OECD REPORT

BY KEITH NUTHALLBRITISH schools have featured in an international study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which highlighted good practice examples of how sensitive building design can help education.The report, Designs for Learning: 55 Exemplary Educational Facilities, looked at how technological change in learning techniques - such as the Internet - and in environmental requirements - such as energy efficiency - has been incorporated in new schools, universities and colleges.An OECD jury also looked for buildings that "provide ...


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