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Unlock those Doors!

A long time ago, at Northwestern University, a library was built. It was named the Deering Library, and it was made of stone and wood and it had great details of animals and curlicues worked into the wood and stone alike. Students would visit this library, entering through the massive wooden doorway and study for […]

Too Cool Schools

At the Center for Architecture in New York City, you can visit an exhibit about the architecture of schools – of the fantastic schools of Finland. They are fabulous because the Finnish school system churns out staggering students (with great educations in any case.) Maybe the schools in the US could learn a little from […]

Kids Can (and Should) Design

This wonderful drawing was made by our friend, James N. and we just wanted to show it off. An idea that is similar to the drawings of M.C. Escher, the lines weave in and out in an impossible way. We always think about how great it would be to actually walk around in an M.C. […]

Green and Proud

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 […]

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. […]