This guide provides a framework for community involvement in the complex process of modernizing or building new public school buildings. The guide reflects two fundamental premises: (1) The condition and design of school buildings and grounds affect the quality of education and the vitality of the school and its community; and (2) Broad community…

This publication recommends that school districts include a legal plan in every school construction project. The author discusses negotiating agreements with the project architect and construction manager early on; exercising due diligence in selecting the project team; determining proper levels of professional liability insurance; clarifying…

This study examines the degree to which frail physical school infrastructures have affected education over the past 10 years and the impact and role of the school building in achieving outcome-based goals of education reform. Chapter 1 examines the scope of deteriorating school buildings in the United States. Chapter 2 offers a case study of the…

The purpose of this book is to update housing professionals on the current issues and future trends facing college and university apartment operations in the 21st century. Its chapters are: (1) "The History of Apartment Housing" (Rena Buchan); (2) "Research in Apartment Housing" (Donald Whalen); (3) "Community Services and…

The U.S. Secretary of Education addresses the problem of school building deterioration in the United States, as reported by the General Accounting Office; and governmental responses to funding modernization efforts. The report lists three conditions necessary for designing new schools: school design should support an economy in which learning is a…

Various names, such as teacher's home, manse, teacherage, attic apartment, "Lean-to" and dominage are applied to the district--owned buildings or to rooms in the schoolhouse that provide living quarters for teachers. There various titles convey no differences in meaning. All serve the same general purpose, to describe a comfortable…

Boston University converts a run-down turn-of-the-century printing plant into an attractive administration building. (Author)

Makes several recommendations for energy conservation in a school district and suggests that financial savings be shared with the students as an incentive program. (WM)

Three groups appear to be in a position to lead the construction industry in adopting metrication: the building materials manufacturers industry associations, the architectural community, and the building code and standards organization. (A paper presented at Building Research Institute conference, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1973.) (Author/MLF)

To combat the feeling of isolation for Rhode Island Junior College's mainly commuter students, an urban environment was created in a multipurpose building that houses classrooms, theaters, lounges, cafeterias, and a gymnasium. (Author/PG)

Discusses factors that affect energy consumption and describes a variety of heat recovery devices that can be applied to many new or existing ventilation systems. (Author/MF)

Deals with those factors included in building planning that can influence preservation, deterioration, or destruction of books--temperature, humidity, light, air cleanness, ventilation, exhibition, shelving and transportation, storage of microfilm, disaster control, and monitoring systems. (CH)

The development of the field of environmental psychology and its research methods are reviewed. Trends in areas of study -- perception, space, personality, learning, and building design -- are noted. (KM)

Describes the planning and interior design of the new bookstore at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. (PG)

The need to apply wilderness principles to architecture and the construction of buildings is explored. Earth-covered building designs are advocated, utilizing sewerless toilets, recycled wastes, and solar energy. A 15-item checklist illutrates how to construct a wilderness-based building. (BL)