Tag Archives: school architecture

Mary and David Medd: “mind map” of networks

I did a teaching session for MA students last night who were participating in the Understanding Education Research module here at the IOE. The aim of the session was to introduce the use of archives. One of the things i … Continue reading

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Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities, an annual showcase for buildings for schools and universities

Ranging from beautiful, to a little crazy looking*, this image set on the BBC website today shows some of the educational buildings featured in Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities, an annual showcase for buildings for schools and … Continue reading

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1000’s of photographs illustrating history of education, 1949-1993

I’ve created this resource guide to show just a few of the subjects illustrated by the Photographic Collection of the Architects and Buildings Branch, Ministry of Education. The catalogue for this collection is available here. Many schools are mentioned by name, … Continue reading

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New – catalogue for collection of photographs relating to history of education and school buildings

I recently finished cataloguing a collection of photographs brought together by the Architects’ and Buildings Branch (c1949-1993). The Branch was a department of the Ministry of Education and were originally involved  in building much needed schools after WW2 , but continued to operate for over … Continue reading

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