ArchiKids

Do you remember being young and not being able to explain what your parents did for a living? It took me a long time to learn the word stevedore and then another equally long time to learn what that meant. Well, being in the architecture/design field, there are now a few books to help us explain to the little ones what it is that we do. Le Corbusier In His Own Words is a book about the world famous modernist geared toward preteens and older. It simply explains Corbu's concepts using his drawings, illustrations of his buildings, and supposedly using "his own words" though the excerpt "Sun, space, trees: That is what all cities need." makes me doubt that a bit.
As amazing as he was, I doubt he went around speaking in rhyme.
It's just so hard to do all the time.
For another architectural children's book,
click right here and take a look.
There's a little pig named Gehry and a Corbu.
There is one named Frank Lloyd Wright, too.
Or maybe this bug named Roberto,
with his hero, Fleas Van Der Rohe.
But no matter how you explain what you do every day,
the kid's gonna end up resenting you anyway.