Lord Foster's Academies

Lord Norman Foster has started to turn his head towards the world of education, and the deputy chariman of Foser and Partners has been quoted in this article by The Times as saying; “Schools are a crucial part of life . . . The environment is very important and requires love and attention. The design of a school is perhaps the most important of any building,”

I also thought this was an interesting quote: “It’s surely not necessary to have such fancy, multi-million-pound buildings to improve pupils’ GCSE results. It’s high quality teaching, not architecture, that drives up standards. Pupils and teachers deserve clean, modern facilities but the bill for some of these seems extravagant.” from Sarah Teather the Lib Dem education spokeswoman.

I do in a way agree, although I think that if the building is designed in the same spirit as the Swiss Re building of the City Hall then the investment would be well worth it.