Happy Face Collection
Born In Brooklyn™
We’re thrilled to announce our The Happy Face Collection, part of the Born In Brooklyn Private Label. The collection is produced and sold via Fun Finders.
We see furniture and interactive elements for play and learning as objects of delight; saying to children “this is for you!”.
God Is In The Details: Lego™ as Theology
Winters in Chicago are long. Housebound over bleak weekends and chilly evenings, we began to entertain ourselves with creative projects. Our favorite activity has been assembling the Lego Architecture kits, historic sites and contemporary masterpieces, which we’d collected as each limited edition set had been released. Our penchant for play and a belief that busy hands are happy hands led us to construct replicas by Frank Lloyd Wright, Sir Charles Barry, James Hoban, SOM, Mies van der Rohe and others—and we were warmed by the delight we found in building together.
Calvary Assembly Church
Converting a Multiplex Cinema
Having made a huge investment in converting a cinema into their new home, Calvary Assembly Church wondered if Phase One would have enough appeal and presence to make that critical first impression and function well, servicing a growing congregation.
Peter’s Pavers
Architecture Is Fun Designs Wallpaper for Studio Printworks
Characters, color and charm. Sharon and Peter Exley have a flair for adding fun and play to every environment and product they design. Inspired by the Roberto Burle Marx mosaic sidewalks in Rio de Janeiro, Peter’s Pavers is their first wallpaper release, introduced as part of the Studio Printworks Great Contemporary Artists Collection.
Granger Community Church
We had faith in your abilities to deliver world-class facilities. The end result is stunning.
~ Tim Stevens, Executive Pastor
Purposeful Play Environments
This children’s facility is mission-driven, in both focus and design, fostering purposeful play by using biblical teachings as its foundation.
Evangelical Free Church of Naperville
The Children’s House
The mandate from the pastor and members of the congregation was that the new Children’s House for the Evangelical Free Church of Naperville be a purpose-driven destination.
Fellowship Missionary Church: Crosstown Children’s Ministry
You gave us exactly what we asked for: flexible, fun, functional public space and classrooms that meet our needs, even now, 15 years later.
~ Robin Collins, Director of Children & Student Life
TurnPoint Apostolic Church
In the beginning, there was Bible Boulevard. Designed as a family thoroughfare and functioning as a spine, it is the first stop for families entering TurnPoint Apostolic Church’s exhilarating 11,000 SF children’s ministry.
Playroom Design Thinking Featured on Houzz
Engaging the Community
Since talking with Frank Lloyd Wright about playspaces isn’t possible (short of holding a seance), Houzz editor and fellow architect Bud Dietrich talked to the wife and husband design team of Architecture is Fun.
Let’s Be Friends