Introduces subsequent articles describing award-winning educational facilities. Offers information on the judges, the design criteria they used to select winning facilities, and how they judged the entries. (EV)

Describes the award-winning design of the Centennial Middle School (Minnesota) that was built to hold 1,800 students but designed to not seem impersonal or institutional. Explains a design approach that helped give the school a small feel despite its large size while also complementing the surrounding community. (GR)

Presents award-winning examples of new school designs for middle schools. Describes the architectural design and lists information about the architectural firm, members of the design team, and project data. (GR)

Presents award-winning examples of new school designs for high schools. Describes the architectural design and lists information about the architectural firm, members of the design team, and project data. (GR)

Presents award-winning examples of new school designs for K-12 schools. Describes the architectural design and lists information about the architectural firms, members of the design team, and project data. (GR)

Presents award-winning examples of new school designs for elementary schools. Floor plans and photos accompany each description. (GR)

Presents award-winning examples of new school design for K-8 schools. Floor plans accompany the description as does information on the architectural firm and design team that produced the design. (GR)

Presents award-winning examples of new school designs for middle/high schools. Describes the architectural design and lists information about the architectural firm, members of the design team, and project data. (GR)

Presents award-winning examples of new school construction designs for a school computer-technology building, an urban elementary school, an early-education center, a fine-arts center, a college lecture hall, a high school freshmen center, a prototype pre-school and kindergarten building, and a school science center. The architectural firms,…

Describes the design features of the grand prize winners of the 2002 "Learning by Design" contest--an addition to West Linn High School in West Linn, Oregon, and the renovation of Beaver Brook Academic Center/The Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut. Also describes the designs of the eight citation winners. (EV)

Examines the changing trends in organization, and school and class size designed to improve student learning and achievement. Discusses rising trends in public school enrollment rates and the cost of new schools needed to accommodate these numbers. (GR)

Provides tips for determining which school design is best for meeting the unique needs of a particular school district. Building toward educational goals and weighing the use of a prototype design versus a site-specific design are examined. (GR)

Presents a detailed list of awards for elementary and secondary school facility designs across the United States. Awardees include entire new facilities, additions, new construction, renovations, and projects in progress. Each entry contains name and location of the school, design architects, and a description of the facility. (GR)

Describes the urban playground redesign and the high school with flexible classroom space that were named Grand Prize Winners of the 2003 "Learning by Design" contest. Also describes the elementary school in an economically depressed area and the renovation of a 1912 high school chosen as Citation Winners. (EV)

Discusses the ways in which schools can design for the changes in teaching and learning that new technology will bring. Examines the purpose and content of the district master plan in designing schools for the inclusion of technology as well as design considerations in each of the major technological areas of data and voice, video, and cabling…