What if we could build schools in a much more cost efficient way, making them highly adaptive to change, supporting our learners and staff better pastorally, and could be a closer part of our community? Perhaps the opportunity of the credit crunch is to make some radical changes in how we think about building new schools. Tom Weaver looks at how to practically make it happen.

Design - as in the design of new environments to work or learn in - is too often seen in isolation from the things that really matter to organisations. Tom Weaver looks at design and the role of space within the organisation, whether commercial or educational, and considers the impact on our day to day lives.