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Hollingsworth, Patricia – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1993
The Center for Arts and Sciences (Oklahoma) developed an interdisciplinary curriculum for disadvantaged gifted children on styles of architecture, called "Discovering Patterns in the Built Environment." This article describes the content and processes used in the curriculum, as well as other programs of the center, such as teacher…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
Download full textHatch, Kathlyn; Engels, Nancy – 1982
This report describes a 3-year project which used local architecture as a resource for teaching the arts and humanities at the secondary level. The project involved 24 Massachusetts high school teachers in art, social studies, industrial arts, and the language arts working with project staff. The teachers attended two week-long summer courses.…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Art Education, Building Design
Brown, Denise Scott – Journal of Architectural Education, 1979
A series of planning-like studios are described that are both interdisciplinary and strongly structured to introduce architects to the nonarchitectural subject matter of urban design and planning. The Las Vegas and Levittown studios produced descriptions of the places studied and analyses of the physical and symbolic requirements they fulfilled.…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Architectural Education, Architectural Programing
Sherman, Lee – Northwest Education, 2001
An award-winning Alaskan elementary school is designed to blend into the landscape; capture as much winter daylight as possible; and generally accommodate safety, flexibility, practicality, and whimsy. In a sidebar, the architect explains the importance of architect/educator collaboration in designing a building that supports an educational…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Building Innovation, Educational Environment
Engel, Brenda; Miller, Nancy – 1982
This publication contains an evaluation of the Architectural Heritage Education Project, a 3-year project which used local architecture as a resource for teaching the arts and humanities at the secondary level. The project involved 25 Massachusetts high school teachers in art, social studies, industrial arts, and the language arts working with…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Art Education, Building Design
McAninch, Christopher – 1981
The architecture sequence at Hiram College, Ohio, which consists of three courses and supervised volunteer work at restoration sites in the region, is described. The sequence links American architecture and the broader areas of cultural history and literature, and the courses are open to any student in the college. The introductory course examines…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architectural Education, Art History, Building Design
