The Nathan Marsh Pusey Library is constructed below grade on a site that was too constricted for a building above ground. (MLF)

Industrial materials were used to construct a physical education facility containing two large gymnasiums, a multipurpose space, a dance studio, two handball courts, and a swimming pool. (Author/MLF)

Designed to effectively display Northwest Coast Indian artifacts, the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology evokes the form and spirit of the old Indian villages. Available from: Architectural Record, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, $5.00 single copy. (Author/MLF)

The Civic Center in Scarborough, Ontario, has an open interior design that incorporates an atrium. Fire protection elements include automatic sprinklers, provisions for efficient exiting of building occupants, and smoke evacuation by gravity exhaust. (Available from 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, $15.00 annually.) (Author/MLF)

A new public library has been designed as a series of three interconnected pavilions stepping down from one major street to another -- thoroughly contemporary, but still respectful of the colonial character of its surroundings. (Author)

Describes the design of Simmons Hall, an undergraduate dormitory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the architects, as well as floor plans and photographs. (EV)

Describes the design of the Oxbow School, an art- and design-oriented high school in Napa, California, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the architects, as well as floor plans and photographs. (EV)

The Central Building for the School of Art and Physical Education at Tsukuba University uses eight-inch-square amber-colored glass blocks, steel framing and floor decking, plus pured concrete, to provide simple and flexible spaces for athletes and artists. (Author/MLF)

Two campus structures -- a student-faculty center at the University of Massachusetts and a technological complex at New York University -- and a downtown high-rise office building in Cleveland all have precast panel walls, which play a major role in the mechanical and electrical distribution systems. (Author)

Describes the design of the title building, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the architects, manufacturers/suppliers, and construction team. Also includes the floor plan and photographs. (EV)

Describes the design of the title building, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the architects, manufacturers/suppliers, and construction team. Also includes the floor plan and photographs. (EV)

The Architectural Record's Building Types Studies, now forty years old, exist as a compendium of raw material for an esthetic, stylistic, sociopolitical, and technological evaluation of contemporary U.S. architecture as it actually was built. (Author/MLF)

Describes ABA Studio/Andrew Bartle Architects' transformation of a narrow row house into a school for learning-disabled students in New York City. Includes drawings and photographs. (EV)

The new Milwaukee Art Center provides 90,000 square feet of undifferentiated exhibition space on three main levels, each interconnected with a vertical circulation spine. (Author/MLF)

Describes the design of the title building, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the architects, manufacturers/suppliers, and construction team. Also includes the floor plan and photographs. (EV)