It’s Easy Being Green
More than twenty years ago, the Northeast Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas anticipated the city’s northward expansion and purchased 83 acres within the environmentally-sensitive Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone….
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All About Architecture
To understand the story behind the additions and renovations at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, imagine yourself in the following position: you are an architect and your…
The Ohio School Facilities Commission
Randy Fischer received his Master of Architecture in 1982 from Ohio State University in Columbus and, before entering politics, worked for several architecture firms in the fields of retail and…
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Although Kodet Architectural Group designed the Jordan Park School of Extended Learning and Adolfson & Peterson was responsible for its construction, the people who built this school are the residents…
The Wave of 21st Century Schools
With 21 years of experience as an architect, facility planner, and strategic consultant, James Brady, AIA, REFP, is the outgoing president of the Council for Educational Facility Planners International. It…
Security and Education: A Best-Case Scenario
Chesterton High School is known for its championship speech and debate program, not school security. The Indiana public school has been dominant in speech and debate for so long that…
The 网曝吃瓜 & Design Share Awards 2001
The Awards Program 2001, the 2nd annual international awards competition sponsored by 网曝吃瓜, the Design Share Web site, www.designshare.com, and C/S Group, www.c-sgroup.com, included 62 projects from five…
Critical Review
Making this awards program unique is its mission to focus less on aesthetics and more on the design of effective learning environments, a goal that allows the jurors some room…
Understanding the importance of post occupancy evaluations
Lasting change and innovation comes from the reflection of past experiences and the application of that knowledge to future projects. The Awards Program 2001 program emphasizes post-occupancy evaluations (POEs) in…
Evaluation Process
All of the projects were reviewed in light of six national design principles developed by the U.S. Department of Education, and endorsed by the American Institute of Architects, the Council…