230 entrants for the plastic school design competition
Archstorming, an architectural platform that organizes international competitions, has released the results for the Tulum Plastic School contest. HERE ARE THE WINNERS
Entries by Lyn
RECORD ORDERS ANNOUNCED FOR CONTRACT FURNITURE MANUFACTURER
Deanestor, one of the UK’s leading contract furniture and fit-out specialists, has announced a record order intake, with £12.5m of orders secured in the last six months. This is a significant increase on the same period in 2018. Contracts have been awarded for delivery through to 2020 and across a diverse range of sectors – […]
ALUMINIUM ALUMNI: Students in Scotland benefit from Titon Hardware
Over 630 Sobinco Chrono aluminium tilt and turn window systems with SF Xtra trickle vents from Titon have been installed at three student accommodation blocks at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The new, contemporary designed halls of residence contain over 450 large single en-suite rooms, as well as shared kitchen/lounge areas. Named after past professors from […]
Bali’s green school inspires a global renaissance
Bali’s Green School recently celebrated its first decade of educating toddlers through teenagers (and their digital nomad parents) about eco-ethical design and cooperative living. Set in a village near Ubud, this tropical jungle campus of quirky bamboo pavilions has become a globally influential exhibition of one of this century’s significant architectural trends. There is a […]
£4m expansion for Norfolk Village School set for approval
A £4m expansion of a Norfolk school which will see it almost double in size is poised to get the go ahead this week. With the village of Hethersett due to see increasing growth in coming years, plans have been set in motion to help its school system cope with growing demand. One of these […]
ECOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN CONNECTICUT, USA – BUILT WITH CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER
Outdoor classrooms and active farmlands surround the extension to this ecological high school in Connecticut, which Gray Organschi built with cross-laminated timber to demonstrate sustainable design practices. Common Ground High School is a charter school in New Haven with a curriculum focused on the environment. It was founded in 1997 and is one of the […]
Midlothian Council – closing the educational funding gap
Midlothian Council has announced it will revisit its school building and extension programme in a bid to help close a funding gap. At the full council meeting on Wednesday this week, councillors endorsed work officers are doing to adapt its Learning Estate Strategy. Among measures that will be explored further is to make the planned […]
Pioneering consortium could transform the way schools are designed
Richard Crosby, director of construction consultants blacc, looks at how a pioneering consortium could transform the way schools are designed, procured and built offsite In the 1970s, the US car industry was severely impacted by Japanese car manufacturers who had perfected a highly efficient production system. The US car manufacturers came together and collaborated to […]
School overcomes heritage refurbishment challenges with Remeha boilers
Retrofitting Remeha high-efficiency replacement boilers has proved a highly effective and efficient solution to achieving improved heating performance at Thomas More Catholic School in Purley. For the last two decades, the listed Venetian Gothic building that houses the school had relied on two dated cast-iron pressure jet boilers for its heating. Heating is a critical […]
Companies on the verge of collapse, yet chosen for major projects
How did Powys County Council (PCC) choose two companies for building projects that were on the verge of going bust? A special meeting of the Audit Committee on Wednesday, will probe how PCC went about choosing Dawnus to build three schools and Jistcourt to build flats, when they were on the verge of collapse. Earlier this […]