At least in Los Angeles, we have already started hitting temperatures over 90 degrees Fahrenheit signaling the coming of summer. For parents, this is often an urgent reminder that the school year will be ending soon and plans need to be in place for the summer. For those already expecting little builders out of their offspring, here are a few summer camp options to tide them over.
Even if your child might not be inclined one-day to take up a draft board or become an expert in AutoCAD, these camps offer a valuable learning opportunity for children. In a study, titled "Design as a Catalyst for Learning," the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development notes that "when children are engaged in the process of designing, they are learning to identify needs, frame problems, work collaboratively, explore and appreciate the contexts within which a solution must work, weigh alternatives, and communicate their ideas verbally, graphically, and in three dimensions."
In other words, teaching architecture to kids has very little to do with actually grooming future architects. Our series, Working out of the Box, demonstrates many of the transferrable skills learned through architecture. Beyond problem-solving, collaboration, and other analytical skills, these activities help instill a sense of spatial awareness, encourage methods of creative thinking, and allow kids to explore their city in a new way. As many of these programs offer field trips and focus on the local community, it is a great way for children to strengthen their understanding of and their relationship to the city they live in.
Below, we have a list of summer camps around the country that offer architecture related activities to keep kids entertained from the heat. The majority offer a range of topics catered to age group that explore architecture and design through art and building activities, design challenges, and special site visits and exploration.
Architecture Camp at the Center for Architecture in New York City:
The Center offers a variety of one-week programs for kids grades 3 through 12. Topics range from "Building Bridges" to "Survival Architecture."
Art Center for Kids in Pasadena, CA:
The Art Center in Pasadena host summer workshops, for children grades 4 through 8. Offering one-week sessions throughout the summer, children can take a class titled "Architecture: Inside Out," in which they are encouraged to investigate personal and shared space
The National Building Museum in Washington, D.C:
The National Building Museum, offers summer camp classes for rising 1st through 6th graders, that explore topics in the built environment through art, building activities, and special field trips for campers.
The Chicago Architecture Foundation in Chicago, IL:
The CAF Summer Camp invites campers age 7-14 to explore the built environment. The Camp offers a range of classes, varying in duration, on topics from "Minecraft: Skyscrapers of Tomorrow" to "Girls Build! Parks and Playgrounds."
KidZ Engineering 101, Inc. in Santa Barbara, CA:
The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara offers classes on architecture and engineering for children ages 9-15.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, AZ:
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation offers innovative summer Art and Architecture camps giving students, grades 2-12, the opportunity to think outside the box a la one of the world's leading experimental architecture schools. Their sister location in Spring Green, WI, similarly offers a variety of architecture camps for grades 3-12.
Architecture Explorations at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA:
During the summer, Carnegie Mellon's architecture-based extracurricular and academic enrichment programs for students K-12, teams up with Carnegie Museum of Art to offer a variety of weeklong summer camps. You can take a look at the courses offered here.
Girls Garage in Oakland, CA:
Girls Garage is a one-of-a-kind design and building program and dedicated workspace for girls ages 9-13. In the summer, they offer intensive week-long classes to teach girls how to use tools, build real-world projects, and connect with their community.
Basecamp in Chicago, IL:
The Oak Park Education Foundation provides hands-on fun during the summer months offering a variety of courses related to architecture. Sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, Basecamp offers a range of classes related to architecture for children of different ages. 1st and 2nd graders can take a class on building landmarks out of legos while older children (grades 6th-8th) can take a session on Architectural Photography.
Camp Architecture in Columbus, OH:
The Center for Architecture and Design hosts Camp Architecture, offering different activities, field trips, and hands on design fun for kids entering grades 3-8. For those a bit older, they also offer a High School design studio.
For a list of pre-college architecture programs and courses catered towards high school students, visit AIA's site here.
Do you know of any architecture summer camps that aren't included here? Tell us about it in the comments.
