Useful links
www.engagingplaces.org.uk – national website resource on built environment education in the UK
www.greatbuildings.com – Great buildings website giving information and images on a huge range of buildings
The 'Young Persons Architectural Guide' gives lots of useful information and diagrams on Architectural styles and features. Download from: www.buildingconnections.co.uk/resources/archguide/
YoungPersonsArchGuide.pdf
www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/architecture/
style_level1.php?id=0 – website from the Victoria and Albert Museum looking at Architectural styles of buildings
Shaping Places Resource by the Kent Architecture Centre: http://www.architecturecentre.org/documents/publications/
shaping_places.pdf
Shape East Architecture Centre education image resource bank: http://www.shape-east.org.uk/learning/image_bank/index.html
Solent Architecture Centre Resource Library: http://library.solentcentre.org.uk/
Design Commission for Wales – My Square Mile project resource: http://dcfw.org/publications/view/my_square_mile
http://architectstudio3d.org – pupils can design their own 3D house and learn about famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Sustainability
www.mysusthouse.org – the building game that helps students find out all about sustainable housing through a fun game
www.cabe.org.uk/education/green-day – find out about Green Day for Schools and download the CABE Green Day resource pack.
www.genesisproject.com – sustainable construction and learning resource centre in Somerset
www.dott07.com/go/school/eco-design-challenge/resources – Design Council resources
CABE downloadable teaching resources
How Places Work Teachers Guide - Teaching resource offering advice and ideas for making class visits to buildings both stimulating and informative. www.cabe.org.uk/publications/how-places-work
Our Street Resource – Teaching resource promoting visual awareness and understanding of the built environment at key stage 2: www.cabe.org.uk/publications/our-street
Getting Out There Resource – Teaching resource providing ideas about how to use the local built environment in art and design lessons at key stages 3 and 4: www.cabe.org.uk/publications/getting-out-there
Where will I live? Resource - A geography teacher s guide to exploring the key concept of place: www.cabe.org.uk/publications/where-will-i-live
Building for the future
Read our built environment education advocacy document Building for the Future
