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Fallingwater Colors

In Mill Run Pennsylvania, a house of stone, concrete, steel and glass straddles above a stunning waterfall. The house is named Fallingwater and it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright from 1936- 1939. The Kaufmann family hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design this National Historic Landmark building as a weekend getaway home. There is a whole palette […]

Which One Does Not Belong?

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of America’s most famous architects. This year celebrates the 150th anniversary of his birth. Frank Lloyd Wright designed so many different things. Which thing did he NOT design? homes shops hotels religious structures skyscrapers civic structures amusement parks bridges museums art glass windows furniture fabrics eyeglasses lamps carpets china statuary urns […]

Hip Hop Architecture for Kids

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 […]

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 […]