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Parkitecture: Our Third Youth + Family Tour

August 7, 2014 by Courtney Creenan

  Last Saturday, the Buffalo Architecture Foundation, in partnership with Explore Buffalo, held its third Free Youth + Family Tour.  The theme was “Parkitecture.”  The tour began by exploring  the grounds of Albright Knox, learning about a few of the public art pieces featured in the landscape. The group also learned about the Albright Knox […]

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Learning Structures with Pool Noodles and Sidewalk Chalk

July 31, 2014 by Courtney Creenan

The Buffalo Architecture Foundation, in partnership with Explore Buffalo, enjoyed a beautiful morning in Downtown Buffalo learning about three important Buffalo buildings, and having lots of fun with pool noodles and sidewalk chalk! The group started at the Guaranty Building, reviewing structural concepts such as post and lintel, and steel frame constrution.  We then moved across […]

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Recap: Youth + Family Workshops

July 28, 2014 by Courtney Creenan

Running from April to June, the Buffalo Architecture Foundation, in partnership with the Darwin Martin House Complex, provided Free Youth + Family Workshops for the citizens of Buffalo and the greater WNY area. The workshops were held at the Delavan-Grider Community Center, and The WASH Project. Our first workshop theme was Designing Skyscrapers Using Patterns. […]

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Families Learn About Preservation at BAF’s Youth + Family Tour

July 24, 2014 by Courtney Creenan

   The Buffalo Architecture Foundation, in partnership with Explore Buffalo, braved the rain and gave the first free youth + family tour of the season. We all gathered at the ECC city campus building- a Buffalo landmark  originally used as a post office building. Our guide discussed the building’s adaptive reuse to meet the needs of […]

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