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Do you have a favorite building in your community? Do you really love your library? Consider making a model, taking a picture, or drawing your favorite architecture.

Buildings and Books

Do you have a favorite building in your community? Are you feeling creative? Help us celebrate National Architecture week ( - by sharing photos, drawings, models or any other creative depiction of structures in your community. You can even design your own buildings- what would your ideal library look like if you built it?

We can add your images to a digital map so you can see other sites and see what they created.

 

 

Ideas

Materials

You can use whatever materials you have available

  • Legos
  • Paper
  • Cardboard and foam core
  • Paint
  • Clay / adobe
  • Wood
  • Food
  • Random things

 

These models were made of paper- could you build a model by cutting out photos or drawings?

Paper model of a home built in 1838 by John Shastid in Pittsvill Illinois. The outside of the house is weathered wood with a shingled roof the slope at the back.

Build Your Own Historic Illinois Buildings

 

 

 

 

This model is made of clay- but could it be made with marsh mellows instead?
model of the U.S. Capital made from clay. The edges are rounded.

 

Build a Model of the U.S. Capitol

 

 

This is a plan people can use to build a casita.

Building plans for a small house presenting the floor plan, base, ceiling and roof

 

Free Casita Construction Plans

 

 

Books

Government Information Librarian

Books

book cover of Taos Art Colony House and Studio showing the interior of the house with build furniture

Taos Art Colony house and studio : a stand-up paper model
Huffman, Bunny Pierce author Museum of New Mexico.