Planning & Design


Comprehensive Renovation

A Comprehensive Renovation

The challenges of making a high school feel "old yet new."

Change Isn't Easy

Maybe it's good that basic goals and needs are still the same.

How to Engage Your Local Community to Assure a Successful School Program

Community engagement is critical to building consensus and solicits feedback so everyone has a clear understanding of how tax dollars or SPLOST revenue are being spent.

You Need to Read This

New book on school design focuses on fixing current space, and more.

Multi-purpose Spaces

No Longer Just Cafeterias

Spaces that are too enticing to sit empty during the day.

Forging Promising Futures

Forging Promising Futures

Baltimore high school creates new opportunities for the students and the community.

Maximizing Open Space

Maximizing Open Space Within a City Campus

Master planning is imperative for any institution that expects its needs will grow and evolve in the future in order to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of every space, program and investment.

Functional Pool Design

What's Cool in Pools

New design trends are making pools more functional and cost-effective.

Not a New Concept

Common core has been around for hundreds of years.

Campus fencing

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Campus fencing serves many different functions, be it to enhance landscaping or visual identity, for safety, noise reduction and privacy, or directing traffic. There are any number of types of fencing and other amenities to consider when site planning on campus.

Sports and Athletics

An Unnecessary Cost Or A Benefit?

Unintended Consequences

The design and up-fit of educational facilities should be the result of a whole systems approach and not one of designing and installing isolated pieces and parts.

The Unasked Questions

The devil is in the details when coordinating campus activities and events.

There Can Be No Doubt

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

campus environment

Campus as Place

Furman University has received recognition for its commitment to its campus environment, most recently as a model for arboreta in the Southeast and across the nation.

Schools Are Still Changing

We need a non-governmental foundation, like EFL, to support and fund exploration.

Permanent modular construction

Quick, Efficient Options

Permanent modular construction can provide fast, green solutions for schools.