Category: archKID facts
Walter Thomas Bailey and Charles Sumner Duke: Early Black Architect and Engineer
What is an OGEE?
Learn more about OGEEs at this Wikipedia page.
Desks and Chairs for Kids!
There is an organization called Tiny WPA based in Philadelphia. It was named after the Works Progress Administration – which is an interesting US government project from back in 1935. Anyway, Tiny WPA is a youth-led community design improvement program. We want to give them KUDOS for doing great work! Tiny WPA has been working […]
Got Some Time? Build a Playing Card House
Design and build something really great with some playing cards that you have at home. Perhaps your family has some old decks that are missing one card – crummy cards that no one ever plays card games with any more. Those are perfect for this project. Or perhaps someone you know works at a casino […]
Funny Fotos of Buildings
Get outta that Chair! Visit a Special Building (virtually)
Aren’t Buildings Supposed to Last Forever?
Straws and Pipe Cleaner Structures!
If you have some straws and some pipe cleaners you can make some interesting structures. In fact you can make them and unmake them. Start with three straw and three pipe cleaners. Attach them to make a triangle. Once you make a triangle, you can make more connected triangles. I always cut the pipe cleaners […]
Architecture Stuff To Do at Home
Are you bored? Do you need to find some fun stuff to do? You can get some ideas from The Center for Architecture in New York. The folks there have organized a bunch of activities for kids to do at home. They have a storefront in New York City, but since stores aren’t open now, […]