Architecture for Teens: A Beginner's Book for Aspiring Architects

My 14 year old loves this book. Great way to get them exposed to the engineering.

My teenage daughter is expressing interest in architecture, so this should make a good first step in her exploration of the subject.

Arrived quickly and in super nice shape! Highly recommend!

This book does an excellent job of introducing the interested teen to architecture and possibilities of that job. After starting with a solid introduction to architecture, including history, the main focus of architecture and some of the issues that being an architect involves, the book then proceeds into overview lessons of what the job of an architect offers ibn terms of possibilities. While explaining to the reader what architects can do to impact the life of others, the book also explains the steps involved in the architecture project from a basic design to modeling and coming up with a budget. The book is not hands on. So if the reader expects steps on becoming an architect and lessons on how to design or develop a budget; this is not the book for you. This book is best summarized as a “tell” lesson on what architects do and what variety of interests all feed into an architect’s job, including the possibilities beyond building houses. If you have a teen that is thinking about architecture, but is not sure. This book is good to explain to the teen the variety of work that can be done using a degree in architecture, but it will not provide the teen with any hands on lessons. I received a free copy of the book from the publisher.

Very well written

The first thing that stuck me about Architecture for Teens was the bright green cover and contemporary illustrations. This message of sustainability and a clean environment is so important to this generation. I bought this for a friend's 15 year old granddaughter who is looking for direction towards a field of study where she can combine her aptitude in math, art and spatial skills. She thought that architecture was a bit scary and mainly for men so wasn't giving it enough consideration. However, this book uses a motivating yet informational voice without being patronizing or too elementary. It does an excellent job of understanding not only what architecture is but how inclusive it is and the numerous directions you can take. In a teenager's mind it allows fantasy with the progression from historical logic to modern needs and how exciting it would be to contribute to this exciting field. My only disappointment is that I wish I would have had this available to me when I was 15.

This was a gift for a 14 year old grandson that when I asked what he was thinking about for a career, he said, "Architecture". Well, I've always loved architecture so we had a discussion of the ins and outs of the profession, and it seemed like he was serious. So I got him this book. He's an avid reader, so he went through it in a couple of days. His mom told me he wanted to be a "Principal Architect". I said "I don't even know what that is, LOL". So I guess that's a recommendation. I didn't get a chance to page through it, I sent it directly to him.

When this arrived, I was somewhat disappointed. I was hoping more for a book which would give my grandson a leg up in his current and future studies in this field. He is just starting out but seems devoted to future studies. I was hoping it would focus on terminology, history and descriptions of various forms of architecture and the process. The "BASICS".

Good info

I thought this was a good book when looking through it. I did not pass it on to the parents of the intended recipient because they wished me not to give it, preferring to make their own choices of what would be a suitable book.

Bought this for my teenager and he loves it though he thinks it has more words than illustrations

I first became flustered to find out how much you have to know to become an architect, but the book laid out nicely what are the first steps to be taken and various fields of architecture. Many photos in the book also helped. The book is nicely colored and visually appealing.

Good book for kids to get interested in architecture field