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Nation's Schools, 1971
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Building Systems, Construction Materials
Nation's Schools, 1973
As more and more districts scurry to remodel outdated buildings and individual rooms, the detailed how-to-do-it sometimes gets lost in the overall planning. This article furnishes specific help in ways to remodel economically. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Building Systems, Construction Costs, Cost Effectiveness
Download full textWalker, Howard V.; Arthur, E. R.
Floor plans and illustrations present a simplified building system for an elementary school that can be utilized by any school board. All components for the system can be drawn from existing products and readily integrated with the structure. The component assembly and connections are illustrated in detail. Factory production is utilized to reduce…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Building Systems, Construction Materials, Modular Building Design
Cutler, Marilyn H. – American School Board Journal, 1972
Describes a systems-designed elementary school in Plymouth, Indiana, designed to serve current and future needs efficiently and effectively. (JF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, Elementary Schools, Facility Planning
Coughlin, Gaila, Ed. – 1969
This report reviews some of the more important educational innovations that have transformed the arrangement of space and design of the schoolhouse environment. Design, structural, and functional features are described for open plan schools (schools without interior walls). Consideration is given to the use of performance specifications in the…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Systems, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Innovation
Cutler, Marilyn H. – American School Board Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Building Innovation, Building Systems, Educational Facilities Design
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. School Planning and Building Research Section. – 1970
This report contains speeches and notes of workshop participants meeting to discuss school planning. Participants included educators, architects, engineers, and contractors. Twenty-two selections cover such topics as open plan schools, instructional materials centers, site selection, fire protection, environmental control, the school as a…
Descriptors: Architects, Building Systems, Community Centers, Controlled Environment
Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Coll. of Architecture and Environmental Design. – 1971
This document is an extract of EA 004 095 which reports a yearlong study of possible benefits in cost, time, and facility utilization of a systems building approach for Texas college and university construction. (Photographs on pages 7,8,9, and 13 may reproduce poorly.) (Author)
Descriptors: Building Systems, Construction Costs, Construction Programs, Educational Finance
Trost, F. J. – 1971
This document reports a yearlong study of possible benefits in cost, time, and facility utilization of a systems building approach for Texas college and university construction. The first part of the report deals with trends and needs in higher education and the related architectural implications. A subsequent discussion of alternative building…
Descriptors: Building Systems, Construction Costs, Construction Programs, Educational Finance
Clinchy, Evans; And Others – 1971
Discovered or "found" space in a school system most often appears as (1) space that a school system already owns in its outdated buildings and which is being used inefficiently; and (2) space lying close at hand in warehouses, factories, industrial plants, or in little-used public buildings. Found space is one solution to the problem of…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Innovation, Building Systems, Construction Costs
