Hip Hop Architecture Camp is taking place this summer. What is it? These are free, weeklong summer camps to expose kids from underrepresented populations to the architecture and the affiliated fields. This camp was created by a Detroit architect, Michael Ford and developed by The Urban Arts Collective, an organization focused on increasing the number of underrepresented kids […]
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Things are Looking Up!
Los Angeles design firm, Freeland Buck, designed a fascinating installation for the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. It will open in July 2017. The architects took images of ceilings, ceilings with varied depth and features, and projected a selection of these different ceiling patterns on to a drop ceiling in the gallery in […]
150 Years of Frank Lloyd Wright
2017 will be a yearlong celebration of the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth. There will be special tours, projects,events, and even dinners at various venues in Madison Wisconsin. For kids, there is an exciting new exhibit inspired by Wright’s ideas, at the Madison Children’s Museum. The exhibit’s title, “From Coops to Cathedrals: Nature, Childhood and the […]
Free Architecture School? For Real?
In an old factory in Los Angeles, some people have gotten together and created an architecture school that costs nothing to attend. The Container Yard in downtown LA is a new concept for architecture education. The barriers created by costing too much for many students have been brought down. This is not a replacement for […]
Google Salutes Architect Zaha Hadid
The Google Doodle today, May 31, 2017, recognizes the architect Zaha Hadid and her unique works of architecture. With swirls and curves, the illustration reminds us of the many works that swished and flowed, like paper instead of heavy building materials. She brought so many new concepts of form to the construction of buildings. Sadly […]
architecture for kids is OK in OK
Bad pun, admittedly. We love that librarians and artists are teaming up in Oklahoma to create an architecture project for kids this summer. These architecture inspired classes will be themed, “Build a Better World.” Three drawing classes have been scheduled: 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. on May 30, and 2-5 p.m. on June 8. […]
Architecture Camps for Kids 2017
We are working on collecting information about camps that teach about architecture for kids. There are a few OTHER ARCHITECTURE CAMPS around. – Please let us know of other camps so we can post the information for others looking to have a fun built-environment kind of summer. Benton Harbor Michigan Renaissance Kids Summer Architecture Program […]
Architect Dreams of 4 Golden Pigs
UPDATE! THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN! Later in summer 2017 for ONE DAY! We will keep you posted. An architecture firm in Chicago, New World Design, wants to diminish the exaggerated signage that was posted on the exterior of the Trump building in Chicago. These architects, offended by the bad taste and ugliness of the HUGE […]
Michelle Obama for Architecture!
Former First Lady Michelle Obama recently spoke at the American Institute of Architects’ 2017 annual meeting. She urged that people who design and build in cities must think about all parts of the city, not just the “important” buildings downtown, but also the communities where children live and play. She also suggested that we – teachers, parents, adults […]
A Small ABC Book about Architecture
A is for Architecture is a book by Eric Heuler. With a hand drawn image on each page and a single sentence describing the words from A to Z, the book is a nice introduction to the terms of architecture, from Dome, to Masonry, to Oculus. (An oculus, by the way, is a circular window […]