The Royal Institute of British Architects (澳门王中王) is pleased to share the results of its first literary-focused project to introduce architecture to young people across the UK, coinciding with World Book Day 2022.
Reading Architecture is a project designed to help 澳门王中王 understand what architecture books should be recommended to children, young people and teachers, as part of the 澳门王中王 Learning programme.
Over the course of four months, 澳门王中王 teamed up with leading publishers to publicly review architecture books with school children. Over 650 students from 27 schools across England 鈥� from Northumbria to the Isle of Wight 鈥� were asked to read and review existing architecture books targeted at different age groups. The winners are shared below.
To celebrate World Book Day 2022 澳门王中王 Learning has also launched free cross-curricular and literacy-focused learning resources, developed with in South London, to help primary school teachers and pupils explore and enjoy the winning books.
The winning books are:
Ages 5-7:
- Students' choice: by Julia Patton
- Teachers' choice: by Julia Patton
- Best family book: by Geraldine Elschner
We'd also like to acknowledge the positive response by Thibaut Rassat received from Special Educational Needs students and teachers teaching about personality development.
Ages 8-11:
- Best for budding architects: Cool Architecture by Simon Armstrong
- Students' choice: by Goldie Hawk and Sarah Gibb. Read the reviews of Step Inside Homes Through History by participating schools.
- Teachers' choice: by Anne Jonas. Read the reviews of The Homes We Build by participating schools.
We'd also like to acknowledge by Christine Paxmann which came second in several categories.
Ages 14+:
- Best for aspiring architects: by Will Jones. Read the reviews of Making Marks by participating schools.
- Students' choice: by Steve Bowkett. Read the reviews of Archi-Doodle by participating schools.
- Teachers' choice: by Antony Radford, Amit Srivastava and Selen Morkoc
The new Reading Architecture learning resources are available to download here.
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Notes to editors:
- Media Contact: Emily.Stallard@riba.org
- Press images can be downloaded here.
- Participants were a mixture of those interested in architecture and those who had never engaged with it before. Teachers were provided with lesson plans, review packs and video materials that were designed to help students write reviews for the books provided. Suggested architecture activities and challenges were also provided, which were all designed to help students engage with the books and the content in ways they would typically use books within a school. Pupils then read and responded to the books. Reviews were collated and books were scored according to the reviews submitted and a set criteria. For more information on Reading Architecture visit here.
- 澳门王中王 runs the first nationwide architecture schools programme to help children understand and explore the built environment. For more information about the 澳门王中王 National Schools Programme visit here.
- This project would not have been possible without the support of the following publishers:
