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2004 Accent on Architecture Grant Recipients

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Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati
"Architecture by Children (ABC)”
Cincinnati, OH

ABC is a free program for Greater Cincinnati K-12 schools. Architects visit classrooms and then students develop architectural design projects for a competition and public exhibition.

Architectural Foundation of San Francisco
“AFSF Architecture + Youth Project”
San Francisco, CA

Under AFSF leadership, the Architecture + Youth Collaborative will highlight the work of children’s architecture projects, coordinate an exhibition, and publish and disseminate a poster/calendar.

Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara
“Kids Draw Architecture”
Santa Barbara, CA

Free drawing sessions are held at local architectural landmarks for Santa Barbara County students ages 4-14. All drawing materials are provided as well as volunteers. On average 250 children and parents participate in each session. At the end of the year, a calendar is created with these drawings, and it is distributed cost free.

Bright Lights, Inc.
“Middle School Architecture Camp Designs a Bike Shelter”
Lincoln, NE

Bright Lights will lead its third annual one-week middle school Architecture Day Camp, a partnership with the University of Nebraska’s College of Architecture and AIAS.

Chicago Architecture Foundation
“Green Architecture Initiative”
Chicago, IL

The Green Architecture Initiative is a public education program to raise professional and general awareness of the need to promote green architecture and sustainable development.

Iowa Architectural Foundation
“Houses Have History: Integrating Architectural Heritage & Curriculum”
Des Moines, IA

This staff development class strengthens teachers’ awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the built environment so they may apply what they have learned to their curricula.

Learning by Design: MA and the Charles River Conservancy
“Designing our River Heritage”
Boston, MA

Middle-school students will work with architects and planners in a community design charrette and service learning project, developing and sharing architectural design solutions for a Boston parkland on the Charles River.

Michigan Architectural Foundation
“Architecture – It’s Elementary”
Detroit, MI

The initiative will develop a K-5 curriculum study program devoted to architecture and the built environment.

The New York Foundation for Architecture, Inc.
“Learning By Design:NY”
New York, NY

Learning By Design:NY reaches K-12 school children with built environment education programs. Through classroom residencies, professional development for educators, and student workshops, the program works with more than 25 schools and 3000 students each year.

Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April
“Rebuild/Repair Buena Vista”
Nashville, TN

Rebuilding Together preserves and revitalizes houses and communities of low-income homeowners. Its goal is to make a sustainable impact in partnership with the community.

Washington Architectural Foundation
“Architecture 101/201 Teacher Training Courses”
Washington, DC

Architecture 101/201 provides two courses of intensive training for DC public school teachers to use architectural concepts to enhance any subject in grades K-12.

 

For the past seven years, CNA Insurance Companies and Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc., have sponsored the American Architectural Foundation’s Accent on Architecture Community Grants Program. Their continued support makes this program possible. The CNA and Schinnerer professional liability insurance programs are commended by the American Institute of Architects and sponsored by the AIA Trust.

 

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