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Click here for latest wins by FNI including projects in Brunei, Tanzania, Oman and Texas.

Tomorrow’s School – Beyond Yesterday’s Classroom
Check out these inspiring images of 21st century schools compiled by Prakash Nair

“Exploring Six Principles of Sustainable School Design” – Randy Fielding for WISE

First two of 100 schools Master Planned and Designed by FNI opens in Puerto Rico

FNI Selected by Nationally Acclaimed American School of Bombay, India

FNI Selected by Prestigious Al-Batinah International School, Oman

FNI Selected as Master Planners for Cleveland-Heights-University Heights School District in Ohio

FNI Selected as Planners and Design Architects for STEAM Middle School in Greenville, S. Carolina

FNI Completes Visioning Work for School Districts in Montana and Ontario

EXCITING NEW PROJECT WINS BY FNI!

FNI selected by Bloomfield Hills Schools (MI) to lead the community through Facilitation, Planning and Design for their New High School.

Prakash Nair Featured in “Education World Magazine” for his Dedication in Transforming India’s Education Landscape

FNI’s Senior Designer, Mariana Boctor, featured in “Cocotte Design”: Designing the NextGen Schools — Just Like Home

FNI Appointed as Master Planners for $800 Million Puerto Rico School Modernization Program

FNI Projects Win Two International Awards

FNI’s innovative approach to school design featured in North American Design Magazine

FNI’s Arcola Community School design featured in Regina Leader-Post.

FNI Selected to serve as Planning and Design Consultant for TJHSST – America’s #1 High School.

Fully Revised 2nd Edition of Language of School Design is now available.

Sinarmas World Academy by FNI Awarded Prestigious Project of Distinction Award in Washington DC.

FNI to partner with India’s Yash Birla Group in a venture that will develop 300+ new schools

Designing Schools for 21st Century Learners
In this film, architect Randall Fielding demonstrates the connection between where and how students learn in the 21st century.

Don’t Just Rebuild Schools—Reinvent Them
“If we simply repair broken structures, we will ignore the real problems with American education while giving renewed life to a model of teaching and learning that has been obsolete since the end of the industrial era.”.

FNI’s Scotch Oakburn College Middle School Project in Launceston, Tasmania has Opened. Details

Randy Fielding interviewed Phorecast: “We need to teach our kids skills, not subjects!” Click here to listen to podcast

End-of-Year News: Several Exciting New Project Wins in Canada, USA, Malaysia and Abu Dhabi. Details

Mid-Year News Update: New projects, EFEI launch and publications. Details

The Cristo Rey Jesuit High School & Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center has been awarded. Details

Randall Fielding awarded CEFPI International Planner of the Year Details

Microsoft Taps FNI For Key Role in Global Innovative Schools Program Details

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School and Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center in operation in Minneapolis. Details

Health and Fitness Centre Opens at Scotch Oakburn College. Details

Groundbreakings on Cayman Islands.Details

A Comfortable Truth – 8 Truths about Comfort in Schools. Click here for link to new article.

FNI Adds several new consultants and expands service offerings.
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Building Futures – Video Interview with Prakash Nair
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Randall Fielding Interviewed on Charlotte Radio
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Randy Fielding interviewed on WCCO radio: “Human Rights and Design for Learning”
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New Project Wins
in 7 American states, and 6 countries. Details

The Language of School Design – New book by Nair and Fielding.
Available Now

Fielding Returns from Sri Lanka and Heads to Azerbaijan and Australia Details

Dr. Lackney criss-crosses land to lead design efforts on behalf of FNIDetails

Nair’s Latest trip covers 5 Australian States, Thailand and Singapore Details

Nair Returns from Planning & Design Consultation Workshops in 4 Australian States and Singapore Details

Nair in Australia – Nair to Keynote Australian Conference in April 2005. Details

Fielding in Singapore and Australia Details

Nair in Alaska Details

Fielding at NAF – Randy Fielding addresses National Audience at NAF Conference in New York. Details

Better Schools for Ohio – State of Ohio hires FNI to conduct detailed study of school designs. Details

FNI Wins MacConnell Award – Reece School in Tasmania Australia by FNI is MacConnell Award winner! Details

Workshops

Prakash Nair

KEYNOTES AND WORKSHOPS
(Partial List)

