Two major academic lofts on an upper level, an exploratory education loft on the lower level, and five chairless levels rising from a forum's sunken stage area reflect this school's philosophy that a school building must support diverse kinds of activity. (Author/EA)

Describes the innovative role played by students, alumni, and the community in the planning and design of a new high school. (DN)

Schools must be considered as designed environments where individuals should be given maximum opportunity to engage in task activities with a minimum of adverse influences from elements in the designed surroundings. (Author)

Gives reasons for building open plan schools, provides observations on team teaching styles, and compares the concept of open education with that of open plan schools. (JF)

A linear high school derives its form from site parameters, its dual scale from vehicular and pedestrian viewpoints, and its materials from industrial conventional applications. (Author)

Given a progressive educational program, Seattle architects and their engineers use a space truss framing systems to answer many typical problems of budget, expandability, and fabrication. (Author)

An early learning center in Brooklyn and a day care center in Washington, D.C. are designed on the premise that a child's environment can enrich his educational, cultural, and social experiences before the child reaches school age. (Author)

Encouraging student and faculty interaction, a new law school facility reflects changing learning patterns and the need for less institutionalism in academic surroundings. (Author)

A teacher education electricity-electronics facility that meets every test for flexibility. (Editor)

Ideas about what a school building should cost and what sort of program it should offer the community. (Author)

Reports that the modular, or systems construction technique, through greater preplanning, is providing improved school facilities while holding the line on construction costs. Examples of the successful use of this systems approach in single school buildings are provided. (JF)

The president of Performance Research, Inc., discusses some of the changes occurring in society today and trys to relate them to American education, and consider what they will mean for Architects..." (Author/AA)