanities Medal. Architects Billie Tsien, AIA, and Tod Williams, FAIA, partners in their eponymous New York firm, will each be receiving a National Medal of Arts. Artist James Turrell will also be receiving a National Medal of Arts.

Watch the live-streamed ceremony below at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday. *Update: We're experiencing technical difficulties with the embedded video below. Watch the live-stream here.