This beautiful glowing structure is not as scary as it might look – located in the middle of a redwood forest, it is illuminated from within and seems to be from another world. It is a structure that is made from, of all things, a 3-D printer. If you have not heard of them yet, […]
Month: August 2013
Architecture Video Candy
This video is so sweet, you may just want to eat it for a snack. It is an alphabet video of famous architects and a building that they built. It is simple and colorful and the buildings are a bit jumpy and excited. It is as if they are jumping for joy to be included […]
Watch a City Grow
The folks at a company called Cube Cities have made some interesting videos that illustrate the growth of some big cities – so you can watch a flat city without structures “grow” buildings and become a metropolis. With bold colored boxes representing the heights of buildings that sprang up over time, you can see the […]
Camp for Architecture
Oh it is so frustrating that we don’t live in Hong Kong, and that it is so far away. In Hong Kong, an architectural design firm, called James Cybertecture Firm offers a very interesting program for kids to learn about the built environment and buildings. No, we have not attended the class nor have our […]
Betts House in Cincinnati
A small museum, called the Betts House, in Cincinnati has a focus on buildings and construction. The museum hosts exhibits and programs on architecture, historic preservation, building trades and materials, and construction technologies, all in the oldest brick structure in that Ohio city. They have their own exhibits, including one about a huge earthquake in […]