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Download full textCalifornia Univ., Berkeley. Dept. of Physical Planning and Construction. – 1968
The primary objective of the University Residential Building Systems (URBS) project was the achievement of significant gains in environmental qualities concurrent with reductions in the cost for construction, maintenance and alteration of student housing facilities. Evaluation of the bids for the URBS components indicates that the foregoing…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, College Housing, Construction Costs
California Univ., Berkeley. Dept. of Physical Planning and Construction. – 1966
The University Residential Building Systems (URBS) project is a major program of research, design, development and construction with the object of obtaining and using compatible building components in the construction of university student housing. This is accomplished by providing incentive to industry for development of new products that will…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, College Housing, Construction Costs
Wisconsin Univ., Milwaukee. School of Architecture and Urban Planning. – 1975
This report is one product of the 'Buildings in Use' study. The overall study examines architectural attributes of existing buildings in order to determine how they have performed technically and functionally, and the relationship between the environment of the building and the behavior of its user population. Four elementary schools in Columbus,…
Descriptors: Building Systems, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Facility Guidelines
Wisconsin Univ., Milwaukee. School of Architecture and Urban Planning. – 1975
The second report of the 'Buildings in Use' study documents the results of over 100 field tests conducted at four elementary schools, as well as discussion of these results and relevant technical specifications and details. The procedural framework used in the Field Tests Manual is followed and test results are rated numerically wherever possible.…
Descriptors: Building Systems, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Facility Guidelines
Foster, Bruce E., Ed. – 1972
Volume 1 contains all the invited papers accepted for the symposium. The subject matter covered in the papers includes physiological, anthropometrical, psychological, sociological, and economic human requirements and methods of evaluation; physical requirements and methods of evaluation in mechanical, acoustical, thermal, dimensional stability,…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Architectural Research, Building Systems, Buildings
Sinnamon, Ian T. – 1976
This study presents an overview of collected literature relevant to school buildings, or building in general, in disaster-prone areas, together with some discussion of the role that school buildings, as a universally present community asset, may play in situations of crisis. The natural disasters referred to in this study include cyclones and…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Annotated Bibliographies, Building Design, Climate
