A review of the state-of-the-art in designing and building music facilities with suitable acoustical features. (MLF)

Seven experts describe the elements that make college housing a success. (Author)

Information is provided on the occupations of drywall installers and drywall finishers: tasks, qualifications, opportunities, salaries, working conditions, and unions. (AG)

An elementary school in a rapidly expanding suburb of Columbus, Ohio, is planned around the issues of energy, economy, and open plan teaching. (Author)

The Louisiana Department of Education produces two curriculum guides for use in teaching Louisiana Studies at the eighth grade level. Very little information on Louisiana architecture is included. The Division of Historic Preservation proposed and obtained funds for a cooperative project between themselves and the Department of Education that…

The question of how important place is to learning is one that has fallen in and out of vogue during the past 40 years. Despite frequent statements of its importance, there has been a continual lack of attention to the physical environment of adult education. Under the leadership of John Becker, an architect from Cincinnati, the Adult Education…

This document is a teacher's guide to the historic buildings of Eugene, Oregon. Eighteen buildings in the Skinner's Butte Historical District are highlighted, including the U.S. Post Office, the Eagles Building, the Lane Hotel, the Oregon Electric Depot, the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, and several houses. For each structure there is a brief…

Citizen involvement in the decisionmaking process affecting the traditions and physical form of their community is an excellent resource for planners and architects. Outlines steps for citizen involvement. (Author/MLF)

Notes on topics such as student involvement in school planning and designing; university student construction of playground equipment for low income families; and an air-supported school. (JF)

Photographic essay describes some of the learning facilities for first and second year students at New York's Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. (Author)

With costs of new construction steadily rising, with space on which to build dwindling, and with the growing affection for old, familiar buildings on campus, modernization of available campus space often serves as the answer to meet space needs. (Author/DN)

Denver Community College is moving to build the largest solar heated building in the country on their campus as a classroom-administration building. (PG)

Based upon evaluations of 50 agencies as part of the Programmatic Research Project on the Rehabilitation of Homebound Persons, the booklet offers information for successfully administering homebound rehabilitation programs for handicapped individuals. Characteristics of New York's successful program are pointed out in the first chapter. Subsequent…

This report purports to delineate the process used in studying the facilities of the District of Columbia Public Schools, present analyses of all available data pertinent to the approved board of education criteria for studying schools, present the recommendations of nine study groups, and make recommendations on phasings and closings based on…

Rochdale Village is a successful example of active student participation in the design and construction of student housing. The apartment complex reflects students' desire for a village of lowrise, wood-shingled buildings, while meeting the University of California's density requirement of 250 units per acre. (JG)