ARCHITECTURE IS FUN

making everyday life FUN!

  • Architecture Is Fun
    • DuPage Children’s Museum
    • The Questioneers at DuPage Children’s Museum
    • Exploration Station
    • Lincoln Park Zoo
    • Frost Art Museum
    • Ronald McDonald House
    • Young At Art Museum
    • St. Chrysostom’s Day School
    • DuPage Children’s Museum Renovation
    • Wrecked: Making Archaeology Fun
  • Public Space & Masterplanning
    • Rio de Janeiro Entertainment Complex
    • Workplace as Public Space
    • Latin School of Chicago
  • Leadership
    • Thought Leadership
    • Peter Exley FAIA RIBA
    • Sharon Exley MAAE
    • Speaking Engagements
  • About Us
    • Architecture Is Fun
    • We Are AIA Chicago Firm of the Year!
    • Publications & Research
Menu
  • Architecture Is Fun
    • DuPage Children’s Museum
    • The Questioneers at DuPage Children’s Museum
    • Exploration Station
    • Lincoln Park Zoo
    • Frost Art Museum
    • Ronald McDonald House
    • Young At Art Museum
    • St. Chrysostom’s Day School
    • DuPage Children’s Museum Renovation
    • Wrecked: Making Archaeology Fun
  • Public Space & Masterplanning
    • Rio de Janeiro Entertainment Complex
    • Workplace as Public Space
    • Latin School of Chicago
  • Leadership
    • Thought Leadership
    • Peter Exley FAIA RIBA
    • Sharon Exley MAAE
    • Speaking Engagements
  • About Us
    • Architecture Is Fun
    • We Are AIA Chicago Firm of the Year!
    • Publications & Research

Find

Categories

  • Workplace as Public Space
  • Peter Exley FAIA RIBA
  • Sharon Exley MAAE
  • The Questioneers at DuPage Children’s Museum
  • Thought Leadership
  • Architecture Is Fun,  Public Space & Masterplanning

    Frost Art Museum

    April 23, 2014 /

    The renovated family gallery is “super chill,” designed to be worthy of a child’s curiosity and adult admiration, demonstrating everyone is hard-wired for creativity. The whiteness of the space serves as a blank slate for artistic expression and media exploration, from new-age technologies, including a Smart Table™, projector and iPads, to traditional art-making. It is an environment rich in evocative objects and commissioned art installations that inspire active learning, choices, and social engagement. Both orientation and terminus, the discovery gallery is “the place” that frames museum visits.

    read more

    You May Also Like

    DuPage Children’s Museum Renovation

    May 4, 2016

    The Questioneers at DuPage Children’s Museum

    April 18, 2022

    Ronald McDonald House

    November 24, 2012
  • Architecture Is Fun

    Evanston Public Library: Children’s Library

    November 20, 2012 /

    Making Room for Growth With collections exceeding capacity and unanticipated citywide increase in juvenile population, the Evanston Public Library had little room to grow. This challenging renovation reconfigured and re-envisioned the formal library, transforming it into a literary children’s garden of delights.

    read more

    You May Also Like

    Frost Art Museum

    April 23, 2014

    The Cave at Young At Art

    November 18, 2012

    St. Chrysostom’s Day School Gothic Garden

    August 22, 2012
  • Architecture Is Fun

    Evanston Public Library: Teen Loft

    August 25, 2012 /

    Carving Out Room and Resource For Teens Wow. This is the first time I’ve been in here and I love it! It’s so teenagerish. I really wish my room looked like this!  You’re kidding, teens helped design this?!  I didn’t know cool stuff like that went on. ~ Evanston High School Senior

    read more

    You May Also Like

    Kids On The Fly at O’Hare International Airport

    October 20, 2012

    The Latin School of Chicago

    October 22, 2012

    Pablo’s Magical Theater: Now Showing at Young At Art Museum

    November 19, 2012
  • Architecture Is Fun

    Fountaindale Public Library Teen Library

    August 2, 2012 /

    Serving the Teen Aesthetic and Study HabitsThe Vortex Teen Library draws young adults into a relevant, energized 3500 SF, which they helped brainstorm and name.

    read more

    You May Also Like

    GreenSCAPES Environmental Education

    November 20, 2012

    The Cave at Young At Art

    November 18, 2012

    The Questioneers at DuPage Children’s Museum

    April 18, 2022
Architecture Is Fun
Peter Exley FAIA RIBA
Sharon Exley MAAE
219 West North Avenue
Suite #2
Chicago, IL 60610
312.335.1317

Categories

  • About Us
  • Architecture Is Fun
  • Public Space & Masterplanning
2022
  • Architecture Is Fun
  • Public Space & Masterplanning
  • Leadership
  • About Us
Ashe Theme by WP Royal.