University Trends: Contemporary Campus Design - Hardcover

'The authors have a wide knowledge of campus design across the world, much of which is based on advising universities in Europe, North America and Australasia. They possess a unique and practical "hands on" perspective of the real issues universities are currently grappling with. This book will be essential reading for university administrators, facilities and estates managers, designers and planners.' - John Miller, Principal, Hames Sharley Architects, Australia

'University buildings are still the most studied, visited and quoted examples of ground-breaking architecture. University Trends is an important survey of the latest thinking in design for learning and research, supported by detailed case studies of the most significant new buildings on an international stage.' - Russell Brown, Founding Partner, Hawkins\Brown, London, UK

'Higher education and research are vital parts of modern society. The physical environments in which they take place contribute enormously to the experience of students and researchers. With this very welcome publication, the authors could now be regarded as leading experts in comparative university architecture.' - Professor Stephen Parker AO, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra, Australia

A university campus is a place with special resonance: conjuring images of cloistered quadrangles and wood-panelled libraries, often echoing centuries of scholarly tradition. And yet it is also a place of cutting-edge science, interactive learning, youth, vibrancy, and energy. It is this dual nature which makes the physical environment of a university so dynamic as well as a highly challenging landscape to design and manage successfully.

Today, the scale of the pressures and the rate of change facing higher education institutions are greater than ever. Squeezed public spending, rising tuition fees and the growing education ambitions of developing nations are set against a backdrop of rapid technological progress and changing pedagogies. What are the repercussions for the physical realities of university planning and architecture? And how are university campuses adapting to contend with these pressures?

University Trends introduces the most significant, widespread and thought-provoking trends in campus design today. Part 1 identifies current trends such as starchitecture, large-scale campus extensions, adaptive re-use, and international branch campuses. Part 2 profiles each trend via highly-illustrated, global case studies of well-publicised as well as lesser-known projects. The essential guide to current and future trends in campus design.