Keynote Speaker, Design for Learning in the Creative Age, Mumbai, India

Featured Speaker, 21st Century School Design, Discovery World School, Indore, India

Keynote Speaker, Visioning the Future, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, VA

Keynote Speaker, Transformation through Innovative School Design, Philadelphia School District, Philadelphia, PA

Keynote Speaker, Schools of the Future, Microsoft Innovative Schools Program, World Summit, Oulu, Finland

Workshop, From Knowledge to Wisdom — Visioning the Future, Bloomfield Hills Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Keynote Speaker, Design for Learning in the Creative Age, Spencer Company Annual Education Conference, Dallas, Texas

Keynote Speaker, Designing Tomorrow’s Schools Today, Texas Computer Education Association, Austin, Texas

Keynote Speaker, Building Cayman’s Future, National Education Conference, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Workshop, Creative Age Design, Hillel School, Tampa, Florida

Workshop, Schools for the 21st Century, Government of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Featured Speaker, Schools as Symbols of Change, Council of Educational Facility Planners, Annapolis, MD

Keynote Speaker, Education 2020, Blackpool Headteachers Conference, Blackpool, UK

Keynote Speaker, Building Tomorrow’s Schools Today, Building Schools Conference and Exhibition, Manchester, UK

Workshop, Design Patterns and Innovative Case Studies, Vancouver School Board, Vancouver, BC

Keynote Speaker, Design for the Conceptual Age, Paramount Corporation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Workshop, Innovative School Design Case Studies, Microsoft Virtual University with participants from 70 countries

Keynote Speaker, Learning Without Boundaries, Association of Independent School of Western Australia, Perth, WA

Keynote Speaker, New Schools for the New Millennium, Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, Melbourne, Australia

Randall Fielding

KEYNOTES AND WORKSHOPS
(Partial List)

Featured Speaker: Curriculum Mapping for School 2.0 – An Essential Planning Tool, Council of Educational Facility Planners International, 87th Annual Conference, San Jose, California, 2010

Featured Speaker: Designers as Change Agents, CUSP Annual Conference on All Things Design, Chicago, 2010

Keynote Speaker on Education, Design, and Innovation, Södertälje and Nacka, Sweden, 2010

Keynote Speaker, Design for the Creative Age, Columbus, Ohio, 2010

Invited Speaker on Technology, Innovation, and Education, Word Innovation Summit in Doha, Qatar, 2009

Invited Speaker on Design for Transformation in Learning, Microsoft Schools of the Future Summit, Seattle, 2008

Keynote Speaker , Innovative School Design, Microsoft Corporation, Oulu, Finland, 2007

Innovative Schools in UK, Australia and the Cayman Islands, CEFPI Toronto, 2007

The Language of School Design: Design Patterns for 21st Century Schools, CEFPI, Olympia, Washington, 2007

Best Practice in Action: Six Essential Elements that Define Tomorrow’s Schools, The Council of Educational Planners International, Phoenix, 2006

Facility Design Guidelines for the Global Economy, Azerbaijan Ministry of Education, 2006

Learning by Design, Architect’s Forum, Department of Education and Training, Victoria, Australia, 2006

Vocational Training Center Design, Sri Lanka Tsunami Reconstruction Program, US Aide for International Development, Colombo, 2006

Impact on Learning School Facilities, A New Language for Planning and Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, keynote presentation, Austin, 2005

Research-Based School Design, The European Council of International schools, Prague, 2005

Beyond the Knowledge Economy, School Design in the Age of Innovation, keynote presentation, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, 2004

Design Patterns for Innovative Learning Communities, keynote presentation, LETA, Adelaide, Australia, 2004

Designing Schools for the Age of Creativity, keynote presentation and workshop, Singapore Ministry of Education, 2004

Innovative Learning Spaces in Higher Education, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2004

Design for Project-Based Learning, AIA conference Los Angeles, 2003

Key Ideas from DesignShare
UNESCO/UIA international conference, Porto, Portugal, 2001 & Santiago, Chile 2003

Ecological Systems and High Performance School, Presentation and course facilitation, University of Wisconsin, 2003

Patterns in Educational Facility Design, CEFPI Vancouver, Canada, 1999

The Effects of Brain-compatible Learning on Facilities, CEFPI Minneapolis, 1998

Community Involvement in Master Planning, CEFPI, Texas, 1995


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