The authors focus on the strategies employed in the recent renovation of the William Johnston Building at Florida State University, in which the historical exterior was preserved, while the interiors were adapted to new functions as classrooms, study centers, and common spaces with intentionally undefined purposes. The building's various use…

School districts across North America are facing a crushing dilemma: invest millions of dollars to maintain outdated, educationally ineffective buildings or seek funding for expensive renovations, additions, and new construction to meet the evolving needs of today's learners. Compounding the issue is deferred facility maintenance. Educational…

This article reports a study conducted by members of the WellU Academic Integration Subcommittee of The College of St. Scholastica's College's Healthy Campus Initiative plan whose purpose was to determine whether changing color in the classroom could have a measurable effect on students. One simple improvement a school can make in a classroom is…

This publication describes options for designing and equipping middle and high school music education suites, and suggests ways of gaining community support for including full service music suites in new and renovated school facilities. In addition to basic music suites, and practice rooms, other options detailed include: (1) small ensemble…

Georgia Tech Library has undergone two learning space renovations in the past six years, with a third in 2009. This work is grounded in techniques that elicit user input. Library staff hope one day to completely renovate the entire 220,000-square-foot main library facility. Until that day arrives, library staff are making incremental improvements…

As campus renovation projects go, the Ohio State University's plan to turn its main library into "a library for the 21st century" is ambitious. The author describes the decade-long, $109 million transformation of the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library. The overhaul calls for a complete replacement of all mechanical and electrical…

Imaginative interiors displaying stars, stripes, flowers, and bands of contrasting colors, stimulate the interest and pride of both students and teachers. Pictures included. (Author)

A school remodeling program at Loveland Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska, stresses color, comfort, and excitement. (Author/MLF)

Trends are revealed in a survey of students' roles in decorating university residence halls. (MF)

Presents advice for avoiding problems when renovating wetrooms to include either bathrooms or laundry rooms. Tips include timely use of inspectors and incorporating delivery penalties into contracts. (GR)

Media centers were introduced in six elementary schools, all within the original budget and at less cost than if they had been furnished in the traditional library fashion. (Author)

In the new interiors for a student center, the architects play on Temple University's name and the concept of institution, using both graphic and architectural symbolism. (Author/MLF)

An outgrown library is remodeled and used for administrative offices and classrooms. (Author)

In the renovation of Lewisohn Hall in the School of General Studies at Columbia University, the lowered ceilings, installed in the 1962 renovation, were removed, thereby re-creating the rectangular spaces that reveal the perimeters of the building's volume. (Author/MLF)

Renovation of four late-19th-century Yale dormitories makes the most of their unique architectural character. Available from: Publications Office, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020; $5.00 single copy. (Author/MLF)