Education and Childrens Spaces

A practical guide to how to best design education buildings that meet the wellbeing needs of students and staff, and add social, environmental and economic value to their wider communities.

Presents nine case studies of Montessori school buildings in Europe and tropical countries through photos, plans, and concise texts.

Within this completely revised third edition, Part One identifies current patterns such as student hubs, large-scale expansions and buildings for innovation and interdisciplinary research. Part Two profiles these through recent, well-illustrated, global case studies. This is the essential guide to current and future trends in campus design.

Designing the Regenerative School profiling case studies from around the world that exemplify best practices in creating healthy, climate appropriate learning environments for early learners through high school with designs that are not only beautiful places to learn, but embrace restorative principles.

Illustrates how the most up-to-date educational strategies are realized in built form. This book explains all its relevant aspects such as role in the community, outdoor spaces, sustainability and technical requirements like lighting and acoustics. It is suitable for architects involved in the design of schools and kindergartens.

Much-expanded and updated new edition of this already classic book on playground design around the world. Features new research findings on playgrounds in the former German Democratic Republic and new portraits of German playground designers.

A generously illustrated account of artistic clashes, bureaucratic tangles, and contemporary politics that accompanied the design and building of MIT's Cambridge campus.

This book is to help architects, design teams and University clients (estates departments, and academics) in their pursuit of practical and innovative solutions for the creation of enabling higher education learning environments.