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Category Archives: Architecture
Schools as Centers of Community
October 10, 2004 – 1:13 am
The KnowledgeWorks Foundation announced the winners of its national search for schools that best exemplify schools as centers of community. Unlike traditional design competitions, the Foundation’s national search placed a strong emphasis on community engagement, the design of the facility for community use, and community partnerships. The winning schools are featured on a new website [...]
Exciting Designs for New Schools
April 25, 2004 – 9:59 pm
In a remote blue collar region of Australia, Devenport, Tasmania, a new school, Reece Community High School received the prestigious MacConnell award for the best planned, designed and technologically advanced school in the world. Education Week has an excellent story (free registration) as has Design Share, The International Forum for Innovative Schools.
A second set of [...]
Future Schools
September 30, 2003 – 11:10 am
A brief illustrated thought-stimulating article, Flexible School Facilities, stretches one’s conceptss about the schools of tomorrow. It shows a progression from conventional schools to a profusion of program choices.