Q&A: Designing Urban Schools
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
Imagination Playground Opens in NYC
play.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
more of a challenge than in cash-strapped schools across the United States.U-M Goes Big With Stadium Renovation
$71 Million Rec Center Opens in Calif.
School Could Become Largest Net-Zero Campus
IRVING, Texas — The Irving Independent School District broke ground on what will be the nation’s largest net-zero public school, according to reports.
The first of its kind in Texas, the Irving ISD’s Lady Bird Johnson Middle School is designed to produce as much energy as it uses, and at about 50 percent less than a similarly sized school.