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K-12 Schools

Designing for dyslexia: How architecture can address neurodiversity in K-12 schools

Architects play a critical role in designing school environments that support students with learning differences, particularly dyslexia, by enhancing social and emotional competence and physical comfort. Effective design principles not only benefit students with dyslexia but also improve the learning experience for all students and faculty. This article explores how key design strategies at the campus, classroom, and individual levels can foster confidence, comfort, and resilience, thereby optimizing educational outcomes for students with dyslexia and other learning differences.

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K-12 Schools | Nov 5, 2018

Modernizing schools is paying off in creating better learning and teaching environments

A new paper reports on a recent study of nine schools in Washington DC that gauged occupants’ perceptions.

May 24, 2018

Accelerate Live! talk: Security and the built environment: Insights from an embassy designer

In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference (May 10, 2018, Chicago), embassy designer Tom Jacobs explores ways that provide the needed protection while keeping intact the representational and inspirational qualities of a design.
Education Facilities | DLR Group | Apr 11, 2018

Three tips for safe and secure schools

The task of providing safe and secure environments in which our children can learn is both complicated and far-reaching.

Multifamily Housing | Nov 28, 2017

Elementary school, daycare campus will serve Toronto’s skyrise neighborhood

The $65 million Canoe Landing Campus brings much needed social infrastructure to the 20,000 residents of Toronto’s CityPlace towers.

Higher Education | Hanbury | May 31, 2017

Space utilization in higher education: more than sf per student

There’s more to space utilization than how often a room is occupied. What happens inside an occupied room is just as important.

Sports and Recreational Facilities | LPA | Apr 5, 2017

Informed design: A dynamic approach to athletic facilities design

With the completion of the athletic facility upgrade—dubbed the Arden Project—students will have access to state-of-the-art facilities.

K-12 Schools | NAC Architecture | Mar 9, 2017

The future of education facilities: Creating spaces where learning happens everywhere

The art of designing schools lies not in just understanding what makes a functional classroom, but in how successful we are in creating a wide array of educational options for teachers and students within the school environment.

University Buildings | Mar 8, 2017

Massive mixed-use residential village on USC’s Los Angeles campus on schedule to open this fall

Prefabrication of the six buildings’ walls reduced construction time by a year. 

School Construction | Feb 26, 2017

A new survey finds education construction activity going strong this year

Surveys of school districts and colleges, though, raise questions about financing for future projects.

 

Energy Efficiency | Dec 13, 2016

A Massachusetts college now features the largest zero-net-energy academic building in Northeast

Bristol Community College wants to be carbon neutral by 2050.

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