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Drawing Strength: Skillful Design...and a Little Trickery.
Chase, Bill – School Library Journal, 1990
Discusses the need for cooperation between librarians and architects during the design of library facilities. The balance between the character of a building and its ability to adequately meet actual needs is discussed, and it is suggested that librarians should concern themselves with the smallest details of the design process. (CLB)
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Building Design, Cooperative Planning
Restoring the Values of Campus Architecture.
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Sensbach, Werner – Planning for Higher Education, 1991
Modern, technically advanced buildings on U.S. college and university campuses reflect a decline in aesthetic and academic architectural values. Colleges and universities must become better architectural patrons by maintaining a sense of (1) the special purpose of academic buildings; (2) scale; and (3) the campus aesthetic. (MSE)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Campus Planning, College Buildings
The "Louisiana Architecture Curriculum." A Briefing Document Prepared for Leslie P. Tassin, State Historic Preservation Officer.
Duncan, Patricia L. – 1989
The Louisiana Department of Education produces two curriculum guides for use in teaching Louisiana Studies at the eighth grade level. Very little information on Louisiana architecture is included. The Division of Historic Preservation proposed and obtained funds for a cooperative project between themselves and the Department of Education that…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Building Design, Cooperative Planning
Writing the Building Program for Architects.
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Jarvis, John – Planning for Higher Education, 1995
Four ingredients are essential when providing campus architects/engineers with adequate information for appropriate building design: specific functions of the new building, guidelines for how the building should relate to its natural surroundings, regard for how each space fits into the next-larger space, and expectations for architectural…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Building Design, Building Plans
Contributions to an Empirical Phenomenology of School Architecture.
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Rittelmeyer, Christian – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1990
Examines how architectural forms affect the inner sensual system, presenting several studies looking at the influence of school architecture on student perception and reaction. Describes empirical investigations that attempt to identify how an observer physiologically responds to elements in architectural design. Includes graphs and architectural…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Architectural Character, Building Design, Educational Facilities Design
Guide for Planning Educational Facilities. An Authoritative and Comprehensive Guide to the Planning of Educational Facilities from the Conception of Need through the Utilization of the Facility. Eighth Edition.
Jenkins, Judith, Ed. – 1985
This document, in a looseleaf format that allows for the easy addition of annual updates, is a compilation of information to be used in the planning of educational buildings 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…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Budgeting, Building Design, Campus Planning