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Anticipate the School You Want
R&L Education 2008; US$ 26.99Across America, especially in the aftermath of 9/11, parents rely on K12 schooling to prepare their children for the shocks, the perils, and especially the bright possibilities that are part of our warp-speed future. A new generation of school staffers is forging a fresh learning partnership with youngsters for whom creative computer-based schooling... more...
The Appraisal of Investments in Educational Facilities
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2000; US$ 42.00The appraisal of the substantial investments which are made in educational facilities remains a largely unexplored field of research. Is it possible to develop reliable and effective criteria for evaluation, given the wide range of parameters from planning and cost-effectiveness of buildings to their impact on the performance of the educational system... more...
Architecture of Schools: The New Learning Environments
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 110.00This is the standard design guide on schools architecture, providing vital information on school architecture. Mark Dudek views school building design as a particularly specialised field encompassing ever changing educational theories, the subtle spatial and psychological requirements of growing children and practical issues that are unique to these... more...
Building High Quality Schools for Learners and Communities
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 199.00Findings from these studies underscore the complexities of these relationships between the physical environment of schools and the experiences of building occupants. We are reminded that schools exist within larger social, political and fiscal circumstances, all of which influence decisions about how we will invest in the design, construction, and... more...
Building Playgrounds, Engaging Communities
LSU Press 2013; US$ 19.95We accomplish extraordinary things when we do ordinary things together. This heartfelt and hopeful conviction led LSU professor Marybeth Lima to begin the LSU Community Playground Project in an attempt to involve her students in the larger Baton Rouge community. Fifteen years and over seven hundred students later, Building Playgrounds, Engaging Communities... more...
Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools
Wiley 2002; US$ 75.00Here's the essential information you need to initiate designs for preschools and kindergartens as well as elementary, middle, and high schools. Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details. Combines in-depth coverage of the structural, mechanical, acoustic, traffic, and safety issues that are unique to school buildings... more...
Children's Spaces
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 75.00This collection of essays is concerned with the experiences children have within the supervised worlds they inhabit, as well as with architecture and landscape architecture. International examples of innovative childcare practice are illustrated together with the design processes which informed their development. The emphasis here is on new and experimental... more...
Designing for Education
OECD Publishing 2011; US$ 63.00Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities 2011 showcases over 60 recently built or refurbished educational facilities from 28 countries. Collectively, these projects demonstrate state-of-the-art design in this field and each one is lavishly illustrated with colour photos, plans and descriptions. The individual chapters... more...
Designs for Learning
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2001; US$ 60.00This book is a compilation devoted to high quality school and university buildings from 21 countries. Full-colour photographs and plans illustrate the 55 educational facilities selected by an international jury in recognition of their forward-looking response to the changing environment of teaching and learning. Readers will also find an overview of... more...
Educating Young Giants
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 29.00Carries readers into Chinese and American elementary and high school classrooms, and highlights the big differences between schooling in China and the United States. Nancy Pine reveals how these two countries need to extract themselves from outmoded practice and learn from each other's strengths. more...









