Shakers Architecture: Did Diversity Drive Innovation?

Learn more about architecture and design from the comfort of your own home with our live, online Architecture at Home workshops led by Center for Architecture educators. Each session explores an architectural topic through virtual tours, interactive lessons and discussions, and gets kids started on a design project they can complete on their own with simple at-home materials.

Programs are $10 per device and are open to at-home learners, families, and youth ages 5+. All Architecture at Home events require a device with internet connection and camera.

What are the different materials buildings are made of and where do they come from? Learn about the range of building materials available today and how our choice of materials impacts our environment. Make some texture rubbings to collect interesting building materials around your home, then use them to create a building collage of your own design.

Materials: blank paper, crayon with paper peel