Practical guidance for designing and furnishing effective school buildings.
This practical work explains how to plan, design, build, and equip schoolhouses with a focus on useful, durable results. It compares different international systems and highlights how architecture can support teaching, learning, and safe, orderly school life.
This edition foregrounds core principles of school-planning, with emphasis on elementary education and guidance for secondary, technical, and other schools. It blends hands-on detail with a broad survey of foreign approaches, aiming to inform policymakers, architects, and managers about creating spaces that foster good teaching and healthy, efficient environments.
- Clear principles for layout, site planning, and classroom organization
- Practical guidance on building components, ventilation, heating, lighting, and safety
- Room-by-room considerations for lavatories, cloakrooms, latrines, and play areas
- Examples and illustrations from varied countries to inform design choices
Ideal for readers involved in the design, inspection, or management of school buildings, and for those interested in the history and theory behind practical school architecture.