Planning and Designing Schools
Editorial Reviews Book Description America's leading educational architect gives readers the benefit of his decades of experience with award-winning and innovative school design. William Brubaker takes architects and educators step-by-step through the process of planning and building, or rebuilding, the schools of the future, whether large, single-unit high schools, or small, parklike, multi-unit elementary schools, and every permutation in between. The new baby boom and new philosophies of classroom learning have created a great demand for new school designs, and Planning and Designing Schools shows how those challenges can be brilliantly met. From the Back Cover America's leading educational architect on designing the schools of the future. Elementary and educational schools are being built and rebuilt at a rapid rate to absorb the growing student population. And educators are demanding changes in the physical setting of education that will allow them to utilize the latest innovations in educational theory. In Planning and Designing Schools, award-winning architect William Brubaker shares his knowledge and expertise, gathered over 30 years and more than 200 school projects, to show architects and educators how to create practical, yet pleasing, answers to the challenges of school design. Planning and Designing Schools covers every phase of school design, giving complete information on such topics as: master planning; energy efficiency and indoor air quality; teaching-learning technology; controlling costs; schematic design. With 22 case studies as a guide, this unique volume covers every type of school design in depth, from renovations of existing buildings to entirely new physical plants, and shows how leading architects have designed successful schools with flexibility and multiple uses. These cases reveal the state of the art in the American architectural community today. Planning and Designing Schools
Planning and Designing Schools,C. William Brubaker,McGraw-Hill Professional,0070494053,Administration - General,Architecture,Design and construction,Education,Planning,Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings,School Architecture,School buildings,School environment,Specific Public Buildings Architecture,United States,Architecture / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings
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