Planning & Design


Top 10 Considerations for Planning the School Library of 2070

With the right planning, your libraries can be viable well into 2070 and will prepare students for careers in the 22nd century

Integrated Security Systems

School Safety

Increasing the Focus on School Terrorism

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Common Ground

Campus landscapes can have an integrated role in education and research. At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a living-learning laboratory -- The Lakeshore Nature Preserve — has successfully evolved in partnership with the greater campus community.

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The Sign of Our Times

Making safe environments our main concern.

Learning Ecosystem

A Learning Ecosystem in Action

Bloomfield Hills Schools administrators have built a learning ecosystem that includes three learning ecosystem elements — flexible furnishings, engaging technologies and collaborative spaces.

Leveraging Community

Community Sustainability

Leveraging Community Sustainability in Schools

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Finding New Life in an Old Space

Making the move from library to media center.

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Bring Back the Agora!

Encouraging the exchange of knowledge in informal as well as formal gathering places is redefining and shaping the physical spaces in which teachers teach and students learn.

Measuring Elementary School Capacity

What seems like a simple process can get complicated.

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Technology and Collaboration, Chicken or Egg?

While technology in itself does not create learning collaboration, the presence and access to technology is at the core of collaborative partnerships in education today.

Collaborative Learning Spaces

Redefining Collaborative Learning Spaces

The impact of media and technology on learning spaces continues to evolve. In St. Louis, these cutting-edge spaces are fostering creativity and learning.

THINC Academy

Most high schools are designed with a cookie-cutter approach “that can be reproduced easily,” architectural intern Ashley Smith believes. But that’s not the case with the new THINC College & Career Academy in LaGrange, Ga.

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Expanding Views

Building a wide-open student experience at the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind.

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Student Affairs

Skillfully designing and furnishing student-centered spaces, such as living-learning residence halls, student unions and common areas, can encourage positive and productive interaction.

How Long Will This Last?

A life-cycle cost analysis is an important tool when acquiring, owning, operating and disposing of buildings and systems on a campus.

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It Makes A Difference

Creating a captivating, stimulating learning environment.

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