School building : key issues for contemporary design / Prue Chiles (ed.) [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Care, Leo, author.

Contributor:

Chiles, Prue, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

240 p. with 460 ills.

Place of Publication:

Basel, [Switzerland] : Birkhäuser, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For some time now, school buildings have represented an important field in architecture, and there is an enduring interest in the challenges this design task presents. This publication explains in eleven chapters the central parameters for this architectural typology. Each theme is thoroughly investigated and illustrated with numerous buildings presenting model solutions for specific problems or aspects.

Contents:

Frontmatter

The Authors

Contents

Preface / Chiles, Prue

Introduction: Perspectives on New School Building / Chiles, Prue

1. From Ideas for Learning to Architectural Form / Chiles, Prue

2. Nature, Ecology and Environmental Design / Care, Leo

3. Flexible Space for Learning / Kemp, Claire

4. Schools and the Community / Kemp, Claire

5. Participating in the Design and Construction Process / Care, Leo

6. Learning Outside the Classroom / Chiles, Prue

7. Learning in the Landscape / Evans, Howard

8. Special Schools should be Special / Care, Leo

9. Refurbishment and Extension of Existing Schools / Evans, Howard

10. Furniture and Equipment in Learning Spaces / Holder, Anna

Selected Bibliography and Further Reading

Index of Buildings, Architects and Locations

Illustration Credits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 20, 2015).

ISBN:

3-03821-547-3

OCLC:

1029814621