All Education and healthcare articles – Page 93
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BSF special: the painful upbringing of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Schools for the Future
The troubled past of the government’s £45bn school building programme has been well documented, but there seem to be signs that it is growing into a more mature and productive client. Kicking off our schools special, Thomas Lane charts its progress. Illustrations by Max Schindler
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BSF special: 'a plate glass window palace doesn¹t make a good school' - Chris Woodhead, former chief inspector for schools, interviewed
Former chief inspector for schools Chris Woodhead carries a big stick (he’s broken his ankle) but you wonder if he’d rather use it to thwack all those dunces who don’t get the difference between a good school and a bit of architectural frippery. Emily Wright learns more
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BSF special: Six of the best - a review of the latest ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Schools for the Future
Design watchdog Cabe has given ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Schools for the Future designs a bit of a thrashing to date. But what of the latest crop? Martin Spring takes an exclusive look at six newly completed BSF schools – all but two designed by different architects
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Cost analysis: Sustainable schools
The government’s target is to make schools zero carbon by 2016. Sean Lockie and Ian Butterss of Faithful + Gould and BRE’s Anna Surgenor look at the costs involved in upping their green grades
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Brislington Enterprise College: Light and airy or a prison?
The pupils of Brislington Enterprise College give their verdict on Bristol’s £34m ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Schools for the Future project. Photography by Neill Menneer
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Flatpack schools: St Agnes primary school, Manchester
No need for wishful thinking: using solid timber panels as a construction material will bring speed and sustainability to the government’s school building programme. Stephen Kennett looks at a down-to-earth solution
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Green light for Alsop school design
Southwark council grants planning permission for primary school on the Aylesbury estate
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Interserve consortium completes three new schools for Leeds BSF
First three schools of the £250m city's BSF programme are handed over to Education Leeds
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Treasure chest: Grand Museum of Egypt
The contract to build the Grand Museum of Egypt, near Cairo, is ready to go out to tender.
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Prefab sports hall takes shape at Islington Academy
School sporting facilities built using sustainable prefabricated timber panels to speed up construction
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First images of RMJM's Barnet College campus
Images unveiled of seven-storey design for north London college
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Green light for HKR primary school design
Planners give go-ahead for Eveline Lowe Primary school in Southwark
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RMJM's Napier University scheme gets green light
QS Cyril Sweett consultant on Sighthill campus in Edinburgh
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Learning through play: the Constructionarium
The philosophy behind Constructionarium is that taking notes in a stuffy classroom can never compare to real on-site experience. Emily Wright went along to find out if this was true
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Chettles Yard in Nottingham: Time after time
Developer Opal Property Group has unveiled these images of Chettles Yard, its £50m student accommodation scheme in Nottingham.
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ISG wins £26m Cheshire college project
Contractor will refurbish add new campus to Edwardian main hall of Sir John Deane's College in Northwich
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A premiere: David Chipperfield's design Haute Ecole de Commerce
David Chipperfield Architects has won its first work in France: a gateway building for the Haute Ecole de Commerce in Paris
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Zaha opens Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion
Star architect Zaha Hadid's Spanish pavillion couples architecture and engineering
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The top 5 American green buildings
The founder of green website Jetson Green picks his five best completed projects in America, from housing schemes to a hotel and an office
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København cool: Socially sustainable Danish architecture
Danish architecture’s love of light and openness encourages a high level of spatial and social interaction. To mark Architecture Week, Martin Spring looks at four developments that typify the city’s fresh approach to sustainability