Education & healthcare Focus – Page 5
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FeaturesTop of the class: Passivhaus school design
A primary school in Exeter won’t win any architectural awards, but is earning gold stars in zero-carbon and Passivhaus design. Thomas Lane swots up on how to deliver a low-energy building on a budget
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FeaturesPFI schools: must try harder
With last week’s launch of a programme to build 300 schools, it seems education secretary Michael Gove has finally got wise to the benefits of PFI. So that’s the multiple choice out of the way. But the really tricky stuff is yet to come
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FeaturesToulouse School of Economics: An education
How do you get lots of natural light into a university building without it getting too hot? Thomas Lane finds out how to shut out the sultry Toulouse sun using medieval building materials and fresh air
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FeaturesThe James Review: Turn over your papers ...
Sebastian James has – after several delays – presented his assessment of school building in this country. Now, the government and construction must look at how to make his recommendations work – and your time starts now
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FeaturesRebuilding Iraq: Mott MacDonald's Marsh Arab school
How do you start to rebuild a country devasted by war? When Mott MacDonald was asked to make a school for the Marsh Arabs, it went back to using traditional woven reed – reconnecting the community to its roots.
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FeaturesSchools special: Where the money's going
A full breakdown of current schools funding and the outlook for the next five years
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Avanti Architects on education specification
With a smaller pool of projects and severe pressure on fees, winning work in the education sector is about to get even tougher. Building asks Amir Ramezani, a director at London architecture practice Avanti Architects, to assess the market
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FeaturesPracticalities of free schools: Schools for scavengers
According to the secretary of state for education, pretty much any old building can be turned into a classroom. But is that actually true? Thomas Lane did some research
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FeaturesCost of school refurbishment: case study
They might not have the glamour of new-build, but refurbishments, such as this one at Castle Hill school in Kent, have their wow factor too - nowhere more so than on price. Ike Ijeh sums it up
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FeaturesWhat does it cost to do up a school?
It’s become clear that most schools are going to have to carry on in the buildings they’ve got. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at what it will cost to make them function better
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FeaturesAssessing the coalition's education strategy
The coalition has been impressively quick to burn down the old regime’s cherished BSF programme, but what exactly is it planning to put in its place? Well, after six months we are in a position to reach some preliminary conclusions, so Sarah Richardson takes us through the story so far, ...
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FeaturesFirst-term report for Michael Andrew Gove
Note on the curriculumDuring his first six months with us, Michael has embarked on his major project for the year: the cancellation of Building Schools for the Future, and the replacement of it - or at least parts of it - with an alternative programme of school renewal.Accuracy of workUnfortunately, ...
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FeaturesStudents tackle death in hospitals
A hospice for advanced progressively ill children in Weimar wins Architects for Health student awards
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FeaturesBSF debate: experts predict future of school building
This morning readers put their questions to an expert panel, and this is what they said…
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FeaturesBSF was not just about schools
The axing of 735 projects has wreaked havoc on 735 communities, 26 in one city alone. That city is Liverpool, which stands to be £410m poorer as a result of the cancellation. So where does that leave deprived areas such as Croxteth?
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FeaturesHospital specifier: Feeling better now?
Not that lying in hospital is ever going to be any great shakes, but designers can do a lot to improve the patient experience
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FeaturesAshley Primary School: Any colour as long as it’s green
Ashley Primary School is run with such zeal for the environment that when an expansion became necessary, it grabbed the chance to increase its sustainability credentials
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FeaturesCost model update: Small projects
In this latest update, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reviews the capital costs of primary schools, social housing and small industrial buildings
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FeaturesOff-site hospital
Yorkon has handed over what it claims to be the largest UK hospital to be built off site
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FeaturesCost model: School refurbishment
Continuing this week’s focus on the renewal of the school estate, Simon Rawlinson and Paul Zuccherelli of Davis Langdon review one of the biggest challenges facing the BSF programme