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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ian Grosvenor; Catherine Burke |
| ISBN: | 9781861893024 1861893027 |
| OCLC Number: | 67375488 |
| Description: | 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Beacons of civilization -- The school of tomorrow -- The 'Expanding School' and the 'Exploding Classroom' -- Aligning architecture and education - building schools 'that fit.' |
| Series Title: | Objekt. |
| Responsibility: | Catherine Burke and Ian Grosvenor. |
Abstract:
Part of the "Objekt" series, this book offers an analysis of the forms, operations and meanings of the school. Organized around the themes of time, space and place, it deals with the form and function of schools, and presents a global review of how design and architecture have kept pace with innovation in schools in the modern period.
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Grosvenor and Burke suggest that continually, though silently, a school building can tell students who they are and what they should think about the world. It can help to manufacture rote obedience or independent activity; it can create high self-confidence or low self-esteem. New York Review of Books Read more...
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