Whether or not you want to read any of the books in this room, the library room at the Stony Island Arts Bank will make you want to become a major book lover. The room is very tall and there are rows and rows of books that are donated from the Johnson Publishing Company. Over 60,000 […]
Category: learn about architecture
Summer 2016 Architecture Camps for Kids in Chicago area
We just got wind of some great camps in Oak Park, Illinois, just west of Chicago, where kids from 1st grade through 8th grade can find a camp that might just knock your socks off. Called BASE camp, the Oak Park Park Education Foundation serves around 1000 kids who get to learn about STEAM concepts. STEAM stands […]
Inside the Interiors of the movie “The BFG”
In the new film, “The BFG” there are some spectacular spaces and places to see. It is worth seeing because it is one of the sweetest movies ever, and you can also see it to see the interior architectural spaces. Filmed in 3D, the little girl, Sophie is taken from an orphanage and brought to […]
Birthday Cheer for the Reitveld Chair
Gerrit Reitveld has a birthday today! He was born in 1888 on June 24. Known for his designs and as part of the De Stijl movement, he is probably most famous for this chair in black, red, yellow,blue and red. Almost like he took some toy wooden blocks and attached them together at various geometric points, […]
A Hidden Structure
663 cars are hiding underground. Well, they are not really hiding, they are parked in this well-concealed parking lot in the Netherlands. Looking like a home for Hobbits, this structure won the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects award for the Best Dutch Building of the Year 2016. We think that it might be a great […]
So is THAT how that building was built??
We wondered how buildings were built! This building must be built by GIANTS! They drop the parts of the buildings together and it is a miracle but they are instantly and perfectly built! Go here and see the animations. Ok, not true. These are interesting brief animations that take apart structures and then put them […]
Teach about Architecture to Kids
This week we received a great letter from an art teacher in Arizona who teaches 7th grade students about architecture. Thank you for noting our work and letting us know what you are doing! This teacher works with her students on a 9 week rotation teaching them about architecture. “Wall Posters” The students draw on the walls […]
Dump The Trump Tower
Donald Trump. A name that is in the news all of the time nowadays. Come to Chicago and cross the Michigan Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River and see the Trump Tower, a huge skyscraper, shaped like a bottle in reflective bluish glass with elegant and graceful curves. It WAS a beautiful building. And then Donald Trump decided to put […]
A Real Dutch Erector Set
This new city building in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, is built like a toy erector set.The Timmerhuis is a series of steel posts and beams that are constructed next to an old city hall building, with a museum, 80+ apartments, shops, and office spaces too. It looks interesting and better yet, it can be altered and changed, added […]
Modernist or Fake?
Is it real or is it Lego? Recently we saw some cool Modernist houses in Palm Springs, California. They were built in the 1940’s, 1950’s and the 1960’s in a slick, horizontal kind of way, with large roof overhangs offering shade and creating beautiful shadows too. In the hot desert world of Palm Springs, these […]