Adventures in Architecture for Kids

Design Genius Jr.: Adventures in Architecture for Kids introduces kids to the design challenges faced by architects today — choosing materials, designing for diverse users, and considering the environment. Offers a world of hands-on learning across math, engineering, history, geography, art and design.

• 30 hands-on design projects using materials found at home
• Complete building challenges with corrugated cardboard and geodesic forms
• Explore how designers solved problems of gravity and space — suspension bridges, spiral staircases, famous domes
• Family "client and design team" game-playing activities to test strength, balance and structure
• Includes a section on landscape architecture and even wind turbine and HVAC design
• By Vicky Chan (Avoid Obvious Architects) | Paperback, 144 pages | Ages 8-12 | Publisher: Rockport Publishers | ISBN: 9781631599729

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