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  • Wendy Davison Joins National School Safety and Security Services June 9, 2026
  • Board Member Spotlight: David Schrader on Uniting Design Vision and Outcome, and What’s Next for Modern Learning Environments June 9, 2026
  • University of Texas at El Paso Breaks Ground on New 507-Bed Student Housing Complex June 9, 2026
  • Canopy LED Fixture  June 8, 2026
  • Myrtle Grove Elementary: Phased Construction Keeps Students on Campus During Complete Rebuild June 8, 2026
  • Solo Pod June 5, 2026
  • Rafael Murillo Joins Denver Office of NBBJ June 5, 2026
  • Modernization, Funding and the Future of K-12 Campuses: Takeaways from Bisnow’s First-Ever Southern California K-12 Summit June 4, 2026
  • Facility of the Month: Franklin Cummings Tech Serves as a Living Laboratory June 4, 2026
  • A Scalable Blueprint for Modernizing School Energy Plants: How One Florida District Reduced Energy Costs and Unlocked Six-Figure Incentives June 3, 2026

Featured Articles

Features such as garage doors or large windows are used to maintain clear visual supervision between indoor and outdoor learning areas.
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Top Pre-K-12 School Design Trends for 2026

4 months ago8 mins

Across all grade levels, hands-on learning is gaining renewed momentum. As teachers and administrators increasingly embrace experiential approaches, education is transforming into a more active, collaborative and dynamic process for students.

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From the outset, the design and construction process focused on how architecture could reinforce educational goals while responding to neighborhood scale, sustainability priorities and long-term adaptability.
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Facility of the Month: Inside the Design and Construction of a Shared Seattle Learning Environment 

4 months ago4 months ago12 mins

The Giddens School and Lake Washington Girls Middle School complex brings two independent schools together on a single urban campus, balancing shared resources with distinct identities in a tightly programmed, three-story building between Seattle’s Beacon Hill and Central District neighborhoods. 

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Rather than replacing the school, the district pursued an addition and renovation strategy that kept the campus operating on its existing site, reducing both cost and waste.
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Modernizing Aging K-12 Facilities Without Replacement

5 months ago5 months ago11 mins

The recently completed transformation of Tartan High School in Oakdale, Minn., shows how districts can modernize an aging campus while meeting expectations for flexibility, student well-being and equity.  

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Viherlaakso School in Finland introduced iWall — an exercise gaming solution that utilizes smart floors that are nonreflective, nonglossy, and free of any dark or busy patterns that could interfere with projection and motion tracking.
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How to Design Walls and Floors as Interactive Educational Surfaces Without Screen Fatigue

5 months ago7 mins

The prevalence of screen fatigue necessitates the development of more advanced technologies, such as interactive walls and floor-based activities.

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The new Galveston Elementary campus transitioned its traditional learning space to include arts-focused classrooms, multipurpose collaboration zones, outdoor learning spaces and flexible environments that support both small-group instruction and larger activities.
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Rebuilding School Campuses for Future Generations, While Honoring Their Past

5 months ago5 months ago10 mins

School districts are confronting a complex challenge: how to modernize aging school campuses while preserving the history and memories that generations of families hold dear.

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Facilities leaders across K–12 school districts and higher education campuses often face a familiar challenge: how to best allocate maintenance dollars before a fiscal year resets.
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4 High-Impact Ways to Maximize Your Maintenance Budget 

5 months ago5 months ago11 mins

Facilities leaders across K–12 school districts and higher education campuses often face a familiar challenge: how to best allocate maintenance dollars before a fiscal year resets.

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While on the surface, flooring may look similar, the individual parts all come together to make the best choice for a specific space and athlete — and can have a lasting impact on safety, wellness, the environment and pocketbook.
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More Than a Surface: How the Right Flooring Affects Athlete Health and Performance

5 months ago10 mins

Schools are no longer choosing athletic flooring based on performance metrics alone. While performance still plays an important role, facilities are also taking student-athlete health, sustainability and longevity into consideration when planning their build.  

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Furniture that is mobile and versatile is a great way to create optimal spatial configurations and to maximize the room that is available.
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Different Zones for Different Learning Styles 

6 months ago6 months ago8 mins

One of the most important strides to have been made in recent educational history is the acknowledgment of different learning styles.

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At the University of the Fraser Valley, a former campus pub was reimagined into a cutting-edge educational hub using modular construction.
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Modular Construction: Building the Future of Higher Education Spaces

6 months ago5 months ago9 mins

At the University of the Fraser Valley, a former campus pub was reimagined into a cutting-edge educational hub using modular construction.  | Photo Credit: Ed White Photographics By Benjamin Urban   As the higher education landscape evolves, traditional…

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The 87 in South Bend, Ind., opened in the fall of 2024 to positive comments about the multiple study rooms, common amenity spaces and resident services programming.
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Student Housing Leads the Industry in Wellness and Sustainable Design by Addressing Student Values

6 months ago6 months ago9 mins

Student housing design leads the industry in wellness and sustainable design strategies because the current generation of college students, primarily members of Gen Z, expect their communities to address those issues.

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