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Q&A: Designing Urban Educational Facilities
In New York City, the location of some 1,600 K-12 public schools and dozens of private institutions, and where building space is at a 
premium, “working with what you have” is the mantra of school designers.
Read More premium, “working with what you have” is the mantra of school designers.
Q&A: Designing Urban Schools
In New York City, the location of some 1,600 K-12 public schools and dozens of private institutions, and where building space is at a premium, “working with what you have” is the mantra of school designers.
Read More premium, “working with what you have” is the mantra of school designers.
U.S. Schools Push for Platinum
School districts and architectural firms nationwide are pushing the envelope in green school design, seeking out new and efficient HVAC systems, lighting methods, water and irrigation tools, and other ways to make academic buildings lean and green.
Rachel Gutter, director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, says that just building a green school is no longer enough, and that achieving LEED certification is increasingly becoming a hallmark of sustainable design to a building’s constituents, as well as to the greater community.
Not Just for Exercise
Updated green recreation and athletic centers help with student performance and recruitment at higher education facilities.
Read More Imagination Playground Opens in NYC
NEW YORK — There’s good news for kids in Lower Manhattan — architect David Rockwell’s Imagination Playground is finally open for 
play.
play.The founder and CEO of New York-based Rockwell Group cut the ribbon to the city’s newest hangout for the 12 and under crowd at a ceremony this summer that included Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Rockwell conceived of the idea to build a better playgro
Read More Norwegian Firm Draws from Ohio Landscape
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — With its flat planes and grass-covered courtyard, the Wolfe Center for the Arts, presently under construction at Bowling Green State University, will remind some of Ohio’s far-stretching prairies and voluminous skies when completed in the fall of next year.
Childhood Center Offers Fun Learning Spaces
Rotating the Curriculum
WASILLA, Alaska — It’s no secret that over the past decade the cost of heating fuel has increased dramatically — and nowhere has it been 
more of a challenge than in cash-strapped schools across the United States.
more of a challenge than in cash-strapped schools across the United States.This cost increase has had some school districts to turning to “heat destratification” as a way of improving heating system efficiency while maintaining student comfort throughout the winter.
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