This book showcases a wide variety of interiors designed for the very young from around the world. These range from creches, nurseries and preschools, to museums, restaurants, bedrooms, playspaces, shops and hotels.

Featured projects include:

• Luginsland Kindergarten, Stuttgart
• Fawood Children's Centre, London
• De Kleine Kikker Day Care Centre, Utrecht
• The Pattern Pod, Science Museum, London
• Grudzien Residence, Hong Kong
• Climbers and Creepers, Kew Gardens, London
• Museum of Childhood, London
• Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, Ayslesbury
• Shirokane Preschool, Tokyo
• The Deep, Hull
• Selfridges Kids, London
• American Museum of Natural History, New York
• Evelina Children's Hospital, London

Interiors for Under 5s is an inspiration to design professionals everywhere!

Contents

Learning

• Introduction
• Jubilee School, Tulse Hill, London
• De Kleine Kikker Day Care Centre Utrecht, Holland
• Swiss School Kindergarten, Barcelona, Spain
• Migrants Resource Centre Créche, Pimlico, London
• Hoyle Early Years Centre, Bury, Lancashire
• Luginsland Kindergarten, Stuttgart, Germany
• Public Library, Peckham, London
• Workbox Desk, Staten Island Public Schools, New York
• Jigsaw Day Nursery, Wandsworth, London
• Münster Parish Kindergarten, Ingolstadt, Germany
• Fawood Children’s Centre, Harlesden, London

Art And Science

• Introduction
• The Pattern Pod, Science Museum, London
• Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich, London
• Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
• Climbers and Creepers Children’s Zone, Kew, London
• Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
• Roald Dahl Museum, Great Missenden, Bucks
• Discover children’s Centre, Stratford, London
• Discovery Center, American Museum of Natural History, New York

Play

• Introduction
• Blue Kangaroo Restaurant, King’s Road, London
• Grudzien Residence, Hong Kong
• Hotel Tresanton, St Mawes, Cornwall
• Twenty-first Century Tree house, London
• St Mary’s Garden Hall Wimbledon, London
• Selfridges Kids, Oxford Street, London
• Children’s Playhouses, Crediton, Devon

Water

• Introduction
• Shirokane Preschool, Tokyo, Japan
• Babington House, nr Frome, Somerset
• Pavilions in the Park, Horsham, Surrey
• London Aquarium, South Bank, London
• The Deep, Hull, Yorkshire

Sleep

• Introduction
• Bedroom and Bathroom Floor, Kensington, London
• Family House, Toronto, Canada
• Evelina Children’s Hospital, Lambeth, London
• Private Playroom and Bedrooms, Notting Hill, London

Listing of Public Places

Listing of Architects

Bibliography

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