School districts are reluctantly paying for repairing damage to their properties that might not have occurred had the buildings and sites been better designed. A study to determine what designers and owners can do to prevent or diminish damage to schools through more careful planning and design reveals five major design issues pertinent to the…

The third in a series of leaflets designed for dissemination of information on school building, this publication describes the method of school building developed by the Centre de Rationalisation et d'Organisation des Constructions Scolaires (C.R.O.C.S.) in the Commune de Lausanne, Switzerland. In Lausanne, the concurrence of lengthening students'…

This is the first of a series of bulletins dealing with various aspects of the activities of the open-space schools project. This project engages in research related to the planning, design, and use of open-space facilities for use in establishing a common frame of reference for future research and development; helping educators, planners,…

THE NEED FOR A COORDINATED PLANNING EFFORT BY THE EDUCATOR, THE EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE ARCHITECT TO DEVELOP THE VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN A MANNER FILLING THE UNIQUE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY WAS EXPRESSED. SOME OF THE AREAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FACILITY INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES, PRODUCTION…

This annotated bibliography has been designed as an introduction for the listings: Overview of Educational Environments, Campus Environment-Student Transactions, Student Characteristics; Housing and Residence Halls, Measurement of College Environments, Student-Campus Environment Dysfunctions, and Intentional Campus Designs. The references include…

Mitchell/Giurgola Associates, recipients of the 1976 Architectural Firm Award of the American Institute of Architects, designed a high school for a student capacity of 2,100. (MLF)

Using John Naisbitt's "Megatrends" as a guide to learning environments for the future, characteristics for the following spaces are delineated: food service, vocational and technical, language centers, health and physical education, libraries and information centers, commons or people places, arts and crafts, administration, and employee…

Describes 21 design trends that will shape the future look of schools. Eventually a new kind of school architecture incorporating both high-tech and postmodern components will evolve. A sidebar cites 10 reasons why direct cost comparison for school construction can rarely be justified. (MLF)

Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida, was planned in consultation with eight of central Florida's high-tech industries to create an educational city of the future. The school is a technological showcase with diverse facilities and curriculums to prepare students for jobs and life in the 21st century. (MLF)

Conflict often occurs between architects and superintendents during the school building process. Expanding the "Standard Form of Agreement between Owner and Architect, "provided by the American Institute of Architects, to include terms written specifically for the protection of the owner can help resolve such conflict. (MLF)

Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts and its architects devised a way to plan for growth and to coordinate development over 10 years of four buildings with a diversity of uses; time completion with planned population growth; save land, energy administrative time, and fund-raising efforts; and provide added educational benefits. (MLW)

The last section of projects, specialized facilities, included in this special issue, contains descriptions, photographs or drawings, and some floor plans for four school additions, a specially equipped auditorium for a school for the deaf, and a facility housing all grades under one roof. (MLF)

A high school and a middle school share core facilities in a building equipped with all-electric heating and cooling systems. (MLF)

Since physical environment has such a pronounced effect on mental attitude, all efforts should be made to create pleasant buildings. This can be done by paying attention to the views, colors, textures, greenery, art objects, inviting places for small group discussions, special features such as fireplaces and outdoor areas, etc. (Author/LBH)

This paper examines how middle school students developed understanding of transformational geometry through design activities in Escher's World, a computationally rich design experiment explicitly modeled on an architectural design studio. Escher's World was based on the theory of pedagogical praxis (Shaffer, 2004a), which suggests that preserving…