Explores research needs in urban design. Presents models for research design. (MA)

The Portland, Oregon, YMCA Metro Fitness Center has been named by the National Y Board as the prototype for some 40 similar projects nationwide. The complete physical fitness facility includes research space for the University of Oregon Medical School to use for study in preventive medicine. (Author/MLF)

A university-based conference center created by recycling an underused facility or building on vacant land can be a profitable business venture. (Author)

A music education and performance facility for students, 90 percent of whom are legally blind, demonstrates that it is possible to produce exciting design for the handicapped. (Author/MLF)

A high school class, housed in a temporary prefabricated structure, designed and built a solar energy element to heat the building. (JD)

Energy conservation measures in building design and use are advocated as the most cost-effective and available option to reduce national energy supply requirements. For journal availability see HE 508 931. (LBH)

The new faculty club at Pennsylvania State University designed by Venturi and Rauch, is praised for its siting, but criticized for the institutional colors of the interior and lack of accommodation to human needs. (MLF)

Results of a nationwide survey of academic library building, additions, and renovating in 1977 indicate a downward trend. (KP)

Campuses have been used increasingly for programs other than regular residential study including seminars, meetings, conferences, summer camps, high school graduation ceremonies, and concerts. The alternative use of facilities can be an excellent source of revenue. Planning, control, and budgeting of nonstudent programs are discussed. (MLW)

A method for college managers and planners to evaluate the probability of a given department to obtain future research grants and to determine the physical facility requirements based on projected grants is discussed. The procedures used at the University of Illinois are described. (MLW)

Discusses the special information needs of the building industry, attributes of existing expert systems that support building design and construction, and current research to further develop the application of expert systems to this area. An annotated listing of related expert system developments is appended. (49 references) (CLB)

Hundreds of students have moved out of dormitories at the University of Calgary to make way for athletes participating in the Olympic Games. Other distractions and benefits are described. (MLW)

Winners of a national contest for cost-cutting in campus maintenance, institutional planning, and program administration and the nature of their innovations are reported. (MSE)

Provides a process model for developing educational specifications--precise statements of activities, curriculum, and functions that a proposed school building will house--and highlights specific requirements and features. A graph and a relationship matrix illustrate the process. Includes 12 references. (MLF)

The underlying principle of the organization of the University of Chicago campus is a series of interlocking quadrangles. The way in which this design concept evolved from the origin of the campus in the designs by Henry Ives Cobb to the newest development, the science quad, is presented. (MLW)