Archinect - News2013-05-20T11:50:11-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/63950936/after-newtown-architects-weigh-school-design-changes
After Newtown, Architects Weigh School Design Changes Archinect2012-12-22T17:46:00-05:00>2012-12-30T18:33:10-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/d4/d48950f0ebc831828aad6f370c172667.jpg" width="514" height="342" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Mark Simon, a founding partner of Centerbrook Architects and Planners, agrees. “I think [bars and other fortifying techniques] send the wrong message to both kids and teachers,” he says. Based in Centerbrook, Connecticut, Simon has designed 20 school buildings, including five public elementary schools, though none in Newtown. “Buildings tell stories, and when a building is designed that way, it tells you that it doesn’t trust you. And kids intuit that they’re not trusted,” he says.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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Our hearts are with the families at Sandy Hook Elementary School Paul Petrunia2012-12-14T15:25:00-05:00>2012-12-21T16:12:38-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/sw/sw2xi00mzdcq469h.jpg" width="514" height="313" border="0" title="" alt="" /><p>
I'm sorry for using this platform for a personal, off-topic, message. It's been a while since I have. But, today's tragedy in Connecticut is about as sad as it gets. This isn't an issue of politics or civil rights. This is an issue about humanity, and good vs. evil. I hope that if anything positive comes out of today's event, it's that the gun control debate will end in this country.</p>