Waiting for the bus in Krumbach is more interesting now than ever. This small town in Austria decided to invite a bunch of architects from around the world to design bus shelters. Instead of the same old ones that we see in all of our towns and cities, either glass with a little bench, or […]
Barbie has been changing over the years from a female doll with lots of clothes, cars and a dunebuggy to a full career woman. A couple of years ago, she became an architect, as Architect Barbie was developed. We are not sure if she went to architecture school to train, but atleast she has some […]
We saw this little geodesic dome in the halls of one of the science buildings at Northwestern University. What a cool little project with stuff that might be floating around your house – well, floating in your milkshake. (And I am not talking about the nuts and bolts, just the straws.) You just need to […]
Paper artist, Yee, has a new book titled, “Origami Architecture” and guess what? You can make your own paper buildings. These paper models are intricate and astounding, and the author was kind enough to give a CD with the book so that you can download the patterns yourself and build your own paper city. Try […]
When I was a kid I did not play with Barbie dolls. I did not want to. But I also did not play with building toys. They were for boys and I am a girl. Back in the days when I was a kid, (in the Stone Ages) boys and girls did not play with […]
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. […]
An architecture firm called Buro Ole Scheeren, based in China and Hong Kong, is designing some really neat stuff. One of their projects is a series of rafts with bean bag chairs that face towards a raft that holds a movie projection screen. So you are floating while watching the movie – in the middle […]
For kids and adults alike, you can try out this “Name the architecture spot in Atlanta” contest. A group of photos of details of buildings that people who really look around will recognize, you can fill in the blanks and maybe win the contest! We think it is a cool idea to get people to […]
Everyone around here in Illinois knows the stories of how Abraham Lincoln built his own log cabin home, and we are doggone proud of his hard work and honest labors. Well, with a pair of scissors,some heavyweight paper and a dash of glue, you can build some honest Illinois buildings yourself. Once built, put them […]
Who lives here? Will their houses turn into pizza ingredients someday?