My Thoughts: The Hows, Whys, Whats along with the bare bones basics for those young budding architects are all covered in this book. It takes the reader step-by-step at the very basic levels in simple, easy to understand language along with wonderful plans and illustrations to explain what goes on as the architect works on plans for a building, in this case, a house. It also introduces the reader to famous architects and different styles of architecture, and explains briefly why buildings need to be built differently for different conditions (weather/location/etc). This is a definitive handbook for architects – a great gift for one who is already an architect, and also to those future architects, or just about anyone. While my review was written for the NetGalley digital version I received, this is also currently on order for gifting 🙂

Rating: A
Reading Level: Ages 9 – 12 (well, all ages)
Reread Level: 5/5
Disclaimer: Thank you to NetGalley for the digital ARC of the book