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Design Awards 2006: Call for Entries
Challenging world standards with more effective models

The Awards Program is the world’s most widely recognized program of its kind. Now in its seventh year, the Awards Program has built an online Project Library of more than 350 innovative projects from 25 countries. Indexed by all major search engines, the Project Library is an invaluable resource for architects, planners, and educators -- anyone concerned with improving school design and enhancing education.

New for 2006: Design Patterns Cross-reference and annotate your project using over 25 Design Patterns. The DesignShare & SCN Awards Program is, literally, redefining the vocabulary for schools and school building design globally.

DesignShare is committed to fostering good ideas globally, regardless of economic status. Our special inclusion and eligibility policy makes the program accessible to all applicants, including those from developing nations, foundations, and very small entities.

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In this Issue

• Design Awards 2006
  DesignShare and SCN
• Learning, Lighting and Color
  by Randy Fielding
• Designing and Operating Successful Community Learning Centers
  by Dr. Wayne Jennings
• Small is Big
  by Nair and Fielding
• Educational Commissioning™
  by Jeff Lackney PhD AIA
• Fielding/Nair Interview
  @ Edutopia
• Events Calendar
  • School as Physics Text
  • School of Tomorrow
• Language of School Design
  Synthesizes learning research with best practice in school planning and design
• Sponsors: C/S Group
• Become a Sponsor

School as a Lecture Book of Physics: Open international student competition.
Submission deadline: 25 February 2006.
Details.

The School of Tomorrow: Learning Environment, Pedagogy, and Architecture.
April 24-25, 2006.
Helsinki, Finland.
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by Prakash Nair and Randall Fielding

Purchase now - Search inside the book

The Language of School Design is a seminal work because it defines a new graphic vocabulary that synthesizes learning research with best practice in school planning and design. But it is more than a book about ideas. It is also a practical tool and a must-have resource for all school stakeholders involved in planning, designing and constructing new and renovated schools and evaluating the educational adequacy of existing school facilities.

The C/S Group
Construction Specialties, Inc. (C/S GROUP) is committed to design innovation and the improvement of educational environments. C/S manufactures impact-resistant wall covering and wall protection products, entrance-flooring systems, expansion joint covers and daylight management products for schools. With more than 70 registered patents, C/S is skilled in listening to architects and developing innovative new products to meet their projects’ specific requirements. A complete Design Manual is available at (888) 621-3344. You may also download product drawings directly from the C/S Web site at: www.c-sgroup.com

Become a Sponsor
If you want to get word out to the school planning and design community, there is no better venue to do that than DesignShare, the # 1 address worldwide for school facilities. Today, DesignShare gets more than 640,000 hits and 60,000 visits each month. Traffic and membership continue to grow. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Randall Fielding: fielding@designshare.com.