Some common sense energy conservation suggestions that can immediately lower energy use in school buildings. (MLF)

This game considers environmental change at the scale of a single building and guides children through some of the elements of the design process. Although consisting of three case studies, only the Sports Center Design is presented. Background information, materials needed, instructional strategies, and evaluation methods are provided. (JN)

Discusses the working relationship between librarians and architects in handling feasibility studies, site evaluations, budget considerations, time line predictions, and the architectural programing involved in library building projects, whether it be replacing, expanding, remodeling, or relocating. (EJS)

Details on how a surplus school was transformed into an office for the Marin County (California) Office of Education. (Author/MLF)

A profile of a Chicago (Illinois) architectural firm. Shown are an office building, a public library, an observatory, and two houses. (Author/MLF)

Details from an "American School and University" survey of general and specific energy conservation measures that work. (Author/MLF)

Describes how infrared thermography can pinpoint those areas in school buildings that are causing energy loss. (IRT)

Findings of some of the more recent research on the impact of color and lighting on the teaching-learning process. (Author/MLF)

Architectural history is seen as one means of readjusting value systems, which can then be used by following generations. A number of creative architects are discussed who have used history in constructive new ways to enrich the content of their buildings and critical writings. (MLW)

An overview of the architectural characteristics of the colleges at the University of California Santa Cruz. (MLF)

The Boston Children's Museum has a participatory exhibit called City Slice. Visitors experience a three-story exhibit of a house, street, and yard with cross-section views that reveal changing needs and design issues over the century from Victorian Boston to the present. (Author/MLF)

A biographical sketch of John Galen Howard, founder of the Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, is presented. Howard's conservative outlook and idealistic nature are examined and his influence on the curriculum at the university is traced. (PHR)

A biographical sketch of William Wilson Wurster, dean of the Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, is presented. Tracing Wurster's early education and work, Wurster's belief that architecture was for people is illustrated. His influence on the curriculum, not only at the University of California but elsewhere, is…