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American School and University, 1979
A school building project in Spokane, Washington, will replace 12 inner-city elementary schools, expand a thirteenth, and construct a new high school. Substantial cost savings in both materials and design are expected to result from adapting a prototype design to existing sites. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Construction Programs, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textThompson, Andy; Williamson, Beech; Tindall, Sarah – 1991
Six City Technology Colleges (CTCs) were all site selected, built, and opened in under 2 years without being compromised by expense or loss of quality. This document examines this "fast-track" method of building projects using case studies of each school that illustrate the CTC concept and process. The CTC initiative is described…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Construction (Process), Construction Programs, Educational Environment
Baker, Bartlett J. – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Argues well-designed middle schools support the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional changes students experience. Promotes a design that is a hybrid of the home-based, child-centered elementary model and the elective-based, campus high school model. Focuses on enabling cross-curriculum, interdisciplinary team instruction in smaller,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Construction Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities
Hill, Franklin – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Provides examples of middle school facilities design considerations for both new and remodeled buildings. Argues that the planning process is critical and offers advice including developing and reviewing the philosophy, selecting planning participants, conducting a Futures Workshop, beginning the process, planning at the microlevel, research, and…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Construction Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities
Ahmad, Fazel – 1978
By 1973 there were very great disparities between the opportunities for education in the urban and rural areas of Afghanistan. This case study concerns provincial school construction programs for hundreds of small buildings in the remotest areas of what is one of the most mountainous countries of the world. A study proposed alternative building…
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Construction Management
Earthman, Glen I. – 1992
A school building constructed 10 years ago may not be relevant to what is needed in a new building today. Methodology and curriculum change rapidly, and, as a result, buildings change as do the students attending schools today. The administrators in the school system are responsible for adequately planning a new capital-improvement project and…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Programming, Bids, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
Moore, Deborah P., Ed. – 1991
A looseleaf format allows for the easy addition of annual updates to this practitioner's handbook for planning educational facilities from the conception of needs through occupancy and use. Each unit contains numerous photographs, drawings, and figures that illustrate the contents. Unit subjects are as follows: historical perspectives; planning…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Budgeting, Building Conversion, Campus Planning
