Main entry:

Exley, Sharon, author.

Title & Author:

Architecture is fun / Sharon Exley and Peter Exley.

Publication:

Mulgrave, Victoria ; New York, NY : The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, 2021.
©2021

Description:

191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Architecture, Public Space, and Play p. 8 -- Healing Hearts and Minds Away From Home p. 42 -- Walking in the Woods Connects Nature and Home p. 48 -- Improving Test Scores Through Public Space Design p. 54 -- Designing a Socially Inventive Epicenter of Art and Discovery p. 60 -- Getting Acquainted With Art p. 68 -- Bridging Environmental Education Through Art p. 72 -- Designing to Be Heard p. 76 -- Building a Land of Imaginative Early Learning p. 78 -- Making Art on Campus Accessible p. 84 -- Sharing Maritime Stories Extends Visitor Engagement p. 90 -- Making Archaeology Fun p. 96 -- Sculpting a Sandbar to Challenge Curiosity p. 100 -- Opening Doors to Learning p. 104 -- Restoring in Children's Terms p. 108 -- Cultivating Community on the Farm p. 114 -- Inspiring Community to Improve Downtown p. 118 -- Connecting Literature and Nature p. 122 -- Designing With Attitude Serves Teens p. 126 -- Attracting Teens Through Equitable Design p. 130 -- Planting a Forest of Literature and Play p. 134 -- Recruiting Next-Generation Learners with Lofty Space p. 140 -- Planting Seeds of Inspirational Play p. 146 -- Making Pediatric Visits Happier p. 150 -- Designing Fun for Everyone p. 154 -- Experiences Matter p. 159.

Summary:

Grouped into finished works by typology and thematic idea, this monograph is packed with rich illustrations, plans, full-color, photography, and incisive commentary on storytelling through design, toolkits for wayfinding, embedding research for better experience outcomes, with strategies and tactics behind each project's development to help attract and engage people to play, learn, explore, and experience these places. Projects featured include the Mid-Michigan Children's Museum, Young at Art Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo: Pritzker Family Zoo, The Latin School of Chicago Interactive Science Forum, and the DuPage Children's Museum, among many others. In a follow-up to Design for Kids (Images Publishing, 2007), in Architecture Is Fun, Sharon Exley and Peter Exley demonstrate their ethos that architecture is one of the gateways to a more empathetic and equitable future. They believe making accessible places of learning, living, working, and playing are indispensable for human growth and development. This beautifully presented second monograph illustrates a nexus of architecture, education, community, and experience from the practice of Architecture Is Fun.

ISBN:

1864708948 (paperback)
9781864708943 (paperback)

Subject:

Architectureisfun (Firm)
Play environments Design.
Architecture and children.
Architecture and recreation.
Architecture and society.
Architecture Study and teaching.
Architecture et enfants.
Architecture et loisirs.
Architecture et société.
Architecture Étude et enseignement.
Play environments Planning.

Added entries:

Exley, Peter, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315771
Call No.: 315771
Copy: 1
Status: Available