AccessArt
http://www.accessart.org.uk
A website containing an evolving collection of visual resources.
America’s Favorite Architecture
http://www.favoritearchitecture.org
150 favorite buildings in the United States with descriptions and highlights of each building.
American Institute of Architects
http://www.aia.org
American Planning Association
http://www.planning.org
Site contains lesson plans, youth charettes, etc.
American Society of Civil Engineers
http://www.asce.org
American Society of Landscape Architects
http://www.asla.org
Architecture in Education, Philadelphia
http://www.aiaphila.org/aie
Contains several resources for teachers interested in incorporating architecture, landscape architecture, and other design into the classroom.
Arcspace
http://www.arcspace.com
Arcspace is an architecture and design magazine that features today's most creative projects as well as the most influential of the past.
Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org
Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating and participating with media content, the Center for Media Literacy works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture.
Center for Urban Pedagogy
http://www.anothercupdevelopment.org
CUP is a nonprofit research and design office dedicated to producing pedagogical and activating work about the built environment.
Center for Understanding the Built Environment
http://www.cubekc.org
CUBE brings together educators with community partners to effect change that will lead to a quality built and natural environment, one and interdependent.
Cities and Towns, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cityhome.html
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
http://www.cooperhewitt.org
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum believes that design shapes our objects, environments, and communications, making them more desirable, functional, and accessible. The Museum celebrates the nature of design and explores its impact on the quality of our lives.
Design Institute at the University of Minnesota
http://www.design.umn.edu
The Design Institute develops advanced research, educational programs and interdisciplinary partnerships to improve design in the public realm.
Design It Yourself Kids
http://d-i-y-kids.blogspot.com
Blog and Website featuring Design projects for kids.
Design Writing Research
http://www.designwritingresearch.org
Ellen Lupton's personal website which provides essays, teaching materials, links, free advice, and more.
Donors Choose
http://www.donorschoose.org
Connects teachers with donor funding for proposed projects
Education Development Center "Imagination Place"
http://www.edc.org/CCT/imagination_place
The Futures Channel
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/movies/design_movies.php
Resource of videos to use in the classroom, including design videos.
Google SketchUp
http://www.sketchup.com
Google’s 3D modeling software.
Great Buildings
http://www.greatbuildings.com
Architectural images and plans for landmark buildings around the world.
The Heritage Education Network
http://histpres.mtsu.edu/then/index.html
Includes lesson plans, activities, ideas, and resources for teachers.
Intel Design and Discovery
http://www97.intel.com/DISCOVER/DesignDiscovery/DD_Curriculum/default.aspx
Intel’s Design and Discovery curriculum is a comprehensive inquiry-based curriculum, which introduces students ages 11-15 to engineering through design.
"Kids Design the Future" on the University of Maryland website
http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/kiddesign
Materials for the Arts, NYC
http://www.mfta.org
Materials for the Arts provides New York schools and organizations with materials.
National Building Museum
http://www.nbm.org
Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the National Building Museum is America's premier cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning.
National Park Service--Teaching with Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp
National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr
National Trust for Historic Preservation
http://www.nationaltrust.org
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/build.html
Several resources and activities about bridges.
Project for Public Space
http://www.pps.org
PPS has an international reputation for its work on the design and management of public spaces. A non-profit, PPS was founded in 1975 to continue the pioneering work of writer-sociologist William H. Whyte. PPS has helped over 1,000 communities in 44 states and 12 countries improve their parks, markets, streets, transit stations, libraries and countless other public spaces.
The Salvadori Center
http://www.salvadori.org
Involved in the daily challenge of integrating specialized knowledge in architecture, structural engineering, urban studies and environmental social science with the teaching and learning of core curricular subjects.
Show Me
http://www.show.me.uk/topicpage/Art-and-Design.html
The UK website, Show Me, contains projects, ideas, galleries, and games, inspired by gallery exhibits in museums from across the world.
Society of Architectural Historians
http://www.sah.org