You can’t really argue with a program that is a free, hands-on, project-based learning experience for schools, educators and students, grades K-12. Cincinnati is one lucky place indeed! The project called Design Lab is an in-classroom program that includes visits by built-environment professionals who visit the classroom one time per month for four months in a row. […]
Month: April 2015
Thank You for 50 Buildings
Today is day 24 in the “History of Cities in 50 Buildings” series that The Guardian is sharing with the world. A global (literally!) view on structures from Chicago to Mumbai to London and Timbuktu, the stories explain the cities by describing the history of the buildings in 50 cities. These are not your typical stories of […]
Design.Build.Transform.
What a great series of words. Design.Build.Transform. If you design something and build it, you have transformed that space. It could be a lego tower or a real-life skyscraper, a collection of chairs in a room or a new library for your town. You have the power to think about it and make it happen. […]
Architecture Playground for Kids
Besides great jazz music, yummy beignets (donut-like treats) and a great architectural bike tour of the Lower Ninth Ward, there is now a new reason to visit New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). At 2828 Thalia Street, you will find “the Imagination Playground – an architect-designed kit of life-sized building blocks as well as a wide array […]
Architecture Camps for Kids in Illinois
Two architecture camps are planned for this summer 2015 for kids grades 4-6 and 7-9 as well as high school kids, grades 9-12. at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale Illinois. Far south in the great state of Illinois, (quite far from Chicago – our hometown,) is a state university where an excellent design camp has […]