Education and Childrens Spaces

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

Kindergarten & School Plans includes over 140 floor plans, sections, sketches and elevations, and construction details for 22 projects.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This book explores the design of schools in urban settings, the increased challenges in meeting the typical expectations of school design, and what the successful new typology of a school in a city might be. A practical guide as well as a theoretical exploration of ideas.