From the Art and Design Careers series (8 titles), this attractive volume begins with several fictional scenes: Jasmine and her classmates arrive at one of America’s most famous buildings, Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built into a waterfall. During their tour, it occurs to Jasmine—who loves to draw—that some artistic people design houses for a living and that she wants to become one of them. The book introduces a wide variety of related topics that architects and architectural students must consider. These include the building’s foundation, structure, and intended purpose. Architects confer with their clients, but they also confer with engineers to assure their buildings’ structural integrity. Coffelt advises young, aspiring architectural designers to play Minecraft, reflecting that it is training a new generation, just as Legos did for a previous generation of architectural designers. While the text jumps topic to topic, the engaging writing, the use of color photos, and the book's design elements make each page turn an invitation to consider another element or challenge within architectural design.