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.

I bought this book for my 14 year old granddaughter who has wanted to be an architect since she played with her first set of blocks. This book will be invaluable to her. It is comprehensive and beautifully organized. What a gift the author has given to the field and to those who want to pursue architecture as a profession. I’d give it 100 stars if I could.

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

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.

Was trying to get grandkids to enjoy the learning

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

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

This book is for my granddaughter who wants to be an architect, I was amazed there is such a book on the market, hopefully she will enjoy it.

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