Landscaping can make the school environment more attractive, thus encouraging students' intellectual, emotional, and physical development. Guidelines are offered for comprehensive site planning, tree and plant selection, and grounds maintenance. (MLF)

Responding to questions about a microcomputer center in a hot summer environment and a cold winter environment, the author outlines equipment and personnel needs. (MD)

Discussion of Andrew Carnegie era in American public library history focuses on library buildings financed and built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building design which Carnegie developed, surviving Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia, procedures for obtaining a library, and comparison of architectural attractiveness of Carnegie libraries with…

From 90 projects identified for the study, survey responses were received from 85 percent of the superintendents and 60 percent of the architects ranking 12 categories of conflict both according to the severity of the conflict and as causing the deterioration of the working relationship. (MLF)

A school to accommodate handicapped students side by side with nonhandicapped elementry students in remote Alaska was designed with programing considerations in mind and attention to the development of stable relationships among students. Design concepts and features are reviewed. (CL)

Discusses three alternatives to the traditional high horizon planetarium design: the tilted dome, the hyperhemisphere, and the minimum horizon design. (MLH)

In direct comparison with a high school built according to traditional design and contracting, a new prototype for the Dade County School District resulted in substantial savings without sacrificing quality. Available from: McGraw Hill Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, $5.00 single copy. (Author)

A highly regarded project of the early '60s as seen by its users, 11 years later. (Author)

Paul Friedberg designs playgrounds that provide opportunities for physical play, which develops motor skills; social play, the interaction between children; and cognitive play, the problem-solving process. (Author/MLF)

The new Milwaukee Art Center provides 90,000 square feet of undifferentiated exhibition space on three main levels, each interconnected with a vertical circulation spine. (Author/MLF)

Investigated were the special housing and transportation needs of physically disabled adults (20- 50-years-old) in Monroe County, New York. (IM)

The relationship of architecture to society and the quality of life is explored in these areas: context, routes, environment, groupings, and interface. Architecture that grows out of interrelationships imposes order on a confused world and makes possible effective problem solving. (LBH)

Educational Commissioning[TM] is a new concept in school planning that refers to a process through which teachers, students and even parents and community partners are educated as to the design intent of a newly constructed school facility. The objective of educational commissioning is to provide all occupants with the necessary knowledge to use…

This report presents the results of the latest in a series of triennial surveys conducted by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) (Ontario, Canada) in order to monitor the existing university space inventory and changes in space requirements as determined by the COU Building Blocks space formula. Section 1, "Introduction," discusses…

This document provides descriptions of the 2000, 2001, and 2002 winners of the Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Excellence Awards. The winners are considered to be national leaders in improving indoor air quality in schools. Also included are case studies for selected 2000 winners and a press release for the…