Frank Lloyd Wright designed the headquarters for the S.C Johnson company in Racine, Wisconsin. He designed the buildings, the furniture, and even the sculptures. You can take a free tour of the place if you ever visit the Dairy state, and it is worth it. The parking lot has these mushroom shaped columns that hold […]
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Tennessee Architecture Program for Teens
If you are in high school in Tennessee, you might consider this great opportunity to learn more about the fields of architecture, construction, and engineering. The ACE program introduces high school kids to these fields through a year-long mentorship program, that culminates in a presentation. Sounds like a great way to get your feet wet […]
Busy Builder of Mini Buildings
Charles Young has a fancy for building things. He decided to build a small building each day for a full year. Yessirree. 365 buildings in as many days. Each building is a miniature work of art and function. The windmill, pictured, runs around and powers an ax that cuts wood next to the building. Each […]
Rebuild reBUILDS an Old Bank
“Rebuild Foundation is a nonprofit organization in Chicago that aims to REBUILD teh cultural foundations in underinvested neighborhoods and incite movements of community revitalization that are culture based, artist led and neighborhood driven.” That is that it says front and center on the Rebuild Foundation website. And clearly, Theaster Gates, the founder of Rebuild, knows […]
96 Days of Architecture in Chicago
Countdown until October 3, 2015. The Chicago Biennial begins on that day in autumn, when there will be exhibitions and structures, converations, lectures and stuff to do for 96 days of architecture. More details to follow the Chicago Architecture Biennial website. And we will post what is up for kids here, once we know more. […]
Architecture = the Game of Twister
You know when you play Twister and you start out and it is easy? Right hand on the blue dot, left foot on the red dot. No problem. But as you continue spinning the arrow, it gets more and more difficult to get that right foot in the right place, and hey, your right hand […]
Record Breaking Legos in UK!
On August 10th, you need to get to the Boroughbridge Library (in Boroughbridge, UK of course…) because there is going to be an event to build with lots and LOTS of Legos! Anyone is welcome and the session is free. We live in the US, but this might warrant a trip across the pond (also […]
A Real-Life Origami House?
Fold it up in the winter and open it up when the weather warms up, this house moves around on tracks so that it can change shape. How great is that? An architecture firm in London, called D*Haus came up with this moveable structure called the D*Dynamic. The definition of dynamic is “characterized by constant change, […]
U of Illinois wants YOU to Discover Architecture
Champaign-Urbana is the home of the University of Illinois. Go visit in the summer and stay to learn about being an architect. Find out what architects do, how they do it, why they do it and act like an architect yourself. Draw for hours, use laser cutting machines, pens, vellum, and a lot of tissue. Create models with […]
BOY versus GIRL TOYS
A long, long time ago, when we at archKIDecture were just young children, only boys got to build with toys. Girls did not. Girls got soft toys, like dolls and stuffed animals, and they could dress them up and carry them around. Boys got toys to build with, blocks and legos, and they got dolls too, […]