Planning & Design


place influencing design

Wilderness Wonder

How place influences design.

A New School of Thought on Collaboration Spaces

Colleges and universities can make every space on campus a learning space - corridors, outdoor spaces, entryways and more. Greater use of collaboration spaces helps prepare students for the workplace.

Walls

The Handwriting Is on the Wall

Take a look at the next big thing in college and university classroom design: walls you can write on and push around.

Learning Studios and Classroom Design

Learning Studios and Classroom Design

When students become the masters of their own learning.

Acoustical Considerations

Acoustical Considerations for 21st-Century K-12 Learning Environments

Today's educational trends require sound acoustical design.

Lifts to Upper Levels of Schools Need to be Quiet and Dignified

One challenge for K-12 facility managers tasked to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been offering full access to elevated areas on campus. These areas can range from stages and raised platforms to theater, auditorium, library, administrative offices and student centers with mezzanines or second floors not served by a traditional elevator.

Successful School Design

Successful Designs Inside and Out

Experiential and accessible environments for students with special needs.

Architectural Innovations

Architectural Innovations for Immersive Learning Environments In K-12 Schools

New forms of architecture design for K-12 schools are creating in-depth, adaptive and flexible learning spaces for students with diverse and changing learning needs.

Early Childhood Design

5 Building Blocks of Early Childhood Design

Creating a Student-Centered Environment.

Learning Landscape

Learning Landscape Benefits S.T.E.A.M. Education

The children's center at Caltech reflects local ecology.

Historic Campus

Looking Back, Moving Forward

New buildings on historic campuses must pay homage to the past while claiming their own time and place in history. It's a hard line to walk. Three schools discuss rules to live by and when to break them.

Classrooms

Classrooms

Science Labs: Design to Influence Recruitment, Retention

Cutting-edge design trends for science facilities can help recruit and retain the best and the brightest scientists, faculty and students.

Life Sciences Building

Future Focused

From responsive rooms to bold buildings, today's colleges and universities are embracing innovative learning environments.

There Can Be No Doubt

Facilities and the conditions of the learning environment have an effect on students and staff.

Historic Jones and Palmer Halls

The Next 100 Years

Historic Jones and Palmer Halls Redesigned for New Purposes.

dining facilities

Food For Thought

Turning dining facilities into learning environments.

Seven E-Learning Trends for Educational Institutions in 2017

What is in store for e-learning in 2017?