An outdated 40-year-old school auditorium in the Argo Community High School was remodeled into a functional multimedia facility responsive to modern teaching techniques. (Author/MLF)

Discusses ideas for adapting old school buildings to meet current needs. (JF)

The aim of this booklet is to stimulate informed discussion about the development of open-plan primary schools in Scotland. Background information is provided that focuses on the development of the design and construction of an early (1969) open-plan facility -- the Kirkhill Primary School in Broxburn. How education authorities learned from their…

A three-step plan identifies unused space and puts it to work to handle growing enrollments in static facilities by: (1) comparing with other schools; (2) analyzing space needs; and (3) finding usable space. Photographs illustrate space reclaimed at three schools. (MLF)

This report illustrates how people with purpose and resourceful imaginations have transformed the discarded, overlooked, and inexpensive spaces or objects of an abundant and sometimes wasteful society into useful places and things for child-oriented learning. The document is organized into (1) Types of Places, in which illustrations demonstrate…

The "Inventory of College and University Physical Facilities" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is a subfile of the larger Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). It includes basic data on the number of square feet of physical plant space, by type of room, function of room, organizational unit, and instructional program.…