Opening next September, the Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers in downtown Manhattan, will share space with the telephone company. The architect's adherence to the site's natural shape provides adequate space. (Author/MLF)

The Nathan Marsh Pusey Library is constructed below grade on a site that was too constricted for a building above ground. (MLF)

Arrayed along pedestrian streets are eight interdependent houses that provide 58 units of apartment housing for 220 men and women students at Princeton University. (Author/MLF)

Schools and universities recognize that many of the people and neighborhoods they serve expect education institutions to embrace environmental stewardship and sustainable design. Standards such as the LEED-registered facility program, managed by the U.S. Green Building Council, are receiving more attention. Schools can demonstrate their commitment…

Parent participation in the construction of a playground is related here. Four criteria were considered in the process: exercise, social interaction, safety and durability, and availability of materials and labor. (DS)

Describes the new campus of Rosemary Hall, a private girls secondary school in Connecticut. The designer applied geometric lines and figures to result in a campus that reflects the spirit of the old school with a new set of circumstances but does not compromise the open-endedness of changing programs and a new progressive spirit. (Author/MF)

The story of the planning of the Santa Cruz campus of the University of California is that of several strong willed, idealistic personalities, who joined forces to produce one of California's largest public examples of environmental design. (Author/MLF)

The Park School was designed to fit into and above an outcropping of rocks thus providing varied exterior spaces, reducing the building's scale, and freeing the open spaces for playing fields. (Author/MLF)

Identifies social policy issues for rural communities affected by major development projects. Advocates increased attention in legislation by community workers and fuller recognition of social policy as a planning and development priority. Concludes that economics is still the major concern for development projects, rather than social policy. (BR)

Combining high-speed calculation, a plotter, and engineeering expertise produces a subdivision design more efficiently and less expensively than manual computations. The final product is also easier for the developer to understand and use. (Author)