January 09, 2009


Design/Planning

Facility Planning: Standardizing Schools 

James E. Rydeen

Can prototype schools work for everyone?...

Designing for Flexibility 

Lynn Bonge

To meet short- and long-term needs, research facilities must have room to grow and change....

Facility Planning: Creating Smaller Buildings 

James E. Rydeen

Scheduling changes and enrollment fluctuations may affect school size....

Know-How: Signage 

Mike Kennedy

Wayfinding systems help people find what they're looking for and enhance a school's identity....

Facility Planning: Braced for Change 

James E. Rydeen

Is your facility living up to its intended potential?...

Facility Planning: Are We Breaking Ranks? 

James E. Rydeen

The 21st-century school continues to be redeveloped and redefined....

By Design 

By Mike Kennedy

As schools and universities create new and updated spaces for students and staff, administrators must be mindful of these key 10 areas....

Creating Ideal Facilities 

By Mike Kennedy

Here are 10 ways a school can provide an effective indoor learning environment....

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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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Now Accepting Entries: Educational Interiors Showcase 2009

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The Top 10 Lists

How does your institution rank? Including enrollment and expenditures, growth rates and more!

AS&U 100

American School & University highlights the largest 100 school districts each September. Who's growing and who's slowing?

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