Facility specifications for regional planning centers for hearing impaired children are presented which are said to reflect the belief that the development of school facilities should be generated by educational objectives. The proposed regional programs would draw children from a number of counties and local school districts to a centrally…

Three separate buildings at the New North Community School, linked by an underground mall, serve and connect a series of communities. (MLF)

A brief technical review of the areas of buildings that most often present barriers to the handicapped. (Author/MLF)

Designers of 168 buildings were asked to rethink their approach to design of the buildings with energy conservation as the paramount consideration. Some of the results are shown and discussed. (Author/MLF)

Security in buildings ranges from simple locks to elaborate electronic systems. Most buildings do not need the level of sophistication it is possible to achieve. A survey of these products, however, is appropriate to appreciate their potential and variety. (Author/MLF)

The Purcell, Oklahoma, school board joined forces with the community and successfully sought a federal grant for a joint project. Facilities will be provided for a middle school, adult education, a public library, and for a number of service organizations. (Author/MLF)

Results of this study indicated that physical design features of university dormitories significantly affect the degree of commitment students feel for one another, patterns of interaction and emotional support, and level of involvement in organizational functioning, and support the usefulness of the University Residence Environment Scale.…

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

Explains the role of a building scientist as being someone who is concerned with the environment in buildings and in their immediate surroundings; describes the training necessary for the vocation and assesses career prospects in the field. (CP)

A geodesic dome houses the Michigan Space Center on the Jackson Community College campus. (Author/MLF)

Analysis of trends, patterns and projections in academic library building. (KP)

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).…

The architects of Sheridan College invented an organizational plan that views the campus as an urban form similar to a pedestrian-scaled town or city, built to focus on a central "market" or forum area. (Author/MLF)

The school, designed in a storefront on the main street of the town it would serve, blends educational philosophy with community involvement and difficult site problems. (Author/MLF)