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A photograph of the university halls of residence, Collegio del Colle, in Urbino, Italy designed by the architect Giancarlo De Carlo. Photograph by Cesare Colombo.

A Useful Definition of Architecture

What is architecture? A helpful definition by Giancarlo De Carlo clarifies what architecture is and who’s involved.

definition of architecture, Giancarlo De Carlo, school architecture, What is architecture?

An Ideal School-Building Programme

Thinking about some of the differences between school-building programmes in Australia, England and Italy got me wondering – what would … More

school architecture, school-building programmes

When School Architecture Meant System Architecture

In 1811, Joseph Lancaster publishes his Hints and Directions for Building, Fitting Up, and Arranging School Rooms, one of the … More

school architecture, system architecture

Allowing for easy interaction: an interview with Hedwig Heinsman, DUS architects, Amsterdam

  Hedwig Heinsman is an architect who grew up in the Dutch Flevopolder and now lives and works in Amsterdam. … More

3-d printing, Canal House, classrooms, DUS architects, elementary school, Jenaplan, school architecture, school corridors, Tollweg co-op

AR’s School Awards: will the interiors count? That’s where students spend their 13,585 school hours…

As the Architectural Review’s School Awards close, let’s hope the judges give due emphasis to the design of the interiors … More

architecture and people, school architecture, school design

Interview with Suzi Hall, urban ethnographer and architect

Suzanne (Suzi) Hall is an ethnographer at the LSE, London, where she explores people’s lives in urban spaces. Prior to … More

London, school architecture, spaces and politics, the built environment, urban ethnography

Interview with Rima Tarar, architecture student

Rima Tarar was born in Paris in the early 1990s, where she attended nursery and primary school.  One year into … More

architecture, London, London Metropolitan University, Paris, school architecture, school building, Student

School Spaces and…

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  • Architecture and acoustic design (5)
  • Architecture's Self-Image (6)
  • Architecture: Politics, Social (28)
  • Building Schools (38)
  • Cambridge Seminars 2018 (2)
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  • Design Practice (15)
  • Educational Theory (12)
  • Futures of Education (14)
  • Guest Posts (5)
  • Historical Perspectives (7)
  • Imagined Spaces (10)
  • In the time of Covid-19 (4)
  • Inclusion & Access (6)
  • Miscellaneous (14)
  • Mythologies of Education (1)
  • Online spaces for learning (1)
  • Participatory Design with Children (3)
  • Post-Occupancy Evaluation (5)
  • School Librarians' Perspectives (1)
  • Schools & Economics (7)
  • Spaces for Learning (38)
  • Students' Perspectives (22)
  • Teachers' Perspectives (14)
  • Therapeutic spaces in schools (6)
  • Urban Planning (1)

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