A new library constructed of industrial materials provides light and a comfortable interior. (MLF)

The design of the Sherman Fairchild Center for the Life Sciences at Columbia University emphasizes the lightness necessitated by the building's placement on an existing five-story podium structure. (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)

A tracing of changing architectural trends in this country, an examination of the effects of individuals on the architecture of the times, is presented. Examples of French architecture illustrate the concept, and the value of architectural research and scholarship is stressed. (PHR)

The Center for Arts and Sciences (Oklahoma) developed an interdisciplinary curriculum for disadvantaged gifted children on styles of architecture, called "Discovering Patterns in the Built Environment." This article describes the content and processes used in the curriculum, as well as other programs of the center, such as teacher…

Discusses Yale University's campus facility renovation program that revitalized its undergraduate teaching areas after years of neglected maintenance while maintaining the traditional architectural character. Architectural details and preservation techniques are examined. (GR)

Energy conservation high on the client's priority list led to a solar collector roof for the new science building at the Madeira School, located in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. (Author/MLF)

The Swarthmore College music building and the St. Bede Abbey worship assembly building have similar cultural concern but have widely different design solutions. (Author/MLF)

The philosophy of Martin Heidegger has major bearing on work in humanistic geography and related environmental fields. Dwelling, according to Heidegger, is the process through which people make their place of existence a home. For all the seeming rightness of Heidegger's view, there is much about dwelling that confounds and alienates many present…

The new learning resources center takes advantage of the sun as a heat and light source when needed, but keeps it out when not needed. (Author/MLF)

A library for the blind and physically disabled represents an inventive response to design problems of a social and formal nature. (Author/MLF)

Describes the unusual design and construction of Magdalena Municipal School (K-12) in rural New Mexico. Designed to complement the physical setting and suit diverse age groups, the school features a unifying stepped facade motif, rough-textured surfaces, high desert colors, and trees used as a windbreak. (MLH)

Photographs and descriptions of four award-winning projects selected at the Association of School Business Officials' annual meeting: (1) Stafford Community Educational Complex (Texas), (2) Father Flanagan Alternative High School (Nebraska), (3) Davis Middle School (Wyoming), and (4) Lake Washington Vocational Technical Institute (Washington).…

A glass and steel space frame links the Wilson Commons triangular brick towers that house about 80 percent of the student activity areas. (Author/MLF)