So You Want To Be An Architect: A Kids’ Guide to Architecture, Building Design, Blueprints, and the Creative Thinkers Who Imagine and Shape the Spaces Where We Live, Work, and Play
As a resource for those individuals who wish to become an architect, we are always on the search of new resources – websites, books, etc. Well, we found a new book targeted for 8-14 year olds.
Also, the rest of this introduction is from the Amazon website; as we just learned of this resource, we have NOT had the time to directly access it for official review.
Perhaps, the best part is obtaining the Kindle version of the book for $2.99
So You Want to Be an Architect — the career book for the kid who can’t stop building, drawing, and dreaming up spaces.
For every young reader who builds elaborate worlds out of blocks, notices how a room feels the moment they walk in, or redraws the floor plan of their own house for fun — this beautifully illustrated introduction to the world of architecture was written for you.
But this isn’t a book that pretends architecture is only about drawing pretty buildings. It reveals a surprising truth: a great building doesn’t start with the building. It starts with people. Before an architect draws a single line, she listens — asking how a family really lives, what they need, what they love. Readers will discover why the skill that matters most in architecture isn’t drawing at all. It’s empathy.
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Inside, kids ages 10–14 will explore:
- What architects really do — from the first pencil sketch on a napkin to the powerful software (AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp) that builds an entire structure inside a computer
- The real tools of the trade — sketching, physical models, 3D printing, and an architect’s most underrated instrument: their own senses
- Unforgettable true stories — the London skyscraper that melted a car, the tower with a giant swinging ball named Damper Baby, the world’s thinnest house, and Gaudí’s upside-down Sagrada Família
- The trailblazers who shaped our skylines — Filippo Brunelleschi, Frank Lloyd Wright, Maya Lin, Zaha Hadid, Jørn Utzon, and Norma Merrick Sklarek
- A “Day in the Life,” a glossary of architect words, and a practical guide to what any curious kid can start doing right now
Part of the So You Want To Be A… series — honest, inspiring, beautifully illustrated career guides that treat young readers as the future professionals they might become. With nearly 200 titles and growing, there’s one for every dream.