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 […]
In World War II, Jewish people and others were gathered and sent off to concentration camps from all of over Europe by the Nazis. In the Netherlands, the Dutch Government built a camp to accept Jewish refugees who were fleeing from Nazi Germany in 1939, but in 1940 the Germans took over the camp and […]
Starting out as a view of a man on a picnic blanket that is one meter wide, the camera pulls back into the sky away from the blanket. Soon you see the whole park, then the whole city lakefront, then the whole of Lake Michigan, the whole earth, into the galaxy and on and on, as […]
Click on the image on the left to see this animation and learn how to fold a SQUARE of paper into an origami house. Make it as big as you want depending on the size of the original paper. And decorate it like crazy! A simple gabled house can be a fun activity in a classroom, at […]
When you think of a dream school does a school floating in a body of water sounds sort of dreamy? Instead of looking out onto a concrete playground, or a busy street, you would see water in all directions, as your school becomes an island of learning and fun? An architect who comes from Nigeria […]
What is it? A structure in the shape of a sort of semi-circle or arch that is made of corrugated metal, iron or steel. It is a QUONSET HUT! These structures can be seen around the world because they are relatively cheap and easy to build, they are resilient against the weather and they can […]
If you are in high school in Tennessee, you might consider this great opportunity to learn more about the fields of architecture, construction, and engineering. The ACE program introduces high school kids to these fields through a year-long mentorship program, that culminates in a presentation. Sounds like a great way to get your feet wet […]
Countdown until October 3, 2015. The Chicago Biennial begins on that day in autumn, when there will be exhibitions and structures, converations, lectures and stuff to do for 96 days of architecture. More details to follow the Chicago Architecture Biennial website. And we will post what is up for kids here, once we know more. […]
Fold it up in the winter and open it up when the weather warms up, this house moves around on tracks so that it can change shape. How great is that? An architecture firm in London, called D*Haus came up with this moveable structure called the D*Dynamic. The definition of dynamic is “characterized by constant change, […]
Champaign-Urbana is the home of the University of Illinois. Go visit in the summer and stay to learn about being an architect. Find out what architects do, how they do it, why they do it and act like an architect yourself. Draw for hours, use laser cutting machines, pens, vellum, and a lot of tissue. Create models with […]