Issue CS1.1

Do PFI schools have to be so boring?

How do we achieve a step change in the design of new school buildings? Andrew Beard, co-editor, has some suggestions for combating the deadening mediocrity.

9 Aug 2009
24mins

Learning Spaces

Confessions Of a PFI school Headteacher

Michael Lewis charts his rough and rocky road from PFI innocence to experience.

9 Aug 2009
24mins

Learning Spaces

The Contractors View

With pathfinder and wave one Authorities well on their way, the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is set to be the main mechanism for estate renewal for the Maintained Sector for the next ffteen years.

9 Aug 2009
24mins

Learning Spaces

The acceptable face of PFI?

One’s first impressions when arriving at Oriel High School is that it is a bit plain and ordinary. But once you go inside, perceptions rapidly change.

9 Aug 2009
24mins

Learning Spaces

Client Design Advisors for schools

Improving the design of learning environments can have a big impact on the behaviour and attainment of the pupils attending a school.

9 Aug 2009
24mins

Learning Spaces

The South Yorkshire e-learning project

Profound changes have taken place in schools and communities in South Yorkshire thanks to an EU funded project that is breathtaking in scale. Barry Philips reports on the lessons learned.

9 Aug 2009
24mins

Learning Spaces

A sustained Attempt

Cath Basilio has designed a primary school in Sheffeld that puts many of the principles she has referred to into practice. In this article, she describes some of the sustainability features of her design.

9 Aug 2009
24mins

Learning Spaces

How to read architects’ drawings #1

Chris French explains, in the first of five articles, how to understand the visual language architects use to express their ideas (and confuse their clients) After this series, you need never be afraid…

9 Aug 2009
24mins

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Issue CS1.1

Do PFI schools have to be so boring?

Confessions Of a PFI school Headteacher

The Contractors View

The acceptable face of PFI?

Client Design Advisors for schools

The South Yorkshire e-learning project

A sustained Attempt

How to read architects’ drawings #1

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