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Modern Schools, 1975
Designed as a contribution to the Bicentennial observance, the Museum Education Center of Old Sturbridge Village, though devoted to the past, has all the conveniences of modern technology. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Cultural Centers, Electrical Systems, Museums
Modern Schools, 1974
Planning for specific music requirements at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois; Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, led to three quite different solutions. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Arts Centers, Building Design, Higher Education
Modern Schools, 1975
The new Architecture and Design Building at the University of Michigan will provide students with an unusual example of functional design and of basic building materials. (Author)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architectural Education, Building Design, College Buildings
Modern Schools, 1977
When Yale University needed a new lecture hall and auditorium, lack of space brought a novel solution--a 400-seat addition underground, irregularly shaped to save the trees overhead. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditoriums, Building Design, Campus Planning, Higher Education
Modern Schools, 1974
Bringing together the important elements of the creative arts facility requires careful attention to design details. Tuning in the senses should be the guide when planning the important aspects of seating capacity, lighting, and acoustics. (Author)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Arts Centers, Building Design, Facility Planning
Modern Schools, 1976
Three institutions combine a creative design and electric air conditioning for year-round use, unique instruction, and constant comfort. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Awards, Building Design, Electrical Systems
Modern Schools, 1971
A modern, total electric junior high school was designed with planned-in expansion for time and added enrollment demand. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Specifications, Electrical Systems, Heating
Modern Schools, 1975
The new auditorium at the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, is used for concerts, sports, meetings, and banquets. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Auditoriums, Building Design, Construction Materials, Electrical Systems
Modern Schools, 1975
To centralize food service within the entire Pittsburgh school district, a 90,000-square-foot food service preparation building contains cranes and monorails to move 500-pound capacity vats throughout the kitchen. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Centralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Food Handling Facilities
Modern Schools, 1975
Years of planning and exhaustive studies have resulted in a striking example of vertical architecture at Louisiana State University's new Medical Center Educational Building. (Author)
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Climate Control, Electricity
Modern Schools, 1975
Glass curtain walls at George Gund Hall, housing Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, and windowless classrooms at a junior high school next to Chicago's O'Hare Airport help to solve special problems while creating aesthetically pleasing buildings. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustic Insulation, Building Design, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Design
Modern Schools, 1974
This continuing series on energy conservation looks at opportunities for savings in new building construction. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Design, Energy Conservation, Facility Planning, Life Cycle Costing
Modern Schools, 1974
Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, has an award-winning science center that defines three main categories of science -- physics, chemistry, and biology. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Biology, Building Design, Chemistry, Physics
Modern Schools, 1975
A cost analysis shows an all-electric Illinois middle school actually operating at less than the original estimate. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Electrical Systems
Modern Schools, 1977
A geodesic dome houses the Michigan Space Center on the Jackson Community College campus. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Electrical Systems, Heating, Resource Centers
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