Using an empirical study of the semiconductor photolithographic alignment equipment industry, this paper shows that architectural innovations destroy the usefulness of established firms' architectural knowledge. Because this knowledge is embedded in the firms' structure and information-processing procedures, the destruction is hard to detect.…

Describes the eight library buildings that won the 1993 Awards of Excellence for Library Architecture from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) including one adaptive reuse, four expansions, two new buildings, and one temporary building. (EAM)

Could it be that in our excitement about e-learning we forgot about buildings? With the advent of the personal computer and ubiquitous networks were we enticed into thinking that they would suffice and learning would follow removing the need for places and communities for learners? We now seem to have woken up, however, as there is an enormous…

A personal view which regrets the passing of personal, warm library environments and the ascendancy of "monumental" library architecture. Illustrations of the Bobst Library, Boston Library, Bancroft School. (LS)

A STUDY OF AN OLD SCHOOL BUILDING AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD IS REPORTED, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF EACH. A DESCRIPTION OF PITTSBURGH MASTER PLANS FOR ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND RACIAL AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION INTRODUCES THE PAPER. URBAN DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS OF NEW HOUSING, TRAFFIC CIRCULATION, PARKING…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS WAS--(1) TO COMPILE A CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHY, INCLUDING MOST OF THOSE PUBLICATIONS ON ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS, PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN WHICH CAN SUPPLY A USEFUL AND UP-TO-DATE SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THOSE ENCOUNTERING ANY ARCHITECTURAL-ACOUSTIC DESIGN…

Describes a cultural center in Mexico City's University City that includes a concert hall, two theaters, a library, two cinemas, a ballet hall, and an opera hall. (Author/JM)

This essay analyzes the bi-directional relationship between Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy and his architectural experiment of designing the Wittgenstein House. Putting the Wittgenstein House into the chronological context of Wittgenstein's philosophical writings, this research attempts to explore how his architectural design brought about a…

"People Pockets" located throughout a two-building complex encourage interaction between students. (Author/MLF)

Building design facilitates interaction between research, teaching, academics, and patient care. (Author/MLF)

Some 40,000 animals of various species and sizes are cared for at this facility used primarily for cancer research. (Author/MLF)

BECAUSE OF CHANGING ENROLLMENTS AND TEACHING PRACTICES, MODERN SCHOOLS NEED THE FLEXIBILITY THAT CAN BE PROVIDED BY MOVABLE OR EASILY DEMOUNTABLE WALLS. USED AS TEACHING AIDS, SPACE DIVIDERS, SPACE CHANGERS, AND DISPLAY PANELS, THESE WALLS ARE USUALLY MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN USED IN LARGE SPACES SUCH AS AUDITORIUMS, GYMNASIUMS, LIBRARIES, OR…

The social responsibilities now borne by American architects have required the rechanneling of creativity from egocentric "design to the more humanitarian approach. This is evidenced in this year's submissions. (NI)

Describes instruments that have been used to evaluate design: buildings, parks, etc. (PR)