A performing arts center projects the image of the theater itself as a stage set. (Author)

Architects have devised a series of computer programs tailored to the planning and to the schematic design of community colleges. (Author)

At the Shenandoah Solar Recreation Center in Georgia, solar energy is used not only for heating and cooling, but also for ice making. (Author/MLF)

A review of the state-of-the-art in designing and building music facilities with suitable acoustical features. (MLF)

An elementary school in a rapidly expanding suburb of Columbus, Ohio, is planned around the issues of energy, economy, and open plan teaching. (Author)

Rochdale Village is a successful example of active student participation in the design and construction of student housing. The apartment complex reflects students' desire for a village of lowrise, wood-shingled buildings, while meeting the University of California's density requirement of 250 units per acre. (JG)

A recreational building at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, situated at the center of the campus adjoining the library, helps break down barriers traditionally maintained between the disciplines. (Author/MLF)

A specialized facility originally designed for the care, study, and treatment of autistic children, now is used as a diagnostic center for children (up to age 12) with a wide range of behavior-related disturbances: developmental difficulties, delinquency, and severe emotional illnesses. (Author/MLF)

In the first part of an interview, internationally famous engineer Fred Dubin talks of a full range of opportunities to conserve energy with passive design. (Author/MLF)

A leading passive solar heating expert advocates more extensive uses, outlines various familiar approaches, and evaluates many existing built examples. (Author/MLF)

In the current period of questioning of architectural values and directions, the implications of energy use on form must be confronted sooner or later. Efforts by various practitioners at combining art and technology are shown. (Author/MLF)

The third installment of a Building Cost File points out the necessity of providing a framework for overall cost control during design. A cost analysis (see EA 504 571) illustrates how the use of construction elements or subsystems provide a suitable means. Other related articles are EA 503 949, 950, 951, and EA 504 578-579. (MF)

Building between and over existing buildings gives the University of Winnipeg additional usable space without buying additional acreage. (Author)

The world's longest skylighted galleria (main street for student residents at the University of Alberta) is the lifeline of a 950-foot long complex of apartments and shops sponsored by the student government and architecturally designed to fit over an existing street. (Author/MF)

A young, St. Louis, Missouri, architectural firm, seeking a personal style of practice, has succeeded in creating structures that reveal client input, and which are sensitive, articulate, and at ease with complexity. Describes an elementary school, a condominium, a shopping mall, a high school, and a "community mall." Illustrated with photographs…