May 09, 2008

American School & University | Facility Planning

Facility Planning: Say it Again 

By James E. Rydeen

Classroom acoustics: Can't hear? Can't learn!...

Facility Planning: Design Mismatch 

By James E. Rydeen

Does enrollment fit the facility's design capacity?...

Facility Planning: Fresh Perspective 

By James E. Rydeen

Don't forget the students when gathering design ideas....

Outlook 2008 

By Mike Kennedy

What's ahead for education facilities and business in the new year and beyond....

Facility Planning: Trait-Based Design 

By James E. Rydeen

What will new generations require?...

Looking for Trouble 

By James E. Rydeen

Repairs that are left undone can cause greater problems. ...

Big Ideas 

Today's education architects comment on the future of design and its implications on school and university facilities....

Facility Planning: Measure of Success 

By James E. Rydeen

Little Things Mean A Lot....

Facility Planning: Getting Personal 

By James E. Rydeen

The evolution of personalized learning environments....

The AS&U 100 

By Mike Kennedy

Even while enrollment at some education institutions slows, total school-age population continues to grow--with many systems growing substantially....

Second Chances 

By Karen Anne Boyd

A checklist to help education institutions determine the best reuse for their buildings....

A Lofty Goal 

By Umberto Dindo

American schools and universities can learn a lot about education and design from their overseas counterparts....

The "Big Box" 

By Warren Gran and Kevin Krudwig

Reconfiguring a large urban high school into multiple small learning communities....

Facility Planning: Controlled Access 

By James E. Rydeen

Who is visiting your school?...

Facility Planning: Closed! 

By James E. Rydeen

The pain of dealing with underused facilities....

Public Choices 

By Mike Kennedy

The traditional way for parents to determine which public school their children will attend is as simple as looking at a map. Find a student's home address, and see which district and school attendance area the home is in — the closest one, usually. ...

Facility Planning: Up, up and Away 

By James E. Rydeen

To cut costs, turn down the volume!...

Battling Obesity 

By Mike Kennedy

At the Gates Chili High School near Rochester, N.Y., the cafeteria and kitchen are getting an overdue overhaul. Debbi Beauvais, the district's food-service supervisor, was reviewing the design plans for the renovation when the architect pointed out where he planned to put the deep fryers. ...

Facility Planning: New Directions 

By James E. Rydeen

K-12 districts now serve adults as well as children....

Facility Planning: Bare Bones? 

By James E. Rydeen

Can you afford to compromise function and aesthetics?...

The AS&U 100 

By Mike Kennedy

Who's growing and who's slowing among the nation's largest education institutions...

The Green Team 

By Charlie Jahnigen

The right team can improve a project's environmental performance and lead to the best decisions for the facility, the budget and the community....

Facility Planning: Pricing Aesthetics 

James E. Rydeen

Look around; do your students like what they see?...

Trading Spaces 

By Cliff Cort

Modular construction enables education institutions to add space quickly and inexpensively....

Setting Your Sites 

By Stephen Benz

Planning for sustainable elements in site design can help turn a project's interference into enhancements....

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Essential Reading

The Subtle Stuff

Vikas Nagardeolekar and Edwin Merritt

It's hard to win passage of a school construction bond — whether through a citizen referendum or the vote of a town council or general town meeting.

Hear and Now

Michael McKeon and Lincoln Berry

When acoustics are mentioned with regard to schools, many people first think of performing arts.

Making it Readable

Peter Gisolfi

When my daughter was 10 years old, she left the comfort of her elementary school for the unfamiliar territory of the middle/high school building — a crazy quilt of pieces from the 1910s, 1930s, 1960s and 1970s.

Echo Boom Impact

Phillipe Dordai and Joseph Rizzo

Like their baby-boomer parents, the echo-boom generation is reshaping the college and university landscape.

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