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4.25
I really do like this series. I think it’s a wonderful way to introduce children to a variety of different subjects in a fun, and very colourful way, perhaps to ignite a new passion for something they might not have been previously thought about. And what more do we need to do than encourage curiosity in the next generation of Doctors, Car Designers, Politicians or, in this case, Architects. After all, everyone needs somewhere to live, work, play, and architects are quite possibly the unsung heroes of our day to day lives.
Taking young readers through the various elements of what it takes to build a home, looking at design, materials used in building, and the origins, and age, of some of the things we take for granted today, such as bricks and glass, TV Presenter and Architect, George Clarke, really des a brilliant job of bringing the whole art of architecture and building to life. With an introduction that explains how he came to love the whole idea of designing a building, and with ideas for budding young designers, from room reorganization to drawing their dream home, maybe even for life on Mars, George Clarke really does make you think.
I’m well beyond the age this book is aimed at but I still managed to learn something, as well as reminisce over a childhood where I too sat and drew a scale diagram of my bedroom, trying to work out exactly the best layout for all of my furniture! With an introduction to the idea of sustainable living and resources, as well as some very unusual and unexpected materials for building a home. I mean, who’d have thought about 3D printing an entire house?
Taking young readers through the various elements of what it takes to build a home, looking at design, materials used in building, and the origins, and age, of some of the things we take for granted today, such as bricks and glass, TV Presenter and Architect, George Clarke, really des a brilliant job of bringing the whole art of architecture and building to life. With an introduction that explains how he came to love the whole idea of designing a building, and with ideas for budding young designers, from room reorganization to drawing their dream home, maybe even for life on Mars, George Clarke really does make you think.
I’m well beyond the age this book is aimed at but I still managed to learn something, as well as reminisce over a childhood where I too sat and drew a scale diagram of my bedroom, trying to work out exactly the best layout for all of my furniture! With an introduction to the idea of sustainable living and resources, as well as some very unusual and unexpected materials for building a home. I mean, who’d have thought about 3D printing an entire house?
If your child has. a passion for building large and complex towering structures from their lego sets, this may well be the book for them. With wonderful illustrations by Robert Sae-Heng to accompany the author’s narrative, it is bound to spark those imaginations. I really wish I’d had books like this when I was younger. I might have made much more sensible decisions about my subjects at school and college!
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