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S.M.A.R.T. campus combines 3 schools on one site

From the start of the design process for Santa Clara Unified School District’s new preK-12 campus, discussions moved beyond brick-and-mortar to focus on envisioning the future of education in Silicon Valley.




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Education Facilities

Education Facilities | HMC Architects | Aug 24, 2018

Encourage student wellness by incorporating active design into college campus architecture

Before you incorporate active design into your college campus, you need to understand exactly what doing so entails.

Education Facilities | Aug 21, 2018

Meet the new vo-techs

Career and technical education is preparing K-12 students earlier than ever for college and the job market.

Education Facilities | Aug 20, 2018

More districts are reusing empty offices, stores, and other buildings to upgrade their schools

Older schools, with their small windows and rooms and creaky infrastructure, are tough and expensive to retrofit.

Education Facilities | Aug 14, 2018

Making schools more secure is imperative, but how best to do that isn't settled yet

In the first 21 weeks of 2018 alone, there were 23 school shootings where someone was killed or injured, according to CNN.

Education Facilities | Aug 13, 2018

Is STEM running out of steam?

Has STEM, which the business community urged school districts to embrace, been oversold as a career path?

Education Facilities | Aug 7, 2018

High-tech instruction space trains students in manufacturing robots

Harley Ellis Devereaux served as lead designer and lab planner for the project.

Education Facilities | HMC Architects | Jul 11, 2018

Why school architects must understand how students learn

Would instruction be more effective if students spent less time passively listening to lectures and more time actively learning through activities, discussions, and group work? 

Education Facilities | NAC Architecture | Jul 6, 2018

Building for growth: Supporting gender-specific needs in middle school design

Today, efforts toward equity in education encompass a wide spectrum of considerations including sex, gender identity, socio-economic background, and ethnicity to name a few.

University Buildings | Jul 5, 2018

Brown University’s Engineering Research Center increases the university’s School of Engineering lab space by 30%

KieranTimberlake designed the facility and Shawmut Design and Construction was the general contractor.

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