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The University of Arizona's School of Architecture hosts Camp Architecture each summer! It is a week-long day camp for students entering 6th - 12th grades interested in architecture, design, and sustainability! Learn more here: http://capla.arizona.edu/events/camp-architecture
Since 1973, high-school students have explored design at the Summer Academy of the Boston Architectural College.
www.the-bac.edu/summer
Each year, I compile a list of HS Summer Programs (see below); they are also listed on the following:
http://archcareers.blogspot.com/2017/02/summer-programs-in-architecture-2017.html
http://www.aias.org/programs/summer-architecture-programs/
http://studyarchitecture.com/blog/architecture-news/2017-architecture-summer-programs/
Summer Programs in Architecture - Summer 2017
NORTHEAST
Barnard College – New York, NY – Summer in the City
http://barnard.edu/summer
June 25 – July 21, 2017 (4 weeks)
Boston Architectural College - Boston, MA – Summer Academy
http://www.the-bac.edu/education-programs/summer-academy
June 26 – July 28, 2017 (5 weeks)
Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA – Pre-College Architecture
http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/pre-college-architecture
July 1 – July 22, 2017 (3 weeks); July 1 – August 11, 2017 (6 weeks)
Catholic University of America – Washington, DC – Experiences in Architecture
http://architecture.cua.edu/other-programs/experiences-in-architecture.cfm
July 10 – 28, 2017 (3 weeks)
Center for Architecture - New York, NY – Architecture Camps
http://www.cfafoundation.org/summer
June 19 – August 25, 2017 (week long Architecture Camps Grades 3-12)
City College of New York – New York, NY – Summer Architecture Career Lab
https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/programs-centers/other-programs/summer-arch-career-lab/
July 5 – August 2, 2017 (4 weeks)
Columbia University - New York, NY - Introduction to Architecture
https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/2-intro-to-architecture
Contact School for Dates
Cooper Union – New York, NY – Summer Program in Architecture
http://cooper.edu/architecture/school-architecture-summer-programs
July 10 – August 4, 2017 (4 weeks)
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY – Introduction to Architecture
http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=arch&s=Overview
June 24 – August 5, 2017 (6 weeks)
Design Science Lab - Chestnut Hill College - Philadelphia, PA
http://www.designsciencelab.com
June 18–26, 2017 (1 week)
Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA - Discovering Architecture
http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/about/summerHighschoolProgram/Summer_Programs_ARCH/
July 9 – 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA – Career Discovery
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/careerdiscovery/
June 19 – July 28, 2017 (6 weeks)
Fallingwater – Mill Run, PA – High School Residency
http://www.fallingwater.org/142
June 24 – July 1; July 22 – 29, 2017
Maryland Institute College of Art – Summer PreCollege
http://www.mica.edu/precollege
June 24 – July 22, 2017 (4 weeks)
Maryland, University of - College Park, MD – Terp Young Scholars
http://oes.umd.edu/young-scholars
July 9 – 28, 2017 (3 weeks)
Marywood University – Scanton, PA – Design Your Future: PreCollege Summer Workshop
http://www.marywood.edu/architecture/design-your-future/index.html
July 17 – 28, 2017 (2 weeks)
Massachusetts Amherst, University of – Amherst, MA
Summer Design Academy
http://www.umass.edu/summer/precollege.html
July 9 – 29, 2017 (3 weeks)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Boston, MA – Urban Frames
http://www.urbanframe.org/ - !2015-three-public-squares/c11cd
Contact School of Dates
National Building Museum - Washington, DC – Summer Camp Programs for 1st – 6th graders
http://www.nbm.org/families-kids/summer-camp.html
July 5 – 7; July 10 – 14, July 17 – 21, July 24 – 28, July 31 – August 4, 2017
New Jersey Institute of Technology - Newark, NJ – Summer Architecture + Design
http://design.njit.edu/coadprograms/summer.php
July 9 – 14, July 16 – 21, July 23 – 28, 2017 (1 week)
New York Institute of Technology - Old Westbury, NY – Exploring Architecture in Manhattan
http://www.nyit.edu/nyit_academy/exploring_architecture_in_manhattan
July 10 – August 3, 2017 (4 weeks)
Parsons The New School For Design – New York, NY – Summer Studies in Constructed Environments
http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/summer-studies-in-constructed-environments/
