All stakeholders need to be on board when creating efficient and sustainable facilities.
To make the most informed design decisions, school districts should follow a regimented approach to a construction project. This approach should always start with master planning, which sets the stage and builds a case for any project that may arise from this effort.
Working with the community and local law enforcement.
Restrooms and locker rooms can be a school's grossest areas, but they don't have to be.
Making the most of available space by gong underground.
The historic Alta Vista School building was built in 1917. The building was listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Places in June of 1999 for its significance in the area of education. It recently underwent a significant rehabilitation in order to meet the needs of today's students.
Examples of innovative solutions to difficult problems demonstrate the value of a dedicated team approach to updating campus computing spaces.
New school designed with student collaboration in mind.
Rethinking the good, the bad, and the ugly of flexible learning spaces.
Improving outcomes and changing destinies.
Certain colleges and universities across the country are making plans in 2014 to expand their campus footprint and acquire more real estate. The question is, how do they carefully manage the potential challenges and risks, and implement a successful and efficient plan?
Unless your district is a one-room schoolhouse, every capital improvement brings a corresponding disparity.
Avoid maintenance nightmares by claiming a spot at the design table.
School design that gets inside a student's head research has begun to quantify the effect of interior school design on the performance of students.
Basements and underground real estate are evolving from mechanical rooms and storage zones to fully functional, vibrant campus spaces.
It may be wiser to find ways to use the empty space for the community.
Adaptive technologies help students with disabilities fully engage in campus life.
Today's options for building exteriors vary widely from traditional brick. An expanded palette of materials offers vivid color and texture choices to architects and designers.
Integrating Crime prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) concepts into master planning and design is one demonstrated way to create an overall safe campus.
Basic approach looks like natural surveillance.
Three strategies are essential when creating successful classrooms and collaborative spaces.
In just over a decade, Nashville's Belmont University has undergone measured and successful change and growth.
At the start of each New Year, many people consider turning over a new leaf and trying to live differently. The world of education is no different, as the New Year can only mean one thing: changes are on the horizon.
Healthy, sustainable grounds can greatly impact the overall quality of campus life for everyone. The best ways to create such a landscape however are as varied as the plants that inhabit them.