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By Rebecca Baibak, AIA Dear Committee on Architecture for Education Community, In late 2021, I was appointed to serve on the American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education for a five-year term. Since then, I have had ...
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Where do passionate experts discover the most cutting-edge ideas and trends in educational facility design? Look no further than EDspaces: Designing the Future of Education , the premiere destination for architects, designers, facility planners, distributors ...
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The Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) is a Knowledge Community of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). We are a large and active group of over 10,000 architects and allied professionals concerned with the quality and design of all types ...
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Learning By Design Magazine publishes its spring 2022 edition Learning By Design recognizes the nation’s preeminent architectural firms by publishing outstanding pre-K to 12 and college/university projects. The spring 2022 edition contains over ...
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On January 26, 2021, the Reimagine Schools National Summit will begin to lay out a blueprint for the future. The summit will focus on designing schools for equity and inclusion, including Community Schools 3.0, learning at the intersection of technology ...
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The AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) would like to invite you to participate with us at our Fall Conference at the EDspaces Digital Experience . Our events have always been about innovation, content, connections, and community. This ...
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COVID-19 and CAE Spring Conference Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Committee on Architecture for Education Spring Conference, April 26-29 in Minneapolis. ...
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Education is the foundation of human society as we know it today. Education leads to personal edification, scientific and artistic innovation, technological development, and the ability to transcend what we previously considered to be impossible. It develops ...
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Hi all, I'm hoping the individuals on this blog can share some precedent examples of adaptive reuse projects of former non-academic buildings into learning environments. These can be in either urban or suburban areas, small or large, national or international, ...
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Large new construction projects on collegiate campuses typically generate buzz amongst students and faculty alike. The impact on the campus fabric, from construction noise to safety fencing, becomes an unavoidable but intriguing occurrence that can generate ...
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What does reinventing the school experience mean to you? Is it related to modern facilities, new pedagogies, community partnerships, or is it a combination of all three? At Austin Independent School District (AISD) in Austin, Texas, the answer to ...
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​There are many tragedies related to the recent string of school violence in our communities. The fact that we are spending our valuable time and limited resources struggling to keep our children safe rather than being able to spend it on learning is ...
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In the wake of the Parkland shootings, the NRA has called for immediate hardening of schools, while NPR responded by saying they should be softened, and architects are caught in the crosshairs of the argument. Especially architects who are involved with ...
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The CAE Design Awards is an Internet-based marketplace of ideas. Through this forum the committee disseminates quality ideas on educational facility planning and design to clients, architects, and the public. As how we educate ourselves continues ...
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CAE Conferences

CAE’s conferences explore a variety of learning environments for students from Pre-K to Higher Education. Attendees have the opportunity to participate in the latest dialogue about the environment's effect on learning--as well as being able to network ...
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Last week was the 2017 EDspaces Conference in Kansas City. As a first-time attendee, the combination of designers / end-users / vendors coming together to discuss the state of education today and how collectively it can be improved upon for the future, ...
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I am a graduate architecture student at Norwich University and also work as a substitute teacher’s aide for disabled children in the Saratoga City School District when my schedule allows. Through the classroom experience, as well as my own experiences ...
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When decided to apply to a K-12 Architectural firm; that decision helped me define who I want to be as an architect. An Architect, to me, means more than just designing a building; it’s been to redesign the way our communities interact. Education is at ...
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Dear All, The partner organizations of the "Cities and Climate Change Science Conference: Fostering new scientific knowledge for cities based on science, practice and policy" are pleased to announce a call for proposals for sessions and abstracts. The ...
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Apple Computer started in the garage of Steve Jobs’ parents’ house, where Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne developed the first Apple computer, based on Wozniak’s prototype. Apple's garage startup was preceded many years earlier when Hewlett Packard ...
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