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The language of school design : design patterns for 21st century schools / Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding, Jeffery Lackney.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : DesignShare, [2013]Edition: [Third edition] revisedDescription: 236 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780976267003
  • 0976267004
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 727 22
LOC classification:
  • LB3218.A1 N35 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- Classrooms, learning studios, advisories and small learning communities -- Welcoming entry -- Student display space -- Home base and individual storage -- Science labs, arts labs and life skills areas -- Art, music and performance -- Physical fitness -- Casual eating areas -- Transparency -- Interior and exterior vistas -- Dispersed technology -- Indoor-outdoor connection -- Furniture : soft seating -- Flexible spaces -- Campfire space -- Watering hole space -- Cave space -- Designing for multiple intelligences -- Daylight and solar energy -- Natural ventilation -- Learning, lighting and color -- Sustainable elements and building as 3-D textbook -- Local signature -- Connected to the community -- Bringing it all together -- Conclusion.
Summary: Includes best practice case studies culled from some of the most widely recognized school facilities the world over. Authors Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding, and Jeffery Lackney have dipped into a vast treasure trove of award-winning, innovative school designs from 20 countries to illustrate their cutting-edge concepts.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 727 NAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A547635B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 727 NAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A547631B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 727 NAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A547627B

Includes bibliographical references (page 236).

Introduction -- Classrooms, learning studios, advisories and small learning communities -- Welcoming entry -- Student display space -- Home base and individual storage -- Science labs, arts labs and life skills areas -- Art, music and performance -- Physical fitness -- Casual eating areas -- Transparency -- Interior and exterior vistas -- Dispersed technology -- Indoor-outdoor connection -- Furniture : soft seating -- Flexible spaces -- Campfire space -- Watering hole space -- Cave space -- Designing for multiple intelligences -- Daylight and solar energy -- Natural ventilation -- Learning, lighting and color -- Sustainable elements and building as 3-D textbook -- Local signature -- Connected to the community -- Bringing it all together -- Conclusion.

Includes best practice case studies culled from some of the most widely recognized school facilities the world over. Authors Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding, and Jeffery Lackney have dipped into a vast treasure trove of award-winning, innovative school designs from 20 countries to illustrate their cutting-edge concepts.

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