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No. 2005/05 | 01 Feb 2005 |
'Joinedupdesignforschools' in the United Kingdom
Joinedupdesignforschools explores how good design can improve the quality of life in schools by listening to the voices of the clients: pupils. The programme is an initiative in the United Kingdom that joins client teams of pupils with the country’s... |
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No. 2004/05 | 01 Feb 2004 |
A Building Development Plan at Laval University, Quebec
Laval University is launching a series of major development projects aimed at meeting the needs of an institution that currently offers over 350 academic programmes to more than 36 000 students. This article will focus on three of the most important... |
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No. 2002/13 | 01 Oct 2002 |
A Few Facts about Universities in Slovakia
The Slovakian university campus usually consists of separate functional zones assembled around the campus centre. The central area allows for interaction and directs students towards other integrated centres. |
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No. 2008/08 | 01 Jun 2008 |
A Flexible School for Early Childhood Education in Italy
The design of this flexible school for early childhood education in Milan, Italy, takes into account children’s development and the different ways they experience space according to their age. The facilities will include not only a nursery school and... |
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No. 2004/02 | 01 Feb 2004 |
A Meeting Place to Learn in Rural Iceland
“On the day we heard that there was agreement to establish an upper secondary school in the region, every house in Snaefellsnes flew the Icelandic flag,” explained one parent in the first workshop to develop the Snaefellsnes Upper Secondary School.... |
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No. 2007/05 | 01 May 2007 |
A New Creative Learning Centre at a Girls School in Australia
Brisbane Girls Grammar School’s new Creative Learning Centre was conceived to group arts studies which were previously scattered across the campus and to serve all students as a meeting place and technology hub. The building is specifically designed... |
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No. 2004/03 | 01 Feb 2004 |
A New Library for Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
The newly-built library at Ireland’s Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is innovative in design, responds to environmental conditions and identifies the campus with its location. |
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No. 2008/13 | 01 Oct 2008 |
A Second Chance School in Hungary
Hungary’s Belvárosi Tanoda Secondary School offers an informal, flexible environment and alternative teaching methods for students who have had problems in other schools. The Belvárosi Tanoda (which translates as downtown school) is a second chance... |
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No. 1998/10 | 01 Oct 1998 |
A Visit to Three Parisian School Libraries
An architect and a librarian from the Albania Educational Development Program were in Paris for the PEB Experts’ Meeting on Libraries and Resource Centres for Tertiary Education. While in town, they visited three public schools – an elementary... |
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No. 2006/07 | 01 Nov 2006 |
Accessibility Programme and School Restoration in Lisbon
The City of Lisbon, Portugal, is working to better integrate children with disabilities at primary school level. It recently has undertaken an accessible school programme and has restored an historic building as part of this effort. |
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No. 1999/10 | 01 Jun 1999 |
After-Hours Use of Schools
Experience in a number of OECD countries today continues to demonstrate how after-hours use of schools can improve student success through more study time, add value to the formal curriculum through extra-curricular activities, provide adults with... |
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No. 1999/05 | 01 Feb 1999 |
Albanian Model School
The school soon to be completed in Paskuqan, a suburb of Tirana, was created to meet the present and changing needs of the community. The long-lasting, flexible structure designed to stimulate learning is the result of a close collaboration between... |
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No. 2005/08 | 01 Jun 2005 |
An Asset Management System for School Buildings in Quebec
Presented here are the major reasons why an asset management system (AMS) is needed, a brief history of their evolution and a description of the initiative undertaken by Quebec to implement such a system. The appendix contains the recommended basic... |
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No. 2003/18 | 01 Oct 2003 |
An Environmentally Sustainable Development in Australia
The future Kelvin Grove Urban Village in Queensland, Australia, is an example of how principles of environmentally sustainable design have translated into practice. Those responsible for the new project recognise the importance of building design... |
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No. 2003/15 | 01 Oct 2003 |
An Industrial Building Converted into a Girls School in Australia
An industrial building in Perth, Western Australia, has been converted into a secondary school to suit the particular needs of girls with educational and social difficulties. The aim of the building project was to provide a small school for... |
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No. 2004/01 | 01 Feb 2004 |
An Innovative School Revisited
In 1995, PEB published a case study on the United Kingdom’s Leith Academy. The following article examines the Academy’s original design, how the facilities have served over the 13 years since their construction and their influence on subsequent designs. |
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No. 1999/06 | 01 Feb 1999 |
An Innovative School in Torcy, France
The Torcy Junior High School is located on the outskirts of the new town of Marne la Vallée in the Paris suburbs, between a motorway and a stretch of ordinary countryside on a site overlooking a small lake. Special attention was paid to its... |
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No. 2001/11 | 01 Oct 2001 |
An International Campus in Switzerland
The International School of Geneva has three campuses in the region of Lake Geneva and now has a total enrolment of some 3 500 pupils; more than 100 nationalities are represented. In order to prevent overcrowding on existing campuses and to meet the... |
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No. 2003/19 | 01 Oct 2003 |
An Ultra Energy-Efficient School in Quebec
For the construction of its newest school in Quebec (Canada), the Grandes-Seigneuries School Board, which has long been noted for its energy efficiency approach, wanted to set itself an especially challenging project which would reduce greenhouse gas... |
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No. 1999/15 | 01 Oct 1999 |
An Update on Asset Management Plans in the United Kingdom
Government, because of its commitment to education, is making significant additional capital funding available to the schools sector. Over the next three years, through various policy initiatives, about GBP 6 billion will be available to clear the... |
PEB Exchange, Programme on Educational Building
Programme on Educational Building
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- CELE Exchange, Centre for Effective Learning Environments
English Also available in: French
- ISSN: 16097548 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/16097548
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'Joinedupdesignforschools' in the United Kingdom
OECD
01 Feb 2005
Joinedupdesignforschools explores how good design can improve the quality of life in schools by listening to the voices of the clients: pupils. The programme is an initiative in the United Kingdom that joins client teams of pupils with the country’s...
A Building Development Plan at Laval University, Quebec
Gilles Daoust
01 Feb 2004
Laval University is launching a series of major development projects aimed at meeting the needs of an institution that currently offers over 350 academic programmes to more than 36 000 students. This article will focus on three of the most important...
A Few Facts about Universities in Slovakia
Dušan Petráš and Jana Šabíková
01 Oct 2002
The Slovakian university campus usually consists of separate functional zones assembled around the campus centre. The central area allows for interaction and directs students towards other integrated centres.
A Flexible School for Early Childhood Education in Italy
Giorgio Ponti
01 Jun 2008
The design of this flexible school for early childhood education in Milan, Italy, takes into account children’s development and the different ways they experience space according to their age. The facilities will include not only a nursery school and...
A Meeting Place to Learn in Rural Iceland
Susan Stuebing
01 Feb 2004
“On the day we heard that there was agreement to establish an upper secondary school in the region, every house in Snaefellsnes flew the Icelandic flag,” explained one parent in the first workshop to develop the Snaefellsnes Upper Secondary School....
A New Creative Learning Centre at a Girls School in Australia
Amanda Bell
01 May 2007
Brisbane Girls Grammar School’s new Creative Learning Centre was conceived to group arts studies which were previously scattered across the campus and to serve all students as a meeting place and technology hub. The building is specifically designed...
A New Library for Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Hugh Kelly
01 Feb 2004
The newly-built library at Ireland’s Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is innovative in design, responds to environmental conditions and identifies the campus with its location.
A Second Chance School in Hungary
László Limbacher
01 Oct 2008
Hungary’s Belvárosi Tanoda Secondary School offers an informal, flexible environment and alternative teaching methods for students who have had problems in other schools. The Belvárosi Tanoda (which translates as downtown school) is a second chance...
A Visit to Three Parisian School Libraries
Jill Gaston
01 Oct 1998
An architect and a librarian from the Albania Educational Development Program were in Paris for the PEB Experts’ Meeting on Libraries and Resource Centres for Tertiary Education. While in town, they visited three public schools – an elementary...
Accessibility Programme and School Restoration in Lisbon
Pedro Homem de Gouveia, Nuno Morais and António Miranda
01 Nov 2006
The City of Lisbon, Portugal, is working to better integrate children with disabilities at primary school level. It recently has undertaken an accessible school programme and has restored an historic building as part of this effort.
After-Hours Use of Schools
OECD
01 Jun 1999
Experience in a number of OECD countries today continues to demonstrate how after-hours use of schools can improve student success through more study time, add value to the formal curriculum through extra-curricular activities, provide adults with...
Albanian Model School
Vera Kavaja
01 Feb 1999
The school soon to be completed in Paskuqan, a suburb of Tirana, was created to meet the present and changing needs of the community. The long-lasting, flexible structure designed to stimulate learning is the result of a close collaboration between...
An Asset Management System for School Buildings in Quebec
Dino Gerbasi
01 Jun 2005
Presented here are the major reasons why an asset management system (AMS) is needed, a brief history of their evolution and a description of the initiative undertaken by Quebec to implement such a system. The appendix contains the recommended basic...
An Environmentally Sustainable Development in Australia
Ruth Woods
01 Oct 2003
The future Kelvin Grove Urban Village in Queensland, Australia, is an example of how principles of environmentally sustainable design have translated into practice. Those responsible for the new project recognise the importance of building design...
An Industrial Building Converted into a Girls School in Australia
Eamon Broderick
01 Oct 2003
An industrial building in Perth, Western Australia, has been converted into a secondary school to suit the particular needs of girls with educational and social difficulties. The aim of the building project was to provide a small school for...
An Innovative School Revisited
Don MacKenzie
01 Feb 2004
In 1995, PEB published a case study on the United Kingdom’s Leith Academy. The following article examines the Academy’s original design, how the facilities have served over the 13 years since their construction and their influence on subsequent designs.
An Innovative School in Torcy, France
OECD
01 Feb 1999
The Torcy Junior High School is located on the outskirts of the new town of Marne la Vallée in the Paris suburbs, between a motorway and a stretch of ordinary countryside on a site overlooking a small lake. Special attention was paid to its...
An International Campus in Switzerland
OECD
01 Oct 2001
The International School of Geneva has three campuses in the region of Lake Geneva and now has a total enrolment of some 3 500 pupils; more than 100 nationalities are represented. In order to prevent overcrowding on existing campuses and to meet the...
An Ultra Energy-Efficient School in Quebec
Pierre Gastaldy
01 Oct 2003
For the construction of its newest school in Quebec (Canada), the Grandes-Seigneuries School Board, which has long been noted for its energy efficiency approach, wanted to set itself an especially challenging project which would reduce greenhouse gas...
An Update on Asset Management Plans in the United Kingdom
Mukund Patel
01 Oct 1999
Government, because of its commitment to education, is making significant additional capital funding available to the schools sector. Over the next three years, through various policy initiatives, about GBP 6 billion will be available to clear the...