SDA’S TEN TIPS FOR CREATING a 21ST-CENTURY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
For more than 25 years, since Stephen Donald commenced teaching in various schools of architecture and design, throughout the UK, Stephen Donald Architects Ltd has spent a lot of time and effort thinking about education. We have also practiced extensively in the field of education and vocational [...]
Archive for March, 2009
21ST-CENTURY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009National Skills Academy to give industry the best chance of tackling its training crisis.
Monday, March 9th, 2009National Skills Academy to give industry the best chance of tackling its training crisis.
What’s the biggest item of expenditure for any hospitality business? Wages, of course. For a hotel, it represents about 30 per cent of total revenue (maybe more, and up from 24 per cent in 1997); for a restaurant, it’s about 40 per [...]
Five lessons to survive the property crash
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Five lessons to survive the property crash
Recessions are inevitable – and in hard times we can learn lessons that could help us survive the housing game in future, says Andrew Stanway.
Western capitalist economies have been going through booms and busts for at least the last 400 years, with an eerie regularity. Each business cycle lasts [...]
What is a Butterfly Roof ?
Thursday, March 5th, 2009What is a Butterfly Roof ?
Butterfly roofs are a key design feature of houses and small business in post-war America. Architectural designers sought to bring clean lines and organic elements into urban development and modernize the traditional American home. Butterfly roofs were a key characteristic in most urban developments during the Atomic Age and can [...]
Top 5 tips on eco home improvements
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Top 5 tips on eco home improvements
The recession means that there is a new financial impetus to become greener
1 Cut that draught with a rug:
Boom-time home improvements, such as stripped wood floors, can make it harder to cut your fuel bills. The draughts that blow up through the gaps in stripped wood flooring will have [...]