The Joint Minorities Development Program (JMDP) was a joint enterprise of Organizing and Supportive Agency, Inc. (OSA) and Human Interest Regarding Employment/Minorities Action Coalition (HIRE/MAC) to train black construction workers and organize them into a self-supportive construction cooperative. JMDP evolved in three stages. The first phase…

Trade literature management aids currently evolving in the United States and Europe are discussed. The approaches to the problem are varied, but the common objective of literature control is evident. The U. S. seems to be firmly committed to the Uniform System, and, as a national system, it is ably suited to the needs of architects, contractors,…

THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF CURRICULAR AND EXTRACURRICULAR THEATER AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL WAS THE TOPIC OF A 6-DAY CONFERENCE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. THEATER TEACHERS, ARCHITECTS, EDUCATORS, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS, EQUIPMENT SALES REPRESENTATIVES, THEATER TECHNICIANS, ENGINEERS, AND ACOUSTICAL SPECIALISTS PARTICIPATED. THE DISCUSSIONS…

Three institutions combine a creative design and electric air conditioning for year-round use, unique instruction, and constant comfort. (Author/MLF)

Canvas awnings are cutting down significantly on energy costs at Northeast Missouri State University's Administration and Humanities Building. (Author/MLF)

Terraset is a hill with a school inside, located in Reston, Virginia. A solar collector, heat reclamation system, and the earth cover save energy. (Author/MLF)

All supply and maintenance facilities have been consolidated in a single new structure for the Wichita, Kansas, Unified School District. (Author)

A historical perspective of the use of color on both the interior and exterior of buildings. (Author/MLF)

The new home of Temple University's College of Engineering Technology features an identical floor plan on all of its nine stories. (Author/MLF)

Earth berms, a heavily insulated roof, and a narrow band of thermal pane windows, save energy at the administrative headquarters of the Anoka Hennepin school district in Coon Rapids, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Author/MLF)

A projected learning center in an urban area will be a transitional home, part of an evolving effort to "de-institutionalize" the living environment of the blind and train them to become self-sufficient enough to lead normal lives. (Author/MLF)

A massive concrete "waffle," riding on a bed of specially treated gravel and sand inside another building, provides the structural rigidity needed by the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics. (Author)

Underground construction at Columbia University merges two libraries--the Avery architectural library and the fine arts collection--and adds an auditorium, plus exhibition and reception space. (Author/MLF)

This article provides a discussion of issues related to the standardization of technical illustrations using graph paper based on multiples of 100 mm. (SD)

A retail bookstore and offices for the University of Minnesota's admissions and records department are housed in Williamson Hall. Some 95 percent of the floor area lies below grade; however, window arrangement permits a view of the outdoors or sunlight from almost every part of the building. (Author/MLF)