Hello --

Roxane Lambie asked about Heritage Architecture/Art materials.

There is a huge body of literature about "Built Environment Education."  As
for a text about combining architecture and art -- it's a great idea, but
I'm not familiar with any materials addressing that approach.  I would
visit the site of CUBE (Center for Understanding the Built Environment) at
www.cubekc.org, look at their resources and then use their links to other
sites.  You also want to visit the Foundation for Architecture site in
Philadelphia -- which is a link on the CUBE site, I think.  Many of the
materials I use most often were published in the States (and the
architectural history materials are focused on American buildings -- let me
know if you want those references.  The first book here might be the most
helpful to you.

_Architecture Is Elementary:  Visual Thinking Through Architectural
Concepts_.  Nathan B. Winters, Utah Heritage Foundation.  Salt Lake City:
Peregrine Smith Books, 1986.  World-wide architectural history and design
concepts, with guides for lessons, discussions and activities; attention to
development of skills.  $23.95;  ISBN 0-87905-186-8.

_Architecture in Education:  A Resource of Imaginative Ideas and Tested
Activities_, Marcy Abhau, Editor.  Philadelphia: Foundation for
Architecture, 1987.  Lesson plans are keyed for grades and curricular ties.
Available from the Foundation: Suite 1665, One Penn Center at Suburban
Station, Philadelphia, PA, 19103; (215) 569-3187. $24.95 + s/h.

Creative Learning Systems' catalogue has a good selection of  BEE
resources.  Call (800) 458-2880 or fax (619) 675-7707.

CUBE (Center for Understanding the Built Environment), resources for built
environment activities, 5328 West 67th St., Prairie Village, KS 66208,
(913) 262-0691.  Membership is $25.00. The newsletter, archiNEWS, covers
programs, exhibits, workshops and resources.  The archiSources catalogue
has resources and supplies available from CUBE.  Walk Around the Block, is
a workbook for exploring architecture, city planning and political
processes which create the city, 1992.

_I Know That Building!_, Jane D'Alelio.  Washington, D.C.:  The
Preservation Press, 1989.  Activities and games explore architecture.
Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Mass.
Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. $14.95; ISBN 0-89133-133-6.

_What It Feels Like to Be a Building_ (1988, reprint), and _Bridges Go From
Here To There_ (1993), Forrest Wilson.  National Trust For Historic
Preservation.  Lively discussion and wonderful drawings exploring
structural concepts.  Available from the Preservation Press, National Trust
For Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W, Washington, DC
20036, (202) 673-4200.  $15.95; ISBN 0-891-33142-5 and $16.95;
ISBN-0-89133-206-5.

_Why Design?_  Activities and Projects From the National Building Museum,
Anna Slafer and Kevin Cahill, 1995.  "From our shoelaces to our city
skylines, we live in a designed world...[P]rojects and activities
celebratethe sheer fun of seeing and thinking like a designer as they
reveal how ideas become buildings, landscapes, products...and communities."
National Building Museum, fax (202) 272-2564.   $19.95, ISBN
1-55652-249-5.

Hope this helps.


Lorraine E. Weiss, Education Director
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