It happens well before work crews are ready to pour a foundation, erect walls, or install windows on any new structure. Call it the genesis phase, the design vision that begins in the minds of the ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Years ago I believed architects should go back to the ABCs ...

When looking at a house, garage, store building or factory, or any of the other thousands of structures we live, work, and play in, look for the simple shapes. Look at the front of a house, and you ...

After doing the Shapes Lab, have kids do this hands-on activity to apply what they've learned about shapes. Demonstrate how to connect straws with paper clips. As groups finish building their shapes, ...