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We're thrilled to receive a Wellington Architecture Award for Mission House. We loved the citation highlighting the focus on student wellbeing - "the architects have delivered a high-performing, low-impact building that places student wellbeing at its heart". "Mission House proves that thoughtful architecture can be both pragmatic and poetic." The full citation reads, Mission House is an inspiring example of how sustainability and innovation can thrive within constraint. Work

Schools create communities. Becoming more human with AI and user participation.   Murray Robertson’s Reflections on the Learning Environments Australasia regional conference in Brisbane, LEA 3001: A Learning Space Odyssey, 7 – 9 May 2025   Last week, Hannah and I went to the LEA conference in Brisbane. This was my 10th conference and Hannah’s second. These conferences are important to me as I believe that the design of good learning spaces requires a base of experience and re

Yesterday marked the opening of Te Kōrari at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito. It was an honour to collaborate with this incredible community, as part of the team. It's wonderful to see it finally handed over and utilized.

The second Learning Spaces Aotearoa was recently held in Wellington. This was organised by the Learning Environments New Zealand Wellington.

Following on from Kara's first blog on her involvement in The Mayfield Project 2023 just before the LEA regional conference - re:...

We are honored that our work at Silverstream School has been recognised as the winner of the Small Projects Under $2m catagory. This follows previously receiving the Education Colour Maestro Award in the Resene Total Colour Awards and a commendation in the Learning Environments New Zealand Awards. The Learning Environments Australasia Design Awards are a special programme that recognises briefing, colaboration, and the design reflecting the school learning approach. You can r

How are we celebrating Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Learning Environments? In early March I joined 20 other Mayfielders, a group of architects, teachers and designers, in Sydney for a whirlwind weekend workshop facilitated by NoTosh. The focus: How can we create Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for all in both physical and educational design? Investigate the role of learning spaces within communities and how we can embrace and celebrate aspects of JEDI

We are honored to receive two awards for our work at Silverstream School. A commendation in the Learning Environments New Zealand awards...

We were thrilled recently to be awarded the overall winner of the 13th Annual Learning Environments Australasia Awards for Excellence in...

A common complaint over the years has been, where is the research? Where is the proof that different types of learning environments work?...

We are all back in the office looking forward to a year of progressing some exciting projects with three projects soon to finish on site.

Taking a break from a very busy year to recollect some of the things we have achieved. Our first project was completed and recently won...

Douglas Park School has been recognised with an award at the very first Learning Environments New Zealand Awards last night in the...

Keynote – Dr Jordan Nguyen, Founder of Psykinetic The first keynote on day two from Jordan Nguyen was one of the highlights of the...

I have been attending the Learning Environments Australasia annual regional conference since 2013. It has been invaluable in developing...

Murray is attending the annual Australiasian regional conference for the Association of Learning Environments. Stay tuned for his blog...