With school enrollment projected to increase at record levels through 2013, spending on school construction, renovation and maintenance was expected to total nearly $30 billion annually. Yet, economic times are much tougher now, and making good design decisions has never been more difficult or more important. To find out how to do more with less, architects, school board members and administrators must attend the Schools of the 21st Century Symposium. It will be held April 3, the day before the NSBA Conference at the Marriott San Diego Hotel and Marina. The event is free of charge and will be presented by Architectural Record with the support of McGraw-Hill Education and the American Architectural Foundation.
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This report, produced by McGraw-Hill Construction with support from the U.S. Green Building Council and the Council of Educational Facility Planners, offers an essential overview of key market trends; an analysis of market demand; strategies for driving decision makers to embrace green schools; and case studies of successful green schools. Find out more.
Product Profiles
History Lesson
A 1954 book takes us back to the origins of the movement toward “Green” schools
Contrast and Context
School expansions are an opportunity to teach students about expressive design
Extra Sensory Perception
These schools for special-needs students consider the touch, feel, and sound of architecture
Design Charrettes
Four teams explore design ideas offered by the American Architectural Foundation’s “Redesign your school” contest. Read on.
Case Studies
Project teams create six high-performance schools for high-performing students.
Read on.
- > Concordia International School, Shanghai, China, Perkins Eastman
- > Betty H. Fairfax High School, Phoenix, Arizona, DLR Group
- > Aspen Middle School, Aspen, Colorado Studio B Architects
- > Regional Center for the Arts, Trumbull, Connecticut, JCJ Architecture
- > Hazelwood School, Glasgow, Scotland, Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects
- > Elementary and Middle School, Bavaria, Germany, Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
From the 2008 edition of Schools of the 21st Century
What's Small and Green?If you said, "A less-crowded, more environmentally sustainable school building!" your answer would be correct. Read on.
Competition Yields InsightsThoughtful "Redesign Your School" entries show what kids want in their schools. Read on.
Sunpower for School KidsPV system can supply some of the energy your school needs, but may be even better as a teacher of physics, energy, and sustainability concepts. Read on.
Charrettes
Four school districts were selected to participate in the American Architectural Foundation’s second National School Design Institute. They proposed surprising solutions to building design issues faced by school districts across the country.
Read on.
> Cleveland High School, St. Louis Public Schools; St. Louis, Missouri
> Jefferson High School, Portland Public Schools; Portland, Oregon
> Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County Public Schools; Fairfax, Virginia
> St. Paul's Episcopal School, Independent; New Orleans, Louisiana
Case Studies
Five very different schools offer lessons in building with students and the environment in mind. Read on.
> Rosa Parks School, New Columbia Community Campus Corporation; Portland, Oregon
> Tarkington School of Excellence, Chicago Public Schools; Chicago, Illinois
> North Central Junior High, Iowa City Community School District; North Liberty, Iowa
> Winchester Thurston School, Independent; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
> Fossil Ridge High School, Poudre School Disrict; Fort Collins, Colorado
From the 2007 edition of Schools of the 21st Century
“A” is for ArchitectureThere are plenty of reasons to believe the next generation of schools will be the best ever designed. Read on.
Little Green SchoolhousesThe massive schools construction program currently underway provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create buildings that will influence the lives of students for decades to come. Read on.
Education, UnpluggedIn some cases, the difficulties of hardwiring old schools can be eased by portable devices and digitally based curricula. Read on.
Charrettes
Teams of architects and school district representatives gathered to take on tough school design problems. Read on.
> High School No. 3, Los Angeles, California
> School of Entrpeneurship, Buffalo, New York
> A New High School, Natrona County, Wyoming
> Central High School, Carroll County, Georgia
> Community Campus Plan, Pass Christian, Mississippi
Case Studies
A look at six great U.S. Schools. Read on.
> Montessori Children’s Center, San Francisco, California
> Blythewood High School, Columbia, South Carolina
> Detroit School of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
> Denver School of Science & Technology, Denver, Colorado
> Alpine School District Prototype Middle Schools, Alpine and Lehi, Utah
> Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Kirkland, Washington