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I had the privilege to attend a recent conference hosted by the Society for College and University Planning. It was focused, as the name might suggest, on the design and planning process for higher education facilities. There was a whirlwind of valuable information on how to modernize the country’s campuses to better facilitate student learning. […]

Think of all of the items students and teachers need to store throughout a school day: books, technology, project materials, craft and cleaning supplies, personal possessions and more. While these storage needs often vary between age groups—the issues facing elementary schools and high schools can differ—they stem from the same root: a place for everything […]

SHP leader Lauren Della Bella has spent much of the last two years advancing the 9 Billion Schools movement. A central tenet to that movement is vitaegogy, a whole-person answer for learning to learn. She shares her thoughts on what this concept means and how it can be applied to daily life in her latest […]

College can be a confusing and stressful time for a lot of students as they try to figure out their career path and develop skills to help them be successful in the field that they choose. One of the best ways to explore career options and develop skills that you can’t learn in the classroom is […]

A Royal Society study is continuing to cause disquiet among workplace design circles, with a rhetorically flawed torrent of hasty claims calling for the end of open office design. We’ve previously recapped the study and outlined many reasons why it’s not accurate to say that research shows open offices decrease collaboration. Here’s why. The impact […]

CINCINNATI, SEPT. 17, 2018— Jeff Parker, AIA, LEED AP, ALEP, Director of Educational Visioning at SHP, was recently elected Governor of Ohio (Area 2, Midwest Great Lakes Region) for the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE). As governor, Parker will be responsible for membership outreach and growth in Ohio for a three-year term. “I’m excited to […]

Turn on the news on any given day, and you’re likely to hear about a “new study” that completely changes the way we look at things. Taken on the surface, this presents a world where one day red wine is both panacea and fountain of youth, and another day it’s the harbinger of cancer and […]

The SHP team is no stranger to attending and presenting at SXSWedu, the nation’s preeminent conference and festival for educational innovation. And in 2019, we’re hoping to return not just as attendees but as panelists. Two SHP-led presentations are currently being considered for SXSWedu. Acceptance would allow us to share the work we’ve done in […]

I feel very fortunate to work with education clients to make improvements to their buildings that range from 15 to 100+ years old. Each of these buildings boast a different design and system, yet they each show me what has worked well and what has hindered the adaptation to current teaching techniques. One of the biggest things I […]

Libraries are a vibrant, essential part of local communities and places of learning. That’s why, like many across the internet, we couldn’t disagree more with a now-retracted opinion piece that appeared recently on Forbes.com, calling for the removal of publicly funded libraries to be replaced by local Amazon bookstores. Forbes reportedly removed the piece after […]