What link can be established between successful teaching and learning, and school design? Three examples of large-scale school construction and renovation projects in France may go some way towards answering this question.

The Italian city of Cattolica has developed an urban complex, the <i>Piazza della Repubblica</i>, providing a wide range of services to the public. In renovated facilities, the complex provides a modern and rational architectural setting based on the idea of the traditional town square or "piazza", an...

This is an example of an architect working with future school users in Iceland to design their school. The architect has developed a process that he uses with students, staff and the local community to create a learning environment in which the design intends for freedom and creativity to be...

Experience in a number of OECD countries today continues to demonstrate how after-hours use of schools can improve student success through more study time, add value to the formal curriculum through extra-curricular activities, provide adults with opportunities for personal development or...

Australia’s New South Wales Education Facilities Research Group, a joint initiative between the Department of Education and Training and the Department of Public Works and Services, provides action research into issues which impact on school design. These issues include curriculum development,...

Presented here are Australian case studies of educational buildings with environmentally sustainable designs – an upper secondary school complex and a university learning centre – and sustainability initiatives by a private developer working in collaboration with government authorities.

The Scottish Executive, the devolved government for Scotland, is engaging with stakeholders to achieve excellence in the school estate through Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE). Design of the school environment has a direct impact on teaching and learning, activities which can be supported or...

« Des briques, des clics et de l’argent », tel est le titre d’un séminaire organisé par le PEB afin d’examiner les rapports entre environnement éducatif bâti et technologies de l’information (matériels et logiciels), ainsi que leurs conséquences en matière de coûts. La réunion...

Dans le désert australien, une nouvelle école a été construite pour accueillir les enfants aborigènes qui jusque-là bénéficiaient des services d'une école itinérante. Il a été tenu compte dans la conception de cet établissement des sérieuses contraintes liées au site ainsi que des...

Lors du premier atelier de préparation du développement du lycée de Snaefellsnes, un parent a expliqué que « Le jour où nous avons appris qu’il existait un accord pour établir une école secondaire supérieure dans la région, toutes les habitations de Snaefellsnes ont vu fleurir les...