Prakash Nair
School architect, writer and public speaker from the USA, proponent of open classrooms
About Prakash Nair
Prakash Nair was an American architect, known for Open classroom.
Prakash Nair is an American school architect, entrepreneur, writer, and public speaker.
Nair is the founding president and CEO of Education Design International (EDI) and a former founding president of Fielding Nair International (FNI). Nair's projects have won industry design awards for excellence, including the James D. MacConnell Award — the highest award conferred by the Association for Learning Environments, A4LE — for Reece High School in Tasmania, Australia (2003).
Nair has written about school design and co-authored three books: Blueprint for Tomorrow: Redesigning Schools for Student-Centered Learning, Learning by Design: Live Play Engage Create, and The Language of School Design: Design Patterns for 21st Century Schools. His opinion on educational design issues has been sought by news media and by boards of education.
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school architect, writer and public speaker from the USA, proponent of open classrooms
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Prakash Nair was an architect.
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Prakash Nair was known for Open classroom.
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