A young, St. Louis, Missouri, architectural firm, seeking a personal style of practice, has succeeded in creating structures that reveal client input, and which are sensitive, articulate, and at ease with complexity. Describes an elementary school, a condominium, a shopping mall, a high school, and a "community mall." Illustrated with photographs…

Presents the history of the URBS program and discusses the convertibility factor of the building system. (MF)

Architects of a newly constructed urban middle school solved the space problem by designing the roof to serve both as a school playground mand as a community park. (Author/EA)

Describes and evaluates several avant garde'' examples of air structures. Included are a soft'' child's playpen, a pneudome that employs a water ballast for anchoring, a one-acre enclosed campus, an instant city'' constructed for an industrial design conference, and the Fuji Pavilion, at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan, that was large enough to cover…

Author, Parliamentary Under Secretary, Department of Education and Science, England, describes a plan in which local government authorities and voluntary organizations join forces in the planning and financing of school complexes which incorporate recreational facilities for the community. (DR)

A model structure for organization and management in the building process, with special reference to tendering procedures--management of the relations between two or more operators of the building process. (Author)

Selected members of the American Association of School Administrators speak out on some prime problems that stem from the original design and construction of existing school facilities. These administrators discuss ways that architects, engineers, contractors, and building product manufacturers can insure that new buildings will better meet future…

The New England Center for Continuing Education, a cooperative venture between six New England universities, serves as a conference site, research center and catalyst for regional programs for adults. (Editor)

Provides a capsule history of the school building systems concept, and describes some of the projects currently employing the concept. (JF)

A State official, who was involved in the California School Construction Systems Development (SCSD) project since its inception, describes the drawbacks of and the problems encountered in that project. (JF)

Describes the development of Mississippi County Community College's (MCCC's) solar energy system. Explains the functioning of the campus's computer-controlled photovoltaic concentrator system, MCCC's cooperative agreement with the Arkansas-Missouri Power Company, program funding, the integration of the solar system with other building components,…

Profiles 17 construction and renovation projects at U.S. and Canadian schools and colleges, all displayed at the 1982 annual conference of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, International. Uses text, photographs, floor plans, and drawings to describe the projects, and lists owners, architects, engineers, and site and construction data.…

Colleges and universities will need to maintain economic stability in the face of decreasing energy supplies, periodic fuel shortages, increasing prices, and tighter budgets. The necessary physical plant measures and the commitment required of the entire campus community are discussed. (MLW)