A rebuttal to an article by Robert Jensen, Physician, Heal Thyself (Architectural Forum, June 1973) about McMaster University Health Sciences Center in Hamilton, Ontario. The original article attempted to put architecture into its social context and to discuss the values and images to which it should respond. A reply by Mr. Jensen is included.…

The medical profession was enormously influential in initiating a virtual revolution in English school design during the years before the First World War, working for the demise of the central-hall school and for the popularization of more spacious schools. (Author)

Basic principles pertaining to the planning and financing of construction and to providing construction projects with technical specifications, materials and equipment are suggested to public education officials to deal with school construction that is financed by government capital investments as well as by local initiative. (Author/KM)

Presents examples of up-to-date job descriptions for physical plant personnel and argues that a proper job description is the first step to successfully obtaining the right person for the job and assuring that the candidate knows what the expectations are. (Author)

Explains, theoretically, how a nonutilized chapel could be remodeled into audiovisual facilities. Provides specific space utilization information. (Author/MF)

An old U.S. Mint building is the answer to a college's search for downtown space and the nucleus of a future 8-acre campus area near the city center. (Author)

Business and professional sectors have initiated some functional and useful planning and design for continuing education facilities in direct response to the needs of users as students and as individuals. Provides several examples of facilities designed to lessen the impact of transplant on students, allow social mingling as well as classroom…

Tells how a community college sifted through the building possibilities on the hot, dry, and windy Mojave desert. (Author)

Describes Mount Royal College in Calgary, Canada, a 3-level all-weather enclosed campus housing up to 5,000 students. (Author/PG)

Lesley College's new complex is a urban academic village'' of residences, library, auditorium, classrooms and supportive facilities. (Editor)

Two major academic lofts on an upper level, an exploratory education loft on the lower level, and five chairless levels rising from a forum's sunken stage area reflect this school's philosophy that a school building must support diverse kinds of activity. (Author/EA)

Trash compactor functions and types are discussed and some hints for compactor selection for schools are provided. Discussed are the horizontal ram, vertical ram, and the horizontal extruder compactor. (DN)

Schools use a variety of new approaches to build future construction craftsmen. (Editor)

Describes how Highland Park, Illinois, school administrators and board members convinced their community that the Elm Place School -- the oldest school and the most symbolic of the community's cultural and social heritage -- needed facility upgrading and program improvements. Provides the procedures in acquiring their 68,000 square foot addition…