Building Schools : : Key Issues for Contemporary Design /

Building Schools : : Key Issues for Contemporary Design / / Leo Care, Howard Evans, Anna Holder, Claire Kemp; ed. by Prue Chiles.

For some time now, school buildings have represented an important field in architecture, and there is an enduring interest in the challenges this design task presents. This publication explains in eleven chapters the central parameters for this architectural typology: The role of the school in the c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015
VerfasserIn:
Care, Leo,
Evans, Howard,
Holder, Anna,
Kemp, Claire,
MitwirkendeR:
Care, Leo,
Chiles, Prue,
Evans, Howard,
Holder, Anna,
Kemp, Claire,
HerausgeberIn:
Chiles, Prue,
Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:240 p. with 460 ills.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • The Authors
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Perspectives on New School Building
  • 1. From Ideas for Learning to Architectural Form
  • 2. Nature, Ecology and Environmental Design
  • 3. Flexible Space for Learning
  • 4. Schools and the Community
  • 5. Participating in the Design and Construction Process
  • 6. Learning Outside the Classroom
  • 7. Learning in the Landscape
  • 8. Special Schools should be Special
  • 9. Refurbishment and Extension of Existing Schools
  • 10. Furniture and Equipment in Learning Spaces
  • Selected Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Index of Buildings, Architects and Locations
  • Illustration Credits

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