Education and Childrens Spaces

A generously illustrated account of artistic clashes, bureaucratic tangles, and contemporary politics that accompanied the design and building of MIT's Cambridge campus.

Exploring nursery schools and childcare facilities from an architectural perspective, this publication provides a cultural-historical account of their development, defines design tasks, and formulates quality standards for playing-learning architecture and environments.

Introduces advanced design concepts, covers international standards for playground design, and showcases the latest designs from around the world by international designers and planners. This forms a strong reference for urban planners, landscape designers and educators in the design field.

VI Design for Children's Spaces covers a wide range of contemporary VI design for kids' spaces all over the world.

School building architecture has greatly gained in pedagogical significance during the last years. This work presents more than 60 international projects which set themselves apart not only with their modern architectural vocabulary, but also with their architects hope of being their contribution to the improvement of educational standards.

Showcases 60 of the most outstanding innovations worldwide in the field of kindergarten. This title covers: Kindergarten in Sighartstein, Austria (Kadawittfeldarchitektur); Els Colors Kindergarten in Barcelona, Spain (RCR Architectes); Taka Tuka Land in Berlin, Germany (Baupiloten); Bubbletecture M in Shiga, Japan (Shuhei Endo); and, more.