Modern schools : a century of design for education / R. Thomas Hille.

Features the work of more than 60 architects worldwide.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Survey of modern schools. Traditional schools and the influence of education reform -- Early modern schools: 1900-1930 -- Modern schools and functionalism: 1930s -- Postwar modern schools: 1940s and 1950s -- Evolution of the modern school: 1960s and 1970s -- The modern school today: 1980s-present -- Projects. The health-centered school: Jan Duiker ; Open-air school for the healthy child, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1927-1928 -- The child-centered school: Eliel and Eero Saarinen with Lawrence B. Perkins, E. Todd Wheeler, and Philip Will, Jr. ; Crow Island School, Winnetka, Illinois, 1939-1940 -- The natural school: Richard Neutra ; Kester Avenue Elementary School, Van Nuys, California, 1951 ; UCLA University Elementary School, Los Angeles, California, 1957 -- The associational school: Hans Scharoun ; Geschwister-Scholl Secondary School, Lünen, Germany, 1958-1962 ; Volksschule, Marl, Germany, 1960-1971 -- The interactive school: Herman Hertzberger ; Delft Montessori School, Delft, Netherlands, 1960, 1966-1981 ; Apollolaan Montessori and Willemspark Schools, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1983 ; De Vogels School, Oegstgeest, Netherlands, 2000 -- The situational school: Günter Behnisch ; Hauptschule "Auf dem Schäfersfeld," Lorch, Germany, 1982 ; Albert Schweitzer School, Bad Rappenau, Germany, 1991 ; Gymnasium Friedrich II, Lorch, Germany, 2003 -- The circumstantial school: John and Patricia Patkau ; Seabird Island School, Agassiz, British Columbia, 1988-1991 ; Strawberry Vale School, Victoria, British Columbia, 1992-1996 -- The interstitial school: Thom Mayne ; International Elementary School, Long Beach, California, 1997-1999 ; Diamond Ranch High School, Pomona, California, 1996-2000 ; Alexander Science Center School, Los Angeles, California, 1992-2004.