And here is a detail. We received an email about a girl who volunteered her expertise in Google Sketchup to make these drawings of a community garden in Chicago. What a great way to get some experience, help your neighbors and learn a useful design skill. So listen up and sketchup! We will post other […]
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Architecture on Film
This fall there is a series of architecture-related movies available in Evanston, near Chicago. Films about Louis Sullivan (one of our heroes), Mies Van Der Rohe, and some fictional stories about architects are in the line-up. Bring your own popcorn. Sorry, these movies are over now and the listing is no longer available.
Fungus HOUSES among US
Who lives here? Will their houses turn into pizza ingredients someday?
Living Graffiti
Do you like graffiti? Does it make you mad or thrilled? It probably depends where you find it. If it is well done and on a public wall that would otherwise be colorless and drab, it might be a great addition to a place. However, if it covered your house UNEXPECTEDLY, it might be a […]
TOWER in a FEW HOURS
Well, we decided to put ourselves to work and build a skyscraper. We wanted a sculpture that could stand on its own, presenting strength and modernization – symbols of the skyscraper in the real world. And so we began. We had some help from kids and adults alike, and it was great to build. And […]
Upward Flow
The Aqua Tower in Chicago is unusual for a couple of reasons. First, it has undulating balconies that make it appear to ripple. So it has a look that it is soft and flowing – which is not a common trait of steel and glass skyscrapers. Another unusual trait is that it was designed by […]
Squishy City
This “foam city” made from packaging material appears in a retrospective exhibit of work by John Weber who was a designer in Chicago. The exhibit was part of Exploration 2010, the Chicago Calligraphy Collective‘s annual juried show at The Newberry Library – March 15 – May 28, 2010 in Chicago. If you want to build […]
LEGO of my TABLE LEG-O
Don’t you think this is a great use for legos? Building a table top. This is a great inspiration for using materials for a different purpose! These architects, in a firm called ABGC architects, located in Ireland got an interesting project. Not to build a building or a bridge or a cupola, but to build […]
READ About Making Great PLACES
One of our favorite people in the world of architecture writing and thinking is a man named Christopher Alexander. I did not know much about him but I did find this info about his being a professor and an architect of a whole BUNCH of buildings LINK
WOODn’t you love this place?
Once we visited England and we went to the sweet and great Roald Dahl Museum. He wrote classic books, like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox” as well as many other great ones. Anyway, the museum is in the town where Mr. Dahl lived and his house is still there. In the […]