June 26 – July 28, 2017 (5 weeks)
Pennsylvania State Univ. - State College, PA – Architecture & Landscape Architecture Summer Camp
http://architecture-camps.outreach.psu.edu/
July 16-20, 2017 (1 week)
Pennsylvania, University of – Philadelphia, PA – Architecture: Summer at Penn
http://jkcp.com/architecture
July 2 – 29, 2017 Residential (4 weeks); July 3 – 28, 2017 Day (4 weeks)
Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY – Pre-College Summer Program
http://ww.pratt.edu/precollege
July 5 – 28, 2017 (4 weeks)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Troy, NY - Architecture Career Discovery Program
http://summer.rpi.edu/programs
July 9 – 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, RI
Pre-College: Architecture
http://precollege.risd.edu/wp/
June 24 – August 5, 2017
Roger Williams University - Bristol, RI – Summer Academy: Experience Architecture
http://rwu.edu/academics/schools-colleges/saahp/special-programs/summer-programs/summer-academy
July 9 – August 5, 2017 (4 weeks)
Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY – Summer College
http://summercollege.syr.edu/program/architecture/
July 3 – August 11, 2017 (6 weeks)
Temple University – Philadelphia, PA – Architecture Institute
http://tyler.temple.edu/continuing-education-program/architecture-institute
July 10 – 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
Yale University – New Haven, CT – EXPLO 360
http://www.explo.org/360/yale
June 25 – July 15; July 16 – August 5, 2017 (3 weeks)
SOUTHEAST
Auburn University – Auburn, AL (Architecture Camp/Design Workshop) and Birmingham, AL (Design)
http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/opce/summerexperience/
June 18 – 23; July 9 – 14, 2017 (1 week) (Auburn)
July 17 – 21; July 24 – 28, 2017 (1 week) (Birmingham)
Clemson University - Clemson, SC – Designing the Built Environment
http://www.clemson.edu/summer-scholars
June 25 – July 1, 2017 (1 week)
Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton, FL – Architecture Summer Program
http://www.idac.fau.edu/design/HSSI.html
July 10-21; July 24 – August 4, 2017 (2 weeks)
Florida, University of - Gainesville, FL – Summer Design Exploration
https://dcp.ufl.edu/architecture/summer-design-exploration/
June 18 – July 7, 2017 (3 weeks)
Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA – Pre-College Summer Program
https://design.gatech.edu/precollege
June 19 – 30; July 10 - 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
Kennesaw State University – Marietta, GA – Summer Design Workshop
http://cacm.kennesaw.edu/architecture/programs/summer-design-workshop.php
July 10 – 28, 2017 (3 weeks)
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA – Architecture Camp
http://www.outreach.lsu.edu/Pre-K-12/Architecture-Design-Workshop
June 11 – 16, 2017 (1 week)
Louisiana at Lafayette, University of – Lafayette, LA
https://architecture.louisiana.edu/prospective-students/schedule-your-visit-today/design-discovery-summer-camp
Summer 2017 (2 weeks)
Miami, University of - Miami, FL – Summer Scholars Program
http://miami.edu/dcie/index.php/ssp
July 1 – 21, 2017 (3 weeks, full-time in-residence)
Mississippi State University - Starkville, MS – Design Discovery
http://www.sarc.msstate.edu/caad_web/sarc/designdiscovery.php
June 9 – 16, 2017 (1 week)
North Carolina at Charlotte, University of - Charlotte, NC – Architecture Summer Program
http://coaa.uncc.edu/academics/school-of-architecture/summer-camp-0
June 11 - June 17, 2017 (1 week)
North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC – Summer Studios
design.ncsu.edu/designcamp
June 12 – 16 (7th & 8th Grade); July 10 –14, 2017 (10th, 11th & 12th Grade); (day)
June 25 – July 1; July 23 – 29, 2017 (11th & 12th Grade) (overnight) (1 week)
Savannah College of Arts & Design – Atlanta and Savannah, GA – Rising Star
http://www.scad.edu/admission/admission-information/pre-college/rising-star
June 18 – July 21, 2017 (5 weeks)
Savannah College of Arts & Design – Savannah, GA - SCAD Summer Seminars
http://www.scad.edu/academics/pre-college-summer-programs/scad-summer-seminars
June 25 – 30, July 9 – 14, July 16 – 21, July 23 – 28, July 30 – Aug. 4, 2017 (1 week)
Tennessee, University of - Knoxville, TN – Design Matters Camp
http://archdesign.utk.edu/news-events/design-matters-camp/
July 9 – 14, 2017 (1 week)
Tulane University - New Orleans, LA – Career Explorations in Architecture
http://architecture.tulane.edu/programs/summer-high-school-program
July 9 – 29, 2016 (3 weeks)
Tuskegee University – Tuskegee, AL - PACT
http://www.tuskegee.edu/academics/colleges/school_of_architecture_and_construction_science/pact_summer_program.aspx
June 18 – July 1, 2017 (2 weeks)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Blacksburg, VA – Inside Architecture + Design
https://sites.google.com/site/insidearchitectureanddesign/
June 25 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
EAST CENTRAL
Andrews University – Berrien Springs, MI – Renaissance Kids 2017
https://www.andrews.edu/said/renaissance-kids
June 10 – 14; June 12 – 16; June 19 – 23; June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
July 4 – 8; July 10 – 14, July 17 – 21, July 24 – 28, 2017 (1 week)
Ball State University - Muncie, IN – DesignWorks Summer Academy
http://bsu.edu/cap/designworks
July 9 – 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
Cincinnati, University of – Cincinnati, OH – DAAP Camp Summer Experiences
http://daap.uc.edu/daapcamps.html
June 5 – 9, 2017 (Day); June 18 – 24, 2017 (Residential)
July 10 – 14, 2017 Cincinnati Architecture Mentoring Program (CAMP)
Cranbrook Summer Art Institute – Bloomfield Hills, MI – Summer Art Institute
http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/SummerInstitute.html
June 26 – July 14, 2017 (3 weeks)
Detroit Mercy, University of – Detroit, MI – Architecture Design Camp – email
arch.udmercy.edu/camp
June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
Lawrence Technological University – Detroit, MI – Summer Camp
http://www.ltu.edu/community_k12/summer_camps.asp
June 26 – 30; July 10 - 14; July 17 – 21; July 24 – 28, 2017 (all 1 week)
Miami University - Oxford, OH – Summer Scholars Program
miamioh.edu/summerscholars
July 2 – 14, 2017 (2 weeks)
Michigan, University of - Ann Arbor, MI – ArcStart
http://taubmancollege.umich.edu/architecture/high-school-programs
July 10 – July 31, 2017 (3 weeks)
Notre Dame, University of – Notre Dame, IN – Career Discovery
http://architecture.nd.edu/academics/professional-development/career-discovery/
June 18 – 30, 2017 (2 weeks)
WEST CENTRAL
Frank Lloyd Trust – Oak Park, IL – Design Camps
http://flwright.org/programs/designcamps/individualsessions
June 24, July 22, August 12 (1 day)
July 10 – 14, 2017 (Grades 3-5); July 31 – August 4, 2017 (Grades 6-8) (1 week)
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Madison, WI
http://brandnudesign.com/new-blog/2017/1/31/the-hip-hop-architecture-camp-kick-off
Saturdays in February 2017
Institute of Technology – Chicago, IL – Experiment in Architecture / IntroARCH
http://arch.iit.edu/study/special
June 18 – July 1; July 9 – 22, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://arch.iit.edu/admissions/introarch
July 31 - August 14, 2017 (2 weeks)
Illinois at Chicago, University of - Chicago, IL
http://arch.uic.edu/YArch (college students/working professionals)
July 5 – 28, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://arch.uic.edu/HiArch (high school students)
July 11 – 15, 2016 (1 week)
Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of - Champaign, IL – Discover Architecture
go.illinois.edu/discover
June 18 – July 1; July 9 – 22, 2017 (2 weeks)
Iowa State University – Ames, IA – Design Dimensions Camp
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/camping
July 9 - 14, 2017 (1 week)
Judson University - Elgin, IL – Architecture Discovery Workshop
http://arch.judsonu.edu/architecture-discovery-workshop/
July 9 – 14, 2017 (1 week)
Missouri at Kansas City, University – Kansas City, MO – Design Discovery
http://info.umkc.edu/aupd/design-discovery-program/
June 5 – 7, 2017
Nebraska-Lincoln, University of - Lincoln, NE – Career Explorations
http://architecture.unl.edu/prospective-student/high-school-workshops
June 4 - June 10, 2017 (1 week)
Oklahoma, University of – Norman, OK – Architecture Summer Academy
http://www.ou.edu/content/outreach/youth/9th-12th-grade/architecture-summer-academy.html
Contact School for Dates (late February)
Oklahoma State University – Stillwater, OK – Discover Architecture
http://arch-ceat.okstate.edu/discover-architecture
June 12 – 17, 2017 (1 week)
Project Pipeline – Chicago, IL
https://www.i-noma.org/project-pipeline-summer-camp
August 2 – 6, 2017
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL – Summer Institute Residency Program
http://www.saic.edu/ecp
June 19 – July 2, 2017 (2 weeks)
Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, IL – Architecture Camp
http://kidarch.siuc.edu/
http://conferenceservices.siu.edu/camps-youth-programs/architecture-camp.php
June 19 – 23 (Grades 4-6); July 9 – 14 (Grades 7-9); July 16 – 23, 2017 (Grades 9-12)
Taliesin – Spring Green, WI – Summer Immersion Program
http://taliesin.edu/news/immersion/
