Still Modern: Where Learning Lives: Design Principles for Thriving Schools

What if schools were designed not just to educate, but to help students and teachers truly thrive?Created through a powerful collaboration between educators and architects, Still Modern: Where Learning Lives reimagines school design as a force for well-being, resilience, and community connection.Drawing on Perkins&Will’s 90-year legacy in educational design, the book translates research on physical, social/emotional, and cognitive well-being into practical design strategies for learning environments that support the whole child - and the whole community.The book reveals timeless design principles adaptable to any school, regardless of size or budget.Grounded in decades of practice and the enduring lessons of Crow Island-America's first modern school-it offers an actionable vision of schools as places where learning, health, and human potential flourish.