Ever wonder about traveling to the moon? We think it is interesting that there are companies that are already trying to figure out how to build hotels on the moon. They are preparing for a time when travel is easy, like jumping on an airplane to another city, except you will jump on a shuttle […]
When we think of ice houses and structures, we usually conjure up images of igloos, the half domes with an entrance that we see in cartoons and perhaps a photo of a real one from some old social studies book. In China, there are ice structures at a different level – 600,000 square meters of […]
Doll Houses are miniature worlds. Built to scale, they can be pretty dreamy and fantastic, perfect for a doll, or a mouse. In the UK, many architects were asked to design and build dollhouses and to put them up for auction to benefit kids. The results are spectacular. Some of the doll houses would be […]
Have you seen this beautiful wooden New York City, every night on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon? You can see the Chrysler Building, the Empire State, The Trump Building, The Woolworth Building and so many more. The buildings on the set were designed by Eugene Lee. He is a set designer for plays and […]
Sometimes an artist, designer or architect tries to rethink a common question. In this case it is “What is a door?” Austrian artist Klemens Torggler came up with this sort of origami door that splits in half and folds up. Instead of sliding on a track or a pivot on the corner, the panels fold […]
107 reasons to be an architect. Not just 10. Or even 100. We are offering 107 good reasons that you might consider to choose this career. Our friend, architect Randy Deutsch, wrote all of these ideas down out of his architect head, to convince you that this is a great field to study. Maybe you […]
Located in Moscow, Russia, Red Square is a giant plaza paved in reddish bricks. But the name Red Square is not due to that color. The Russian name for it is Krásnaya Plóshchaď which translates to mean red square. Krásnaya also means beautiful. The red color in the name does not relate to communism, as […]
This book [amazon_link id=”0847839443″ target=”_blank” ] An Eames Primer: Revised Edition[/amazon_link] was written about designers Ray and Charles Eames by their grandson, Eames Demetrios. It is an excellent introduction to the work of this dynamic duo. Charles and Ray designed all sorts of great things: films, toys, museums and a whole lot of chairs, some […]
At the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, a building sits underneath a giant tube, through which the Chicago “L” train travels. We are not talking Youtube, but an actual structure in the shape of a tube, atop a building, with a speeding train going through it. (Although there is this good Youtube video about […]
We thought this little coloring page was simple and fun. Print out a few copies and color them using 2, 3, 4 or 10 colors. Different colors can make the same pattern appear so different. When you are done, wrap some gifts and reuse the paper! Download the houses drawing. Thank you to the folks […]