This book is primarily designed for a course in planning physical education and athletic facilities and as a supplementary textbook for administration courses. It illustrates the skills necessary for designing and planning facilities, stresses the need for effective communication between planners and users, and covers elementary through college…

While early community colleges were often located in abandoned high schools or hospitals, or in shared facilities with public schools, they have now come into their own, often in imaginative and innovative facilities. Community college design offers an opportunity for development of an environment that is complementary to the larger environment of…

An analysis of teacher attitudes and practices in open and traditional school facilities. (Author/MLF)

The development of conceptual prototypes preceded a vocational-technical school building program in the state of Tennessee. (MLF)

Francis J. Bellamy Elementary School was a fast-tracked project, and as such is a showcase for materials and construction techniques evaluated for both performance and critical path scheduling. (Author)

Separate entrances at two schools are designed to serve both educational and recreational needs of the neighboring communities. (Author/MLF)

Solar energy, heat recovery, energy-saving design, and a unique cafeteria/theater are some of the features at the award-winning Tri-County Vocational-Technical Regional High School in Franklin, Massachusetts. (MLF)

Aspects of decline that affect architecture--enrollment, resources, facility condition, funding, the educator's role, and the architect's role--were discussed by workshop participants. Specific solutions included building conversion, master plans, an energy bond referendum, and a regional school concept. (Author/MLF)

For the most part schools are deplorable energy wasters, but by observing a few simple conservation practices they could pace the nation toward easing its tense energy situation. (Editor)

Describes the history, program, staffing, facilities, and funding of a for-profit day care center. (SB)

Discusses change and environmental design as they relate to child care staff and participants. Development of children's settings requires the involvement of the community, especially architects, designers, builders, licensers, child care professionals, parents, and children. (RJC)

Aesthetics in school facilities is related to student learning. Directly, the student experiences the order that is there; indirectly, the aesthetic features of a school building stand for the image of love for children and care for their education. Studies have found enhancement of student achievement in quality school buildings. (MLF)

The plans for the physical expansion of the University of Witwatersrand cannot be divorced from its goals. In planning a new campus area, there is an underlying philosophy of growth to accommodate all sectors of society and to serve the total community of which the university is part. (MLW)

The underlying principle of the organization of the University of Chicago campus is a series of interlocking quadrangles. The way in which this design concept evolved from the origin of the campus in the designs by Henry Ives Cobb to the newest development, the science quad, is presented. (MLW)

Facility planners can perform prebid or preconstruction roles that will result in significant cost savings in school design. (MLF)