BOOKS
13 Buildings Children Should Know by Annette Roeder
A Year at a Construction Site by Nicholas Harris
Archabet: An Architectural Alphabet by Balthazar Korab
Architects Make Zigzags: Looking at Architecture from A to Z by Diane Maddex
Architectural Wonders: A Pop-Up Gallery by Bruce Foster
Building a House by Byron Barton
Building Big by David Macaulay
Built to Last by David Macaulay
A House Is A House For Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
How a House is Built by Gail Gibbon
Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty
I Know a Place by Karen Ackerman
Roberto the Insect Architect by Nina LadenThis Is My House by Arthur Doros
Shapes in Our World: Level 4 (Mathematics Reader) by Moira Anderson
The Someday House by Anne Shelby
Up Goes the Skyscraper by Gail Gibbons
What It Feels Like to Be a Building by Forrest Wilson
When I Was Built by Jennifer Thermes
The X-Ray Picture Book of Big Buildings of the Modern World by David Salariya & Joanne Jessop
A Year at a Construction Site by Nicholas Harris
Archabet: An Architectural Alphabet by Balthazar Korab
Architects Make Zigzags: Looking at Architecture from A to Z by Diane Maddex
Architectural Wonders: A Pop-Up Gallery by Bruce Foster
Building a House by Byron Barton
Building Big by David Macaulay
Built to Last by David Macaulay
A House Is A House For Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
How a House is Built by Gail Gibbon
Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty
I Know a Place by Karen Ackerman
Roberto the Insect Architect by Nina LadenThis Is My House by Arthur Doros
Shapes in Our World: Level 4 (Mathematics Reader) by Moira Anderson
The Someday House by Anne Shelby
Up Goes the Skyscraper by Gail Gibbons
What It Feels Like to Be a Building by Forrest Wilson
When I Was Built by Jennifer Thermes
The X-Ray Picture Book of Big Buildings of the Modern World by David Salariya & Joanne Jessop
PLACES TO VISIT
Castles in Connecticut
http://www.connecticutmag.com/ctcastles/
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
http://cooperhewitt.org/
2 East 91st Street New York, NY 10128
Devoted to historic and contemporary design.
Gillette Castle State Park
www.ct.gov/deep/gillettecastle
67 River Rd, East Haddam, CT 06423
The unique fieldstone castle looks like a medieval fortress. It was originally the private residence of actor William Gillette who is most famous for his stage portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. The 184 acre park is situated on a hill overlooking the Connecticut River.
National Building Museum
http://www.nbm.org
401 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Telling the stories of architecture, engineering, and design
WEBSITES
BUILDING BIG
www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
Explores the history behind some of the world's greatest bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels.
GREAT BUILDINGS COLLECTION
www.greatbuildings.com
Pictures, details, and discussion of more than 1000 buildings
www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
Explores the history behind some of the world's greatest bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels.
GREAT BUILDINGS COLLECTION
www.greatbuildings.com
Pictures, details, and discussion of more than 1000 buildings
AWESOME STUFF TO BUY
Fun with Architecture by David Eisen
Thirty-two rubber stamps shaped like the standard building blocks of architecture and guidebook
LEGO Architecture Sets
Build replicas of architectural landmarks such as the Farnsworth House, Guggenheim Museum, Robie House, White House
Spirograph Design Set, MoMA Store
Based on the 1965 original, this kit includes the signature interlocking gears along with paper, pens, and a guidebook. momastore.org
Star Wars Limited Edition Notebook, Moleskine
Get a Star Wars–themed set of notebook. Add a package of a black felt tip pen for your future architect. store.moleskine.com
Architecture According to Pigeons, Phaidon
A globe-trotting pigeon named Speck Lee Tailfeather provides his birds-eye perspective as he travels from the Golden Gate Bridge to La Sagrada Familia to the Burj Dubai and back. phaidon.com
Pigeon, Project No. 8
While reading Phaidon’s Architecture According to Pigeons, consider a cuddly hand knit companion. projectno8.com
Architectural Blocks, Haba
This beech wood set comes in kits to construct the U.S. Capitol, the Coliseum, a St. Basil's-esque cathedral, and a few Greco Roman–inspired designs. habausa.com
Thirty-two rubber stamps shaped like the standard building blocks of architecture and guidebook
LEGO Architecture Sets
Build replicas of architectural landmarks such as the Farnsworth House, Guggenheim Museum, Robie House, White House
Spirograph Design Set, MoMA Store
Based on the 1965 original, this kit includes the signature interlocking gears along with paper, pens, and a guidebook. momastore.org
Star Wars Limited Edition Notebook, Moleskine
Get a Star Wars–themed set of notebook. Add a package of a black felt tip pen for your future architect. store.moleskine.com
Architecture According to Pigeons, Phaidon
A globe-trotting pigeon named Speck Lee Tailfeather provides his birds-eye perspective as he travels from the Golden Gate Bridge to La Sagrada Familia to the Burj Dubai and back. phaidon.com
Pigeon, Project No. 8
While reading Phaidon’s Architecture According to Pigeons, consider a cuddly hand knit companion. projectno8.com
Architectural Blocks, Haba
This beech wood set comes in kits to construct the U.S. Capitol, the Coliseum, a St. Basil's-esque cathedral, and a few Greco Roman–inspired designs. habausa.com