Close up view of the wooden details in the yumi chair design
Exhibition

By Design

Stories and Ideas Behind Objects
Architect rendering of a white corner building that has cheese grater-like indents
Event

Luncheon By Design 2024

This year's Luncheon by Design event explores the alignment of design and nature.
 

Architecture and Design

Consists of more than 18,000 objects dating from the 1500s to the present, comprising one of the preeminent modern and contemporary design collections of any comprehensive museum in the United States.

Lesson Plan

Building outside the box

Explore architecture with the idea that buildings don't have to be box-shaped. Students will create their own architectural designs by literally thinking outside the box.

Lesson Plan

A Butterfly’s Perspective

Children will examine images of traditional buildings and compare them to what they see in the Frederic C. Hamilton Building. They will then imagine they are butterflies flitting about the Frederic C. Hamilton Building and describe differences they notice.

Lesson Plan

Do You See What I See?

Students will work with a partner in a fun activity that helps them see the importance of finding precise words to describe the Frederic C. Hamilton Building. They will then learn how research can expand their understanding of the Frederic C. Hamilton Building beyond what they examined and learned about it from visual images alone.

Lesson Plan

Architect and the Public in Public Architecture

Students will learn how a public building reflects the ideas of the architect and compare this to how the public perceives the building. Students will look at the Frederic C. Hamilton Building, read about the architect Daniel Libeskind, and interview people about their perceptions of the Frederic C. Hamilton Building to better understand the similarities and differences in the architect’s and the public’s points of view.

Lesson Plan

The Things People Build

Children will have time to construct their own “buildings.” They will then look at an ancient structure, followed by the Frederic C. Hamilton Building and the North Building, and talk about the different shapes, styles, and materials used for construction over the course of history. A comparison to the buildings they’ve fashioned, followed by a chance to build their own “forts,” winds up the lesson.