A new building on the University of Nebraska campus at Omaha contains facilities for the greatly expanded programs that will train health, physical education, and recreational personnel for the eighties. (Author/MLF)

The newest building in the South Texas Independent School District is a center for the trainable mentally handicapped, where students learn basic skills to cope with normal environments. (Author/MLF)

Ohio's Sinclair Community College met the challenge of building a campus in an urban area with limited space by connecting the system with underground tunnels. This underground complex has made a comprehensive physical education, recreation, and intercollegiate program available to students and the community. (CJ)

The design for Floyd Elementary School in Miami (Florida) seeks to harness solar energy to provide at least 70 percent of the annual energy for cooling needs and 90 percent for hot water. (Author/MLF)

Southridge High School was funded by a U.S. Department of Education grant to design a building for an integrated vocational/academic program. The curriculum includes cross-discipline team teaching, block classes, and an academy program. (JOW)

Explores educational facilities issues from the personal perspective of being both an educator and an owner. Topics discussed include aligning curriculum and instruction with facilities design, green school rating systems, the relationship between facilities and achievement, longitudinal facilities research, post-occupancy evaluation, and…

Describes the design of the title building, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the architects, manufacturers/suppliers, and construction team. Also includes the floor plan and photographs. (EV)

Describes the design of the title building, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the architects, manufacturers/suppliers, and construction team. Also includes the floor plan and photographs. (EV)

Examines how university libraries are thriving in an era of educational change, exploring ways in which to store print publications, examining how libraries are increasing space for services and activities, addressing new roles and partners for libraries, and offering architectural solutions to spatial constraints. (SM)

Administrators and design teams can use proven approaches to create sustainable washrooms and locker rooms. Presents design strategies related to lighting, flooring, and water conservation that contribute to sustainability, then describes one college's experiences developing sustainable architecture, explaining how the building takes full…

Discusses how a contentious "town-gown" conflict on the edge of Berkeley's campus over expansion of its School of Public Policy was resolved through communication between the school and city preservationists. (EV)

Summarizes discussions from a seminar focusing on earthquakes and educational facilities, including findings related to educational buildings; partnerships; training; standards, regulations, and procedures; finance and legislation; and research and support. (EV)

Comments on current education-related trends, including the shift to a knowledge economy, the questioning of the relevance of current education, and changes in learning theory and pedagogy, then offers questions planners should ask when thinking of schools of the future. (EV)

Describes the renovation and expansion of Palmer Hall, New Jersey-based Princeton University's original physics laboratory, to house the Frist Campus Center. Includes before and after photographs. (EV)

Describes a high school designed to make students act and feel like professionals as they study in the context of a retail store, conference center, courtroom, architecture studio, and medical offices. Students from this high-poverty district may attend the academy full- or part-time. The school strives to steer students in to the most promising…