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American School and University, 1980
An imaginative joint effort by public and private interests revived the former Ridgefield High School (Connecticut) and transformed it into an executive office building. It will eventually revert to the town for another use. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Facility Improvement, Interior Design, School Closing
Bleke, Bert R. – American School Board Journal, 1988
Describes how a Michigan school district transformed several free-standing, "warm-weather" high school buildings into clustered areas connected by enclosed corridors. Space is now grouped by instructional area or the use of related equipment, and the building shell is tight and energy-efficient. (MLH)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Cluster Grouping, Educational Facilities Design, School Buildings
American School and University, 1981
A renovated department store in Virginia Beach (Virginia) now houses a wide variety of career development programs including an alternative school, vocational courses that mainstream handicapped students, and a job placement service. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Career Development, Facility Improvement, Mainstreaming
American School and University, 1983
Extra space was found in existing structures and remodeled for use as a student center in New York, an art academy in Pennsylvania, and history department office space at Stanford University (California). (MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Art Education, Building Conversion, Facility Improvement
Pritchett, Stanley; Kimsey, Steve – School Planning & Management, 2002
Describes the design of the DeKalb Alternative School in Atlanta, Georgia, located in a renovated shopping center. Purchasing commercial land and renovating the existing building saved the school system time and money. (EV)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Design, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning
Stranix, Edward; Fleishman, Michael – Teacher, 1980
Listed are 12 energy activities, experiments, and projects which some eighth-grade students performed in their classroom and local community before they helped install a solar heating system on the roof of an old house during school time and on Saturdays. The building conversion project is described. (KC)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Construction (Process), Energy Conservation, Experiential Learning
Randall, Kathleen – Building Renovation, 1993
Describes how renovation can transform a school to a state-of-the-art facility without having to work from the ground up. Examined are the planning and design phases, the outer structure upgrading, the installation of more efficient heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, and renovation costs. (GR)
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Conversion, Classroom Design, Educational Facilities Design
Little, Derek R. – 1978
This practicum effort concentrated on the development and implementation of a renovation/conversion alternative to new school construction at the public high school in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The problem was overcrowded facilities. The strategy utilized to remedy this problem was to convert noninstructional areas of the existing building into…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Demography, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement
