Placing Students First:
California educates one out of every eight of the nation’s students. And while its schools spend nearly $450 million a year on energy, the state reels from an energy crisis…
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Merit Awards
Merit Award Australian Math & Science School Bedford Park, Australia, Woods Bagot Adelaide This design truly facilitates and supports collaborative, project-based learning and illustrates the value of learning commons, studios,…
The Greening of L.A. Community Colleges
When Los Angeles voters overwhelmingly approved Propositions A and AA-bond measures that provide a combined $2.1 billion to finance repairs, rehabilitation, and new construction for the Los Angeles Community College…
The Evolution of Educational Safety
Gaining Unauthorized Access Despite pressure on school security improvements by the public and manufacturers, recent surveys of school resource officers suggest there is still immense room for improvement. According to…
Honor Awards
Honor Award Kvernhuset Junior High School Fredikstad, Norway, Pir II Arkitektkontor AS Nature and learning are in perfect harmony at Kvernhuset Junior High School. The organic, varied furniture arrangements in…
Auditoriums For All End-Users and All Access
The fixed slope-seating design gives good sight lines and easy access to ADA-accessible seats. The layout is ideal for graduations, noted John Rahill at Black River Design, where people have…
The 2003 Awards for Innovative Learning Environments
Referring to the Oak Valley Aboriginal School in a remote part of South Australia, awards review team member John Mayfield writes, "The school’s aim is to provide ‘ngapartji ngapartji,’ which…
California Slow to Embrace Design-Build
Over the next six years, an estimated 700 public K-12 schools will be built in California. The state’s increasing population, mandated class-size reduction, and inadequate facilities have made the need…
Fine Tuning
SSOE Inc. is one of the country’s few architectural firms thoroughly invested in how schools sound as well as how they look. Their latest project is a new $45 million…
Mesa Management
David Peterson is director of operations for Mesa Unified School District No. 4 in Arizona, where for five of his nine years with the district, he served as director of…