So there is an architect, well he is really called an “architectural botanist”, named Patick Blanc. He comes from France and works all of the world, to make architecture out of plants. Walls of buildings – both inside walls and outside walls – that are just covered in furry, luxurious greenery. There are buildings that […]
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Boys and Girls and Building Toys
When I was a kid I did not play with Barbie dolls. I did not want to. But I also did not play with building toys. They were for boys and I am a girl. Back in the days when I was a kid, (in the Stone Ages) boys and girls did not play with […]
Houses of Paper
This Japanese architecture firm has designed some really interesting projects, including this project in Japan, which was built as temporary housing after a natural disaster. The architecture firm, called Shigeru Ban Architects is very successful at building projects out of paper and cardboard. Especially since paper and cardboard are easy to manufacture and recyclable too. […]
Watch a Movie on a Raft
An architecture firm called Buro Ole Scheeren, based in China and Hong Kong, is designing some really neat stuff. One of their projects is a series of rafts with bean bag chairs that face towards a raft that holds a movie projection screen. So you are floating while watching the movie – in the middle […]
Don’t Play with Your Food, Young Man!
So, at archKIDecture, we are not huge fans of wasting food or using it in ways that are not going to be eaten, however, this use of the superfood broccoli, could not go unnoticed. This artist, Brock Davis, took his healthy food to heart and art and made a tree house out of toothpicks in […]
A Contest in Atlanta
For kids and adults alike, you can try out this “Name the architecture spot in Atlanta” contest. A group of photos of details of buildings that people who really look around will recognize, you can fill in the blanks and maybe win the contest! We think it is a cool idea to get people to […]
A Talking Head talks about Music and Architecture
Music is defined by architecture. Well, music is influenced by architecture. Well, music is often written and played in different ways because of the space where it is performed. David Byrne, formerly of the Talking Heads, a popular music group back in the day, suggests that music is influenced by the space in which it […]
Be a Tourist in Your Own City
A number of cities across the world have been organizing free public events, called OpenHouse.The events allow behind-the-scenes access to over 100’s of great sites for one select weekend in a given city. You have the opportunity to see private houses, public structures and secret spaces that are otherwise closed to the public. And it […]
SO you want to teach about architecture to kids…
Design is a difficult thing to learn – sometimes it seems like people either have the skill or they don’t. But that is not true. There are a lot of things to teach about design as an effort of problem-solving. If you give kids a problem to solve, like to build a structure with 30 […]
A Jumpy Wall
This wall seems to be nervous…when you approach it, it starts to jump and move! Designed by an architecture firm in New York called nARCHITECTS, the wall is made of foam and a bunch of electronic sensors that can tell when someone is near it. Once it senses you, it causes the foam to move, […]