The Architecture Handbook: A student design experience | Chicago Architecture Foundation

Featured schools

What's growing on the roof of your school's library? At the Nueva School, native California plants on the roof provide a natural habitat for birds and butterflies. Learn how the path of the sun, the direction of the wind, and the shape of the land can impact the design of the buildings.

Figure It Out

Wondering how your math class relates to architecture? Architects and engineers use all sorts of math and science problem solving skills. Learn how to read a topography map or track the path of the sun in the sky. Even more important: learn the 'so what?!' of why these ideas matter in design.

Featured student work

Design a new school cafeteria with indoor and outdoor seating
By luke4sman
Student, Sycamore

Start a Project

Imagine that your own school needs a new cafeteria – with both indoor and outdoor student seating areas – and a new kitchen. The new cafeteria and kitchen will be used by several different groups of people: students, cooks, food servers, cashiers, and janitorial staff.