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Alter, Kevin – Canadian Architect, 2003
Describes the design of the Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology at the University of Manitoba, including the educational context and design goals. Includes building plans and photographs. (EV)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Building Innovation, College Buildings
Peer reviewedThompson, Gary F.; Riley, Keith – Athletic Business, 2002
Describes how a new arena configuration, the Alpha design, seeks to make facilities more multidimensional, with enhanced acoustics that offer superior entertainment as well as sports uses. Discusses the design's various configurations and its unique features in terms of shape and volume, loudspeakers, private suites, lighting, support spaces,…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Architecture, Athletics
Snoonian, Deborah – Architectural Record, 2002
Describes ABA Studio/Andrew Bartle Architects' transformation of a narrow row house into a school for learning-disabled students in New York City. Includes drawings and photographs. (EV)
Descriptors: Architects, Architecture, Building Design, Building Innovation
Download full textPAM Repeater, 1990
The brochure provides suggestions for adapting or building living quarters to accommodate persons with physical limitations. Encouraged is barrier-free universal design to allow all persons, disabled or able bodied, to move freely, independently, and safely in their surroundings. Illustrations and text provide guidance for design of ramps, front…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Building Design, Building Innovation, Design Requirements
Wadsworth, Raymond H. – American School and University, 1975
Describes the research and development of the divisible auditorium in schools and colleges. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Architectural Research, Audiovisual Aids, Auditoriums
American School and University, 1974
A cable-supported fiberglass fabric structure contains everything from a gymnasium to an art area to a post office at LaVerne College in Pomona, California. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Classrooms, College Buildings
Weewish Tree, 1974
A small museum located on a Northwestern New Mexico Pueblo Indian ruin contains a Pueblo Indian ladder. The materials, construction, use, and durability of the ladder are given. (AH)
Descriptors: American Indians, Building Design, Building Innovation, Construction (Process)
Manly, Richard J., Ed. – 1977
This booklet is intended to assist those planning nature centers to choose building designs appropriate for intended purposes. The publication presents a set of general interpretive building-site and design considerations compiled over years of experience in nature center design. These generalizations are complemented by examples of floor plans,…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Buildings, Educational Facilities
Finne, Mary Lou – 1973
Air structures can be erected quickly, cover large areas, cost substantially less than conventional buildings, and use less natural resources. Air structures are economically utilized for many facilities, such as athletic fields, swimming pools, high schools, day care centers, and college campuses. The literature on air structures covered in this…
Descriptors: Air Structures, Bibliographies, Building Design, Building Innovation
AIA Journal, 1978
In modern architecture of the 1970s, esthetic choices that appear regularly are "historicism,""high-tech," and "slick style." The Brooklyn Children's Museum is one of the many examples photographed. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Building Innovation, Educational Facilities
American School and University, 1974
The Performing Arts fan-shaped hall at the University of Akron has been structurally and acoustically designed to accommodate audiences of varying sizes and performances ranging from symphonies to intimate theater. (Author/MF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Architectural Character, Awards, Building Design
Morgan, William D. – American School and University, 1973
Reconstruction of Whig Hall on Princeton University campus represents an imaginative solution to the problem of how to adapt older buildings to contemporary uses. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Design, Building Innovation, Campus Planning
Nation's Schools, 1973
Parkway North Senior High in St. Louis, Missouri, and Palo Alto High take grand prizes in AASA's design competition. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Construction Management, Facility Improvement
Building Design and Construction, 1972
Multiple-architect designs and a preservative of chain-store identities accomplish visual variety for a one-of-a-kind campus at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and an enclosed shopping mall in Los Cerritos, California. (Author)
Descriptors: Architects, Building Design, Building Innovation, Campus Planning
Catholic Institutional Management, 1971
Describes building design in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, using circular plan that focuses on an inner court and features 55 glass block columns. (EA)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Building Innovation, Catholic Schools
