Describes the award-winning designs of several K-8 schools, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the designers and construction costs. Also includes the floor plan and photographs. (EV)

Describes the award-winning designs of several middle schools, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the designers and construction costs. Also includes the floor plan and photographs. (EV)

Describes the design of the Isabel Bader Theatre at Victoria University of the University of Toronto, including the educational context and design goals. Includes building plans and photographs. (EV)

Describes an award-winning design of a new residence hall at the University of Toronto's St. George campus. The new residence's plan, designed by Saucier and Perrotte Architectes, emphasizes a spirit of communal interaction. Includes design drawings and schematics. (EV)

Describes how the Durant Road Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina sets a new standard in environmental school design. "Daylighting," bringing daylight into the building for psychological, health, and energy-saving benefits, plays a central role in the design. (EV)

Describes the blend of tradition and innovation embodied in Kyu Sung Woo Architect's design of new student housing at Bennington College in Vermont. Includes drawings and photographs. (EV)

Describes SMWM's design of an elegant new building for the private Drew School in San Francisco, replacing the prior hodgepodge school campus. Includes drawings and photographs. (EV)

A leading passive solar heating expert advocates more extensive uses, outlines various familiar approaches, and evaluates many existing built examples. (Author/MLF)

In the current period of questioning of architectural values and directions, the implications of energy use on form must be confronted sooner or later. Efforts by various practitioners at combining art and technology are shown. (Author/MLF)

Discusses safety aspects of the new chemistry building being built at the University of Akron. (SL)

The proposed Niskey Lake Middle School is designed to have solar heating in half of the building, solar water heating for the entire facility, and solar cooling for the administration area. (Author/MLF)

Describes and illustrates an innovative new elementary school in Livonia, Michigan that has a 7,000 square foot library. (JF)

Allegedly the largest air building in the world nears completion as a 5 1/2-acre park of a California college moves indoors. (EA)