An award-winning facility that is a superior expression of the latest in construction techniques -- techniques that are paring away at wastes in construction time and money, while maintaining structural quality. A related article is EA 504 766 (American School and University; v46 n7 Mar '74.) (Author)

In an old, wood frame school building, a day care facility, based on a modular, movable, and highly flexible series of components, permits active use and almost constant change in a learning situation. (Author)

Discussed are issues in the provision of suitable housing for the physically disabled. (DB)

Discusses various ways in which the demand for energy could be decreased, focusing not so much on discouraging demand by increasing prices, as on reducing energy consumption by improving efficiency of energy utilization in buildings and in industry. (JR)

Author finds that children understand architectural concepts more readily when he refers to familiar non-architectural examples of them such as goal posts, chairs, tables, and playground equipment. (GB)

A rebuttal to an article by Robert Jensen, Physician, Heal Thyself (Architectural Forum, June 1973) about McMaster University Health Sciences Center in Hamilton, Ontario. The original article attempted to put architecture into its social context and to discuss the values and images to which it should respond. A reply by Mr. Jensen is included.…

The medical profession was enormously influential in initiating a virtual revolution in English school design during the years before the First World War, working for the demise of the central-hall school and for the popularization of more spacious schools. (Author)

Basic principles pertaining to the planning and financing of construction and to providing construction projects with technical specifications, materials and equipment are suggested to public education officials to deal with school construction that is financed by government capital investments as well as by local initiative. (Author/KM)

Presents examples of up-to-date job descriptions for physical plant personnel and argues that a proper job description is the first step to successfully obtaining the right person for the job and assuring that the candidate knows what the expectations are. (Author)

Explains, theoretically, how a nonutilized chapel could be remodeled into audiovisual facilities. Provides specific space utilization information. (Author/MF)

An old U.S. Mint building is the answer to a college's search for downtown space and the nucleus of a future 8-acre campus area near the city center. (Author)

Business and professional sectors have initiated some functional and useful planning and design for continuing education facilities in direct response to the needs of users as students and as individuals. Provides several examples of facilities designed to lessen the impact of transplant on students, allow social mingling as well as classroom…

Tells how a community college sifted through the building possibilities on the hot, dry, and windy Mojave desert. (Author)

Describes Mount Royal College in Calgary, Canada, a 3-level all-weather enclosed campus housing up to 5,000 students. (Author/PG)

Lesley College's new complex is a urban academic village'' of residences, library, auditorium, classrooms and supportive facilities. (Editor)