With school enrollment projected to increase at record levels through 2013, and spending on school construction, renovation and maintenance expected to total nearly $30 billion annually, the need to transform our schools has never been more urgent. To learn how you can help schools make better design decisions, attend the Schools of the 21st Century Symposium on March 28, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. The event is presented by Architectural Record with the support of McGraw-Hill Education and the American Architectural Foundation.
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This report, produced by McGraw-Hill Construction with support from the U.S. Green Building Council and the Council of Educational Facility Planners, offers an essential overview of key market trends; an analysis of market demand; strategies for driving decision makers to embrace green schools; and case studies of successful green schools. Find out more.
Product Profiles
What's Small and Green?
If you said, "A less-crowded, more environmentally sustainable school building!" your answer would be correct.
Competition Yields Insights
Thoughtful "Redesign Your School" entries show what kids want in their schools.
Sunpower for School Kids
PV system can supply some of the energy your school needs, but may be even better as a teacher of physics, energy, and sustainability concepts.
Charrettes
Four school districts were selected to participate in the American Architectural Foundation’s second National School Design Institute. They proposed surprising solutions to building design issues faced by school districts across the country.
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> Cleveland High School, St. Louis Public Schools; St. Louis, Missouri
> Jefferson High School, Portland Public Schools; Portland, Oregon
> Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County Public Schools; Fairfax, Virginia
> St. Paul's Episcopal School, Independent; New Orleans, Louisiana
Case Studies
Five very different schools offer lessons in building with students and the environment in mind. Read on.
> Rosa Parks School, New Columbia Community Campus Corporation; Portland, Oregon
> Tarkington School of Excellence, Chicago Public Schools; Chicago, Illinois
> North Central Junior High, Iowa City Community School District; North Liberty, Iowa
> Winchester Thurston School, Independent; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
> Fossil Ridge High School, Poudre School Disrict; Fort Collins, Colorado
From the 2007 edition of Schools of the 21st Century
“A” is for Architecture
There are plenty of reasons to believe the next generation of schools will be the best ever designed. Read on.
Little Green Schoolhouses
The massive schools construction program currently underway provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create buildings that will influence the lives of students for decades to come. Read on.
Education, Unplugged
In some cases, the difficulties of hardwiring old schools can be eased by portable devices and digitally based curricula. Read on.
Charrettes
Teams of architects and school district representatives gathered to take on tough school design problems. Read on.
> High School No. 3, Los Angeles, California
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> School of Entrpeneurship, Buffalo, New York
> A New High School, Natrona County, Wyoming
> Central High School, Carroll County, Georgia
> Community Campus Plan, Pass Christian, Mississippi
Case Studies
A look at six great U.S. Schools. Read on.
> Montessori Children’s Center, San Francisco, California
> Blythewood High School, Columbia, South Carolina
> Detroit School of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
> Denver School of Science & Technology, Denver, Colorado
> Alpine School District Prototype Middle Schools, Alpine and Lehi, Utah
> Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Kirkland, Washington