Planning Learning Spaces

Our schools today will be our society and economy tomorrow, so our children deserve not just the best teachers, but also the spaces that are most conducive to innovative and effective learning environments.

This book shows how we can design, build and use learning spaces in ways that support the kind of instructional practice needed to prepare young people for their future, rather than our past. Andreas Schleicher Director for Education and Skills (OECD).

Planning Learning Spaces – The Book

Murray Hudson and Terry White have brought together educationalists and innovative school architects to pool their collective expertise and inspire the design of more intelligent learning spaces.

This collaboration shows the importance of understanding the intended learning and teaching approach before thinking about the physical design of schools and classrooms.

Sir Ken Robinson – who inspired much of the book, and kindly wrote the foreword – sadly died in August 2020. His work and vision will not be forgotten.

Planning Learning Spaces – The magazine

Published three times a year, Planning Learning Spaces magazine keeps you up to date with current thinking for architects, designers and school leaders.

In this issue, we explore groundbreaking innovations in school design and construction. Discover how a capital transformation is shaping the future of education, step inside a student-built theatre, and explore one of the most inventive schools ever created. Learn about the crucial role of acoustics in designing for deaf students, visit a simple yet exquisite greenhouse redefining STEM teaching, and see how biophilic classrooms are transforming learning by blending nature with design.

Planning Learning Spaces in practice

For schools that want to improve their learning environments but need support with the process of change, help is available from the team behind the best-selling book Planning Learning Spaces

The Planning Learning Spaces Design Framework helps schools to translate their educational vision into learning space design principles. Schools are guided through a reflective process, building the link between curriculum and design through a structured framework. We work with lead staff and other appropriate stakeholders through a series of workshops, which can be delivered online or in person.

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The Planning Learning Spaces book is now available

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