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| 22 Apr 2026 | |
| Written by Carly Clifford | |
| DP Education |
DesignPhiladelphia’s Design Education program, in partnership with AIA, proudly hosted 2026 Architecture Week, joining a nationwide celebration of the power of design. This year’s initiative connected 588 students across Philadelphia with designers and architects offering a direct look into the built environment and the people who shape it. Through classroom visits, hands-on learning, virtual read-alouds and conversations in the studios themselves, students from K through 12th grade explored how architecture impacts their daily lives and how they might one day contribute to it.
This work is made possible by a dedicated group of volunteers who brought their time, knowledge, and lived experience into classrooms across the city.
Volunteers included:
Participating schools included:
Together, this network of professionals and students helped make architecture more visible, more accessible, and more possible for the next generation. The future of the design industry depends on who we invite in today. Last week was one step toward building that future.
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