Months of consultation and research resulted in a school building that tackled head on problems to do with poor attendance and lack of motivation.
Kingsdale is now in the first phase of a restructuring and renovation programme - and its new courtyard, designed by de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM) architects, is the first completed phase. The courtyard is covered in what Alex de Rijke describes as the "world's largest variable-skin ETFE roof" - much the same as the bubble-like textile membrane roof seen at the Eden Project, Cornwall, and the National Space Centre, Leicester, two intriguing and popular buildings designed under the direction of Nicholas Grimshaw.
Jonathan Glancey The Guardian
You can also read a couple of features about this school at the Design Council and School Works websites
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