Can Design Turn Schools Into the New Third Space?
Third spaces like commons, libraries and even hallways represent an untapped frontier for fostering the youth’s social and mental well-being.
Third spaces like commons, libraries and even hallways represent an untapped frontier for fostering the youth’s social and mental well-being.
Elwyn, a nonprofit human services organization, has launched construction on a new school intended to reshape the organization’s educational and therapeutic space for children with disabilities.
Maine’s Governor’s Commission on سԹ is calling for a broad overhaul of the state’s school construction pipeline, arguing that the current approach cannot keep pace with aging buildings, rising costs and long waitlists for state support.
After a boiler-related steam leak forced an evacuation and damaged key systems, the Harris-Lake Park Community School District has permanently closed its former elementary building and moved students into a new facility weeks earlier than planned.
BELL Construction (BELL) announced that Tyler Baldridge and Evan Rankin, among colleagues working in other verticals, have been named additional owners of the company.
Sundt Construction has started work on the Albert Einstein Academy Charter High School project in San Diego, moving into early site preparation ahead of new construction expected later this year.
West Contra Costa Unified School District recently celebrated the completion of a new Lake Elementary School campus replacement designed to deliver modern learning environments for students in transitional kindergarten through sixth grade.
Construction was recently completed a $31 million Early College High School facility for Round Rock Independent School District in Round Rock, Texas, outside Austin, moving the program from portable buildings into a new permanent campus for the Spring 2026 semester.
School districts are confronting a complex challenge: how to modernize aging school campuses while preserving the history and memories that generations of families hold dear.
Mōkapu Elementary School is starting the year in new spaces after completing the first phase of a campus rebuild at Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi, where the school serves military-dependent students from Marine families.