This article offers selected photographs, design plans, and sketches of 18 school facilities which recently received citations for design excellence by a special architectural jury of the American Association of School Administrators. Comparative general, cost, area, classroom, and equipment statistics for the 18 schools are also included. (JH)

Author emphasizes that in open area schools it is the curriculum which is the crux of the matter of space usage. (Author/MB)

Understanding learning, and how it is encouraged or thwarted, will improve the design of schools, and can best be realized through joint action between behavioral scientist and designer. (Author)

Describes fast-track, a method for saving time and construction costs by phased or overlapping construction--e.g., constructing such elements as the foundation before the rest of the building has been completely designed. (JF)

An attempt to provide in a high school a community where personally and socially worthwhile activity arises organically from the physical-social-psychic-spiritual environment. (Author/EA)

Conflicts between superintendents and architects about planning school facilities can be avoided by written educational specifications and an understanding that preliminary cost estimates are not binding. However, the owner may impose a fixed budget limitation that is legally binding if all parties agree in writing. (MLF)

A series of pertinent questions regarding the development of a production facility for instructional materials. Levels of service, user needs, facility design, and costs are discussed. (Author/JJD)

A national study was designed to examine open-space education in Great Britain. The study's purpose was to provide an accurate, comprehensive description of the teaching-learning processes within such schools and their administrative and architectural services in order that policy implications could be delineated. (Author/DB)

Discusses factors to be considered in the selection of microcomputers for school use (components, cost, reliability, serviceability, who will use them, applications, input and output requirements, processing, storage, etc.), and describes the development of a computer area for a multiple activity lab. (CT)

A survey designed to elicit community school-design preferences was used in planning Pine Hill School (New Mexico), the nation's first all new, self-determined, Native American school. (Author/MLF)

Describes 21 completed projects now using solar energy for heating, cooling, or electricity. Included are elementary schools in Atlanta and San Diego, a technical school in Detroit, and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. (MLF)

Much of the destruction labeled vandalism is a consequence of thoughtless design and therefore avoidable in the planning stage. Presented are a redefinition of vandalism, a discussion of administrative programs, and a review of the literature. (Author/MLF)

Examines the planning process for developing a high-tech high school using the example of one such school in Florida's Collier County school district. Addresses budget figures, planning objectives, organizational considerations, pilot program creation, and planning tips. (GR)