Online Resources
Teach, lead and inspire. We offer resources on architecture, design and the built environment.
Teach, lead and inspire. We offer resources on architecture, design and the built environment.
Buildings of Chicago
Chicago has long been a laboratory for architectural innovation and experimentation. Discover the stories behind some of the city’s most significant skyscrapers, museums, theaters, bridges, homes, schools, houses of worship and parks.
Architecture Encyclopedia
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Educator Resources & Curriculum
Test Resources CF
ActivitiesThe Architecture Handbook
In "The Architecture Handbook," hands-on activities help students learn the fundamentals of both architectural design and technical drawing.
ActivitiesBuild-It Design Challenges
Use your imagination and work through the Design Process to solve a problem and create your own unique construction, then share your results!
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Hands-On Activities
Explore architecture and the built environment using all of your senses through hands-on activities about science, math, art, reading and writing, and social studies, using things you can find around the house (Ages 5-12)
ActivitiesKen Resource for Staging
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Graphic NovelNo Small Plans
No Small Plans is a graphic novel that follows the neighborhood adventures of teens in Chicago's past, present and future as they wrestle with designing the city they want.
TAKE YOUR STUDENTS ON AN ARCHITECTURE ADVENTURE
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Stories of Chicago
august 9, 2019
5 downtown buildings you should know
Chicago is world-renowned for its architecture, and dozens of iconic buildings in the Loop alone speak to our city’s important role in architectur…
June 28, 2022
Questions for an architect: Ernie Wong
Since 1990, the work of site design group, ltd. has strengthened and beautified communities across Chicago. We spoke with Ernie Wong, Principal, t…
September 27, 2018
What Chicago’s architectural clues reveal about how we lived
CAF’s Jen Masengarb partnered with WBEZ’s Curious City to research a story about the history that lies within Chicago’s apartments. Listen to the …
