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Making space 2005: award winning designs for young children

When architects, planners, educators, psychologists, brain scientists and children are brought together to consider the design and use of space the results are worth recording.  Making space: award winning designs for young children is such a record.  It celebrates the ideas and designs that came out of an international award and conference on architecture and design for young children, and a video conversation and art competition for children themselves.

These events came about when Children in Europe, a periodical published by a network of magazines across the European Union, decided to look at the  issue of architecture and design for young children. A coalition of agencies in Scotland (Children in Scotland, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland with the support of the Scottish Executive) and internationally (Children in Europe and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) came together to take forward some of the issues it raised.

So what are some of the issues we identified in examining architecture and design for young children?

Find out by ordering a copy of Making Space: award winning designs for young children

Click here to find out more about the Architecture and design for young children, international award 2005.

Click here to view the designs submitted for the Architecture and design for young children, international award 2005. 

Click here to view Bruce A Jilk's 'design down steps'.

Click here to order your copy of Children in Europe issue 8.

This publication is sponsored by
Architecture+Design Scotland

Winner of the Architecture and design
for young children, international award 2005
Bubbletecture Maihara Kindergarten by Shuhei Endo Architect Institution, Japan.
Picture of bubbletecture nursery (image)

Winner of My Favourite Place
Children in Scotland art competition
'Going down a rainbow', by Jade Williamson of Balhousie Primary School, Scotland.
Winners painting of child in front of a rainbow (image)