Made to measure

Nurseries should be designed to meet the needs of the child, but this is often not the case, argues Jenny Benjamin For too long, says Eva Lloyd, chief executive of the National Early Years Network (NEYN), public architecture in the UK has been failing young children. In so many schools and nurseries, she says, 'The children have been made to fit in with the environment, instead of the environment being made to fit the children.' She points to windows too high for small children to see out of, cramped, dingy indoor spaces and poor provision for outdoor play.