An air-to-air heat pump system in the Forest Hills Elementary School offers both excellent cleanliness and minimum maintenance in a one-story round school building. (Author/MLF)

This document includes three papers addressing the issue of using stock plans for building educational facilities. The papers are: (1) "Re-Use of Plans: Why It Works (and When It Doesn't)" from the newsletter of Rainforth Grau Architects; (2) "Stock Plans for North Carolina's Public Schools: A Study" by architect Leslie N. Boney, Jr.; and (3) "Why…

The school is a behavior setting which acts on students and teachers and which produces predictable patterns of behavior. Architects should therefore design schools at the scale of the behavior setting. (Author/LLR)

Description, floor plan, and photographs of the new lower school building for New Canaan Country School, Connecticut. (LLR)

A discussion of the need for schools and architects to examine present and future needs of an institution before designing educational facilities. (AK)

Specifications written for the guidance of the architect who designed the Boston school cited in EA 501 498. (Author)

Describes the characteristics of a school building that turned out to be a disaster. (MLF)

Describes carrels designed for the Bell System, and justifies their selection in terms of recent research. Human factors are considered and design criteria for lighting, color and reflectance, furniture, and acoustics are included. (JEG)

Describes classroom design with reference to doors, ceilings, walls, room furnishings, study tables, floor coverings, clocks, training labs, and halls. (JEG)

Describes the Western Ridge Residence at Colorado College and Beard Hall at Wheaton College. The buildings feature multiple levels that take advantage of views and also help create a "homey" feeling. (EV)

Asserts that one of the surest ways to prevent indoor air quality and mold issues is to use preventive construction materials, discussing typical resistance to dealing with mold problems (usually budget-related) and describing mold-resistant construction, which uses concrete masonry, brