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Architecture
for Education: New School Designs from the Chicago Competition.
Robert V. Sharp, editor.
Sponsors BPI and the NEA
published this book in 2002 to feature the entries for the
architectural competition "Big
Shoulders...Small Schools" from two years previous.
Formatted as three small books bound inside a school-like
folder, each piece documents a different aspect of educational
design: Book 1 includes a history of school design in Chicago
and the competition's background, Book 2 houses the designs
with generous illustrations and explanatory text, and Book
3 has a group of essays expounding the benefits of small
schools, accessibility and sustainability. As these issues
take over thinking on school design, the timing of this
competition and subsequent publication are that much more
important: to inspire creative solutions coupled with new
thinking about learning spaces.
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