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The Center for Architecture’s K-12 Education Department was pleased to host a special Family Day program on Saturday, March 9, introducing families to a sustainable...
On Saturday, November 3, the Center for Architecture hosted its sixth-annual Architecture and Design College Fair. It was a bustling afternoon, during which over 400...
Last week, the Center for Architecture offered a week-long Summer Program for middle school students to investigate the architectural topics of theater and set design....
June 27 marks the first day of summer vacation for NYC’s public school students, and the culmination of a very successful school year for the Center for...
Each year, professor and author Tamar Zinguer leads a seminar at The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture that investigates the relationship between...
The K-12 Education team planned an exciting start to 2018 for Shore Road School in Long Island. As students returned from the winter holiday, seven 5th grade classes...
This fall, the Center for Architecture’s After-School program investigated “Places We Live.” This eight-week program focused on designing places to live and...
On November 17th, we celebrated the opening of the 21st-annual Building Connections Exhibition, highlighting the imaginative work of our K-12 students, design educators,...
The Education team at the Center for Architecture hosted the fifth-annual Architecture and Design College Fair on 11.04.17, an important event serving high school...
The Center for Architecture’s K-12 Education Department takes great joy in partnering with cultural institutions both near and far as a way to deepen our engagement...
The Center for Architecture's nine weeks of summer programs are wrapping up this week. Our students have explored topics ranging from skyscrapers to nomadic architecture...
Each summer, thanks to a program launched in 2005 that continues to expand each year, the Center for Architecture offers an extensive slate of design programs for...
The Center for Architecture’s K-12 Education Department recently collaborated with several NYU departments to host a playground design contest for NYU families called...
The Center for Architecture’s K-12 Education Department recently collaborated with several NYU departments to host a playground design contest for NYU families called...
The Center for Architecture’s Education Department had the opportunity to work with numerous audiences to explore the complexities of store design. Whether a...
During one of our February Studio@theCenter programs, our three-day school vacation design camps, we investigated the structures animals create for themselves as well as...
As the first semester drew to a close this month, several Learning By Design:NY classes concluded their in-school programs with final presentations to parents and...
During the annual 2016 Architecture and Design College Fair on 11.04.16, more than 175 students and family members came to the Center for Architecture to learn about...
About 20 girls, ages 11-14, gathered at the Center for Architecture this past Saturday afternoon (10.22.16) to learn more about architecture, and create their own...
Most professionals can look back to find the moment when a particular person, place, or thing sparked their interest in pursuing their career of choice. Many an...
The newly acquired model of One World Trade Center on display at SOM’s offices last week is a commendable replica of the real building. The sides tapered at just the...
This spring, the Center for Architecture was pleased to announce the beginning of a new after-school program to take place twice a year for students in grades 3-5. Each...
Dozens of students, parents, and visitors gathered in Room 422 of Intermediate School 392 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, last night for students’ presentations of their...
As the school year draws to a close, students around the city are busily charretting to complete the structures they are designing in the Center for Architecture’s...
The Center for Architecture hosts StudentDay@theCenter workshops where K-12 audiences explore the built environment and its past, present, and future. Each year, we...
Though the weather was dreary, 24 young architects did not let that impact their break from school this month as they participated in the Center for Architecture’s...
The Center for Architecture is pleased to announce a new after-school program for elementary school-aged children interested in architecture. Beginning this March, the...
With the support of the Howard Hughes Corporation, the Center for Architecture participated in the Seaport Culture District this fall, setting up a gallery and event...
A colorful collection of architectural models and drawings in the front window has been drawing passers-by into the Center for Architecture. The work stands out from the...
Architects struggle to find projects and then exhaust themselves trying to get published. According to James S. Russell, FAIA, architecture as a reported cultural...