Submissions for the 2019 Pollinator House Competition are due May 15th! All submissions shall be delivered in person or by parcel post to one of the following addresses: CJS Architects, 755 Seneca Street, Suite 100, Buffalo, NY 14210 — OR — Jim Charlier, 215 Lancaster Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222 We’re Looking forward to your submission!
2017 Little Free Library Design Competition in the news
BAF LFL submissions exceed expectations BAF Little Free Library® Design Competition Receives Entries from Around the World
Call for Building (and Garden) Stories!
A Simple Idea Garden Walk Buffalo began in 1995 with a simple idea of fostering community through gardening. The event has grown to over 400 gardens and is a premier event in the City of Buffalo, occurring the last weekend of July, rain or shine, every year. To any architecture and planning enthusiasts, its worth strolling […]
2017 Little Free Library® Design Competition Starts June 5th!
This is an Open, Two-stage, Design Competition to design, construct, and install a contemporary book shelter in underprivileged neighborhoods in Buffalo, NY. Architects, designers, sculptors, carpenters, students, etc. interested in rethinking and fabricating a library as part of this project are invited to submit their qualifications and describe their interest in the project. A conceptual […]
Education Program at Lake Shore Middle School
The Buffalo Architecture Foundation is proud to have completed its second annual Native American Program at Lake Shore Middle School in Angola, NY earlier this summer. This program which was created to help raise awareness of design and the built world specifically to Native American children by way of educational programs parallels some of the […]
Happy Birthday to Us!
Today is BAF’s 6th Birthday! Here is what we have accomplished over the past 6 years: We have taught architecture and design concepts to over 2,000 local students as part of our Education Programs. We have collected nearly 100 6 Minute Building Stories cataloging the stories of WNY’s past, present and future. We have awarded 9 […]
Build with BAF
Buffalo Architecture Foundation Annual Campaign Build with BAF is a campaign to reach individual supporters to strengthen our programs and allow for opportunities to grow our outreach. As a public charity, the work of the Buffalo Architecture Foundation relies on the generosity of its supporters. By donating to the Buffalo Architecture Foundation, you will help […]
BAF & Arts Partners for Learning
Each year, the Buffalo Architecture Foundation works with Arts Partners for Learning (APL) to provide programming throughout Western New York. Arts Partners for Learning’s mission is to expand access to arts education in the eight counties of WNY, and to improve the capacity of cultural organizations in these counties to provide quality creative learning […]
Architecture + Education Newsletter
We are two months into our 2015 Architecture + Education Program, and we are so proud of the progress the teams are making! We are working in 23 classrooms, over 7 Buffalo Public Schools, with over 600 kids. Our Exhibit of Student Work will be on Friday January 8th from 5pm-7:30pm at the CEPA Gallery […]
Giving Thanks
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we would like to take a moment to recognize and thank our 2015 Sponsors, supporters, and partners. These groups have donated funds, volunteers, and resources to our the Buffalo Architecture Foundation and the 2015 Architecture + Education Program. With funds raised this year, for the first time ever, we were […]