AccessArt http://www.accessart.org.ukA website containing an evolving collection of visual resources.
ACE Mentor ProgramWill there be enough architects, construction managers and engineers to fill the industry's needs ten years from now? The ACE Mentor Program of America, Inc. is working hard to make sure there are. ACE is an acronym for architecture, construction, and engineering.
America’s Favorite Architecturehttp://www.favoritearchitecture.org 150 favorite buildings in the United States with descriptions and highlights of each building.
American Institute of Architectshttp://www.aia.org
American Planning Association http://www.planning.org Site contains lesson plans, youth charettes, etc.
American Society of Civil Engineers http://www.asce.org
American Society of Landscape Architects http://www.asla.org Teacher Resources. The Roof is Growing! is a classroom program developed by the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) to engage and educate middle school students (grades 6-8) about green roofs and their environmental benefits. A green roof is a roof substantially covered with vegetation. Landscape architecture career information for students
Architecture in Education, Philadelphia http://www.aiaphila.org/aie Contains several resources for teachers interested in incorporating architecture, landscape architecture, and other design into the classroom.
Arcspace http://www.arcspace.com Arcspace is an architecture and design magazine that features today's most creative projects as well as the most influential of the past.
Center for Media Literacy http://www.medialit.org Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating and participating with media content, the Center for Media Literacy works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture.
Center for Urban Pedagogy http://www.anothercupdevelopment.org CUP is a nonprofit research and design office dedicated to producing pedagogical and activating work about the built environment.
Center for Understanding the Built Environment http://www.cubekc.org CUBE brings together educators with community partners to effect change that will lead to a quality built and natural environment, one and interdependent.
Cities and Towns, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cityhome.html
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum http://www.cooperhewitt.org Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum believes that design shapes our objects, environments, and communications, making them more desirable, functional, and accessible. The Museum celebrates the nature of design and explores its impact on the quality of our lives.
Design Institute at the University of Minnesota http://www.design.umn.edu The Design Institute develops advanced research, educational programs and interdisciplinary partnerships to improve design in the public realm.
Design It Yourself Kids http://d-i-y-kids.blogspot.com Blog and Website featuring Design projects for kids.
Design Writing Research http://www.designwritingresearch.org Ellen Lupton's personal website which provides essays, teaching materials, links, free advice, and more.
Donors Choose http://www.donorschoose.org Connects teachers with donor funding for proposed projects
Education Development Center "Imagination Place" http://www.edc.org/CCT/imagination_place
The Futures Channel http://www.thefutureschannel.com/movies/design_movies.php Resource of videos to use in the classroom, including design videos.
Google SketchUp http://www.sketchup.com Google’s 3D modeling software.
Great Buildings http://www.greatbuildings.com Architectural images and plans for landmark buildings around the world.
The Heritage Education Network http://histpres.mtsu.edu/then/index.html Includes lesson plans, activities, ideas, and resources for teachers.
Intel Design and Discovery http://www97.intel.com/DISCOVER/DesignDiscovery/DD_Curriculum/default.aspx Intel’s Design and Discovery curriculum is a comprehensive inquiry-based curriculum, which introduces students ages 11-15 to engineering through design.
"Kids Design the Future" on the University of Maryland website http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/kiddesign
Materials for the Arts, NYC http://www.mfta.org Materials for the Arts provides New York schools and organizations with materials.
National Building Museum http://www.nbm.org Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the National Building Museum is America's premier cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning.
National Park Service--Teaching with Historic Places http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp
National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr
National Trust for Historic Preservation http://www.nationaltrust.org
NEXT.cc http://www.next.cc/ Description: NEXT.cc is an eco web that develops ethical imagination and environmental stewardship. Introducing what design is, what it does, and why it is important across nine scales- nano, pattern, object, space, architecture, neighborhood, urban, regional and global, NEXT.ccÕs 101 journeys link with 1000 museums, institutions, and practices connecting ideas with advocacy for our sustainable future. NEXT.cc hopes to reach the 50 million K12 students, their teachers and their families with meaningful learning experiences tapping individual interests and having a positive influence on lives.
PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/build.html Several resources and activities about bridges.
Project for Public Space http://www.pps.org PPS has an international reputation for its work on the design and management of public spaces. A non-profit, PPS was founded in 1975 to continue the pioneering work of writer-sociologist William H. Whyte. PPS has helped over 1,000 communities in 44 states and 12 countries improve their parks, markets, streets, transit stations, libraries and countless other public spaces.
The Salvadori Center http://www.salvadori.org Involved in the daily challenge of integrating specialized knowledge in architecture, structural engineering, urban studies and environmental social science with the teaching and learning of core curricular subjects.
Show Me http://www.show.me.uk/topicpage/Art-and-Design.html The UK website, Show Me, contains projects, ideas, galleries, and games, inspired by gallery exhibits in museums from across the world.
Society of Architectural Historians http://www.sah.org