January 9 – March 3 (Taliesin West); June 12 – August 4, 2017 (8 weeks)
Washington University in St. Louis - St. Louis, MO - Architecture Discovery Program
http://www.samfox.wustl.edu/summer/adp
July 9 – July 22, 2017 (2 weeks)
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Univ. of - Milwaukee, WI
Architecture Summer Camp
http://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/admissions/outreach/summercamp/summercamp.cfm
July 30 - August 5, 2017 (1 week)
Weisman Art Museum - Minneapolis, MN – Teen Architecture Workshop
http://weisman.umn.edu/learning#community-families
July 31 – August 4, 2017 (1 week)
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas, University of – Fayetteville, AR - Design Camp
http://fayjones.uark.edu/news-and-events/design-camp.php
June 12 – 16; June 19 – 23; June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
Houston, University of - Houston, TX – Summer Discovery Program
http://www.wonderworkshouston.org/
June 12 – July 14, 2017 (5 weeks)
Prairie View A&M University – Prairie View, TX - Architecture Enrichment Concepts
http://www.pvamu.edu/sa/career-services/pre-college-enrichment/
Contact School for Dates
Texas A&M University - College Station, TX - Camp ARCH
http://www.youthadventureprogram.com/
July 2 – 7, 2017 (1 week)
Texas at Austin, University of - Austin, TX – Summer Academy
http://soa.utexas.edu/apply/summer-academy-architecture
June 19 – July 21, 2017 (5 weeks)
Texas at San Antonio, University of – San Antonio, TX – Summer Academy in Architecture
http://cacp.utsa.edu/academic-programs/department-of-architecture/summer-academy-in-architecture-interior-design/
June 5 – 16, 2017 (2 weeks)
WEST
Architectural Foundation of San Francisco – San Francisco, CA – Summer Design Institute
http://www.afsf.org/programs/build-san-francisco-summer-design-institute/
June 12 – 30, 2017 (3 weeks)
Architecture + Design Museum – Los Angeles, CA
http://aplusd.org/familyprograms/
Contact A + D Museum for dates of workshops held throughout the year
Arcosanti – Mayer, AZ - Workshops
http://arcosanti.org/workshops
Contact Arcosanti for Dates
Arizona State University – Phoenix, AZ – Summer Design Primer
https://design.asu.edu/resources/design-primer
June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
Arizona, University of – Tucson, AZ – Camp Architecture
http://capla.arizona.edu/events/camp-architecture-summer-2015
June 5 – 9; June 19 – 23, 2017 (6th-8th) (1 week)
June 12 – 16; June 26 – 30, 2017 (9th-12th) (1 week)
California Baptist University – Riverside, CA – Summer Day Camp
http://cavad.calbaptist.edu/summer17
June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
California at Berkeley, University of - Berkeley, CA – Summer Institute in Environmental Design
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/summer-institute/
July 3 - August 11, 2017 (6 weeks) – College Graduates
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/embarc-design-academy/
July 3 – 28, 2017 (4 weeks) – High School
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/discovery/
June 3 – August 5, 2017 (5 weeks) - College
California at Los Angeles, University of - Los Angeles, CA – Jumpstart Summer Institute
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/Architecture/overview.htm
July 9 – August 4, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/TeenArchStudio
July 9 – 21; July 9 – 28, 2016 (2 or 3 weeks)
California College of The Arts - San Francisco, CA – Pre-College
cca.edu/precollege
June 26 – July 21, 2017 (4 weeks)
California Poly State Univ. – SLO - San Luis Obispo, CA – Summer Career Workshop
http://www.architecture.calpoly.edu/about/summer-career
June 25 - July 21, 2017 (4 weeks)
Idaho, University of – Moscow, ID – Summer Design Week
http://www.uidaho.edu/caa/news/annual-events/summer-design-week
June 25 – July 1, 2017 (1 week)
Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design
http://www.laiad.com/
Newschool of Architecture and Design - San Diego, CA – High School Design Experience
http://newschoolarch.edu/academics/summer-courses/
August 14 – 24, 2017 (2 weeks)
Oregon, University of - Eugene, OR – Summer Architecture Academy
http://architecture.uoregon.edu/summeracademy
July 10 – August 4, 2017 (4 weeks)
Oregon, University of – Portland, OR – Design Camp
https://aaa.uoregon.edu/uo-design-camp
July 10 – 14, 2017
Girls Garage – Berkeley, CA
http://girlsgarage.org/programs/summer-camp/
June / July 2017 (1 week)
Project Pipeline NOMA Chapters – Various Cities
http://www.noma.net/article/198/happenings/news/project-pipeline-camp-registration-underway Contact for dates!
Southern California Institute of Architecture – Los Angeles, CA
https://sciarc.edu/academics/summer-programs/making-and-meaning/
July 20 – August 4, 2017 (college students) – Making and Meaning
https://sciarc.edu/academics/summer-programs/design-immersion-days/
June 19 – July 15, 2017 (4 weeks) (high school students) – Design Immersion Days
Southern California, University of - Los Angeles, CA – Exploration of Architecture
http://arch.usc.edu/Programs/SummerPrograms/ExplorationofArchitecture
June 18 – July 15, 2017 (4 weeks); June 18 – July 2, 2017 (2 weeks)
Taliesin Preservation – Spring Green, WI – Architecture Camp
http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/education/youth-programs
June 12 – 16; June 19 – 23; June 26 – 30; July 10 – 14;
July 17 – 21; July 24 – 28; July 31 – August 4 (1 week)
Washington, University of - Seattle, WA – Introduction to Architecture
http://arch.be.washington.edu/programs-and-courses/other-programs/arch-100-summer-program/
June 19 – August 18, 2017 (9 weeks)
http://www.summer-camp.uw.edu/ – Summer Youth Program
July 17 – 28, 2017 (2 weeks)
Woodbury University – Los Angeles, CA – High School Summer Academy / Art of Architecture
https://woodbury.edu/academics/summer-programs/hs-summer-academy/
June 26 – July 28, 2017 (5 weeks) – Monday, Wednesday and Friday only (11th – 12 grade)
https://woodbury.edu/summer-architecture-camp/
June 26 – July 14, 2017 (3 weeks) – Monday-Friday only (4th – 8th grade)
INTERNATIONAL
Architectural Association – London, ENGLAND – Summer School
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/summerschool
July 3 – 21, 2017 (3 weeks)
CIAO! Center for Introduction to Architecture Overseas – Pontano, ITALY
http://www.ciao-cfsu.org
July 1-22, 2017 (3 weeks)
International Summer School – Tamil Nadu, INDIA
http://www.agpworkshops.com/
Contact for dates!
Les Tapies Arts and Architecture Summer Program - France
http://summer.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=397
June 24 – July 15, 2017 (4 weeks)
Design Quest / Design Day / Skill Up Workshops (RIBA) – London, England
http://www.architecture.com/Explore/ExhibitionsandEvents/Workshops/Workshops.aspx
Workshops 2017: Contact RIBA for more details!
That's a really long and helpful list, but this article is specifically about a selection of summer camp options for children around the US.
Celsius and Beyond, an award winning science summer camp in San Francisco, is offering week-long architecture camps to kids entering 3-9 grades. The camp is led by a professional and energetic architect. Read more about it here: http://www.celsiusandbeyond.co...
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust in Chicago offers week long design camps for students in grade 3-5 and 6-8, as well as High School Design Studios on Saturdays in June and July. For more information please visit: http://cal.flwright.org/progra...
www.open-air-studios.com offers week long art and architecture camps in VENICE, CA. Children ages 6 through 12 create models using a variety of architectural materials. Please see the web site for photos under 3D art and description of the camps for kids . Contact info is listed on the web site.
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The University of Pennsylvania School of Design offers a 4-week summer architecture program for grades 9 through 12. It is taught by the faculty at UPenn, helps students work on their portfolio, and take trips to famous architecture sites. Learn more at the Architecture: Summer at Penn website.
The University of Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation offers Discovering Architecture, a 3-week summer architecture program for high school students https://oes.umd.edu/middle-high-school-students/terp-young-scholars/terp-young-scholars-courses/terp-young-scholars-architecture.
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