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Issue CS2.2

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Standardisation: the debate

In these two articles, Mukund Patel, Deputy Director of Schools Capital Assets at the DfES, argues the case for pre-fabrication and off-site construction, whilst Sunand Prasad, of architects Penoyre and Prasad, cautions against standardised designs.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins
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Looking to the future & valuing the past

Century 21 Schools co-editor, Sharon Wright, visited one primary school in Trafford which seems to have got the balance right between innovation and shared history.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins
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Small scale prefabrication – school buildings

A new piece of research has just been published about the use of prefabrication of small scale school buildings in the Eastern Region which will be of interest to schools and client bodies thinking of extending their school.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins
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Special needs quality through the PFI

Designing a school for children with special needs has always been challenging. At Kingsley High School in Harrow, Nicholas Hare Architects have succeeded, despite having to overcome the complexities of PFI at the same time.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins
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‘Why?’ Is The Most Important Word

How do you create exciting, brave new learning environments? As a new wave of schools enter the design process, some headteachers recollect the principles and pedagogies that have created some of the most innovative and challenging projects of the BSF programme so far.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins
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How to read Architects’ Drawings #5

This article is the fifth and final part of a series of articles about understanding architects’ drawings, with a focus on Visualisations and how to best use them to benefit a school plan.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins
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BCSE Study tours to Copenhagen schools

In November 2006 and March 2007, 100 BCSE members travelled to Copenhagen to visit schools which are becoming world renowned as beacons of good practice in school design. Beth Gladstone, Head of External Relations, reports back on what they saw.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins
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Educated Design

Sustainability is now the cutting edge agenda for school buildings, with multi-million pound investments in the UK's Primary Schools. By employing the latest building techniques, environmentally-sound design and innovativeuse of materials, outdated school buildings are being transformed into energy and money saving havens.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins
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Relocatable School Buildings – DESIGN AWARD

Design guide for BSF temporary buildings. Sponsored By: RIBA, Terrapin, NPS, 21st Century Schools & Scala.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins
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Relocatable School Buildings

Design guide for BSF temporary buildings. Sponsored By: RIBA, Terrapin, NPS, 21st Century Schools & Scala.

  • 22 Sep 2009
  • 24mins