Over the past fifteen years, Austria has seen the emergence of numerous educational buildings that provide fresh impulses for new learning environments beyond the traditional corridor school layout. This development is the result of joint efforts by stakeholders in pedagogy, architecture, and public administration to adapt learning spaces to contemporary educational approaches and to activate space as a “third teacher.” This book presents fifty outstanding examples and, through essays and conversations, reflects on the contexts and conditions of their creation. It is aimed in particular at educators and architects who seek to create better learning environments and are looking for a shared foundation to do so.

Concept and texts by Christian Kühn, with contributions by Barbara Feller, Renate Hammer, Roman Höllbacher, Isabella Marboe, Astrid Meyer-Hainisch, Christian Peer, Romana Ring, Theresa Schleinitz, Carla Schwaderer, Karin Schwarz-Viechtbauer, and Nicola Weber

• Pioneering schools and kindergartens in Austria
• Standard reference on contemporary, participatory educational architecture
• Includes: The Charter for the Design of 21st-Century Educational Facilities as a ¬practical foundation