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Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
The American Institute of Architects honored five recently completed university buildings whose architects solved the difficulties of site and scale: Columbia University's Computer Science Building, Dartmouth's Hood Museum of Art, Emory's Museum of Art, Princeton's Lewis Thomas Laboratory, and the University of California at Irvine's Computer…
Descriptors: Architecture, Awards, Building Design, College Buildings
Biemiller, Lawrence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
The postmodernist architecture of new college buildings is adding interest to campuses all over California, with a few architects leading the trend. (MSE)
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Building Design, Campus Planning
Download full textConservation and Renewable Energy Inquiry and Referral Service (DOE), Silver Spring, MD. – 1984
Attached solar greenhouses are relatively inexpensive and easy to build; they can provide additional heat to homes all winter as well as fresh vegetables and flowers. This bulletin: (1) describes the characteristics of a solar greenhouse; (2) provides a checklist of five items to consider before building a solar greenhouse; (3) describes the four…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Building Design, Building Plans, Construction (Process)
Hersberger, Rodney M. – 1983
This collection of library documents related to building renovation, by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), contains excerpts from: (1) a plan for upgrading and expanding library facilities at the University of Kansas; (2) a report on storage facilities at Rutgers University; (3) documents presenting the essential remodeling…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Building Design, Facility Expansion, Facility Improvement
Deudney, Daniel; Flavin, Christopher – 1983
This book, consisting of 13 chapters, charts the progress made in renewable energy in recent years and outlines renewable energy's prospects. Areas addressed include: energy at the crossroads (discussing oil, gas, coal, nuclear power, and the conservation revolution); solar building design; solar collection; sunlight to electricity; wood; energy…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Building Design, Energy, Energy Occupations
Morrison, Thomas A. – NIRSA Journal, 1989
Implications of building codes upon design and construction of recreation facilities are investigated (national building codes, recreation facility standards, and misperceptions of design requirements). Recreation professionals can influence architectural designers to correct past deficiencies, but they must understand architectural and…
Descriptors: Building Design, Campus Planning, College Athletics, College Faculty
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Washington, DC. – 1996
This report presents the final recommendations, in the form of a new set of guidelines, of a federal advisory committee concerning revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG). The guidelines provide scoping and technical requirements for the design, construction, and alteration of sites, facilities, buildings,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Building Design, Civil Rights Legislation
