Newport High School in Newport, United Kingdom

Located in Newport, United Kingdom, Newport High School was designed by HLM Architects. The two-stage procurement process placed an emphasis during the design and construction tendering process on ‘quality’ rating. This approach engendered a team ethos; collectively striving to achieve high quality affordable design solutions and specifically addressing environmental issues within an open and transparent [...]

Tags: Business, Construction, design solutions, Engineering, Geography of the United Kingdom, Military acquisition, Newport, Newport High School, Procurement, Supply chain management, Systems engineering, Tendering, United Kingdom

ECOSpace, Education Facility in Dunfermline, United Kingdom

Located in Dunfermline, United Kingdom, ECOSpace Education Facility was designed by RMJM. ECOSpace Education Facility is a highly sustainable training workshop run by Carnegie College in Dunfermline, which has been open since September 2006. The £2.2 million centre aims to lead the way in training students in sustainable construction and encourages the integration of environmentally [...]

Tags: Carnegie College, Dunfermline, ECOSpace Education Facility, Education, energy consumption, Environment, GBP, Sustainability, United Kingdom

Open University – Jennie Lee Building in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Open University – Jennie Lee Building, that located in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, was designed by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects. The Jennie Lee building has 5000m2 over three floors, an atrium and a 600m2 state of the art Ambient Technology Lab. A Partnering procurement process ensured immensely productive teamwork for this innovative education environment. A [...]

Tags: Ambient Technology Lab., Architecture, art Ambient Technology, Atrium, Connell Architects, embedded technology, Honeycomb, Jennie Lee Building, Mass media, Milton Keynes, Nexus, Open University, Publishing, Rooms, the Nexus, United Kingdom

WAN Education Award 2009 in Sunshine, Australia

Designed by Editorial, WAN Education Award 2009 is located in Sunshine, Australia. Australian Technical College in Sunshine, Victoria, has pipped to the post five international projects to win the title of WAN Education Building of the Year 2009. The inevitable humming and hawing of the WAN Education Award jury finally subsided as the fun and [...]

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Kentish Town Health Centre in London, United Kingdom

Designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Kentish Town Health Centre is located in London, United Kingdom. Located in a residential area just off Kentish Town’s busy high street this three storey building creates a new community focus. The building, completed in December 2008, houses a large GP practice, a dentist, paediatric, dental and children’s services, [...]

Tags: Camden & Islington Community Solutions, dentist, diagnostic imaging, healthcare, healthcare provision, Kentish Town Health Centre, Kentish Town, London, London Borough of Camden, NHS, Roy MacGregor, United Kingdom