Whenever you live, work, play or learn, you come into contact with the built environment. Architecture concerns everyone. The general public is becoming increasingly involved in debates about the quality of that architecture, but they often lack the right words to articulate their views effectively.

Architecture is a form of cultural expression, and learning to think and speak about it takes time. You can’t start early enough, says the ICA/WB. As part of a broad educational project, they developed workshops and produced a publication aimed at teachers in nursery, primary and secondary education. “We want to give children and young people the tools to talk about architecture beyond a purely aesthetic debate about what they find ‘beautiful’ or ‘ugly’,” explains Audrey Contesse, director of the ICA/WB.