Planning & Design


Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

Basic approach looks like natural surveillance.

Collaborative Learning Spaces

A Challenge and Opportunity

Three strategies are essential when creating successful classrooms and collaborative spaces.

Campus transformation and growth

Transforming a Campus

In just over a decade, Nashville's Belmont University has undergone measured and successful change and growth.

Nexus

Nexus

Change Is Happening

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.

Sustainable Grounds

What Grows Here?

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.

Designing for the Arts

Designing for the Arts

Designing a large school theater in New York City may include different considerations than a tiny theater for a rural community school. Yet, in each case there are similarities that are common to any good theater design.

P3: Selling the Value in Learning Spaces

Quality schools need funding to be properly planned and built to the highest standards. Selling the value of this funding can be easy

Coloring the Classroom

Coloring the Classroom

The forgotten component of the educational experience.

Number 300

ER Ratios

Built to Last

Project-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning

Creating learning spaces for a stem environment.

Building Schools in a Digital World

Building Schools in a Digital World

Building information modeling (BIM) enables architects and builders to collaborate and improve efficiency, quality and cost performance.

Model Behavior

Model Behavior

RoboPark

RoboPark

Nobody thinks of parking, until they need it. Then it's a chore. Technology promises to make finding and paying for a space easier, and might even convince drivers to take the bus.

New Technology in Old Buildings

New Technology in Old Buildings

Making long-existing structures technologically up-to-date is a challenge, but it can be done.

A Capital Idea: Blending Strategy and Opportunity to Manage College Assets

The time has come to examine development partnerships as an opportunity to move forward as the deep recession eases.

Cost Effective Maintenance

Be Mindful of Maintenance

Cost-effective and efficient maintenance and housekeeping operations begin at the programming and design stages of residence hall construction projects.

Building Blocks

Revitalized structures are a cornerstone of town-gown relations.

Visual Communication in Schools

Building Identity

Art can proclaim a building's identity while promoting educational goals.

School Design

Designing for the Community

Success often comes from commitment to specialized yet flexible design.

college or university and the surrounding community

Creating a Strong Town-Gown Relationship

Cooperation between a college or university and the surrounding community leads to development, jobs, income and success for all. Here's why it matters -- for everyone.

Building Information Modeling

Building Information Modeling's (BIM)

Something called Building Information Modeling offers a new and better way to manage maintenance.

Evidence-Based Design Influences Interior Design

Evidence-Based Design Influences Interior Design

How do architects and designers know that they're creating schools with interiors that positively affect student performance?

Renovation vs Historic Preservation

Renovation vs. Historic Preservation

A sensible balance must be found when deciding how to renovate and repurpose historic campus structures to meet today’s programming needs.

Options for Learning: Innovation in Education

With the growth of private and charter schools it is clear parents are looking for choices. Districts are evolving their curriculum to include programs focused on S.T.E.M (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), the arts and language immersion

What

What's New in Restrooms and Locker Rooms

Hygiene and vandalism resistance rank as key concerns in today’s more collaborative K-12 restroom and locker room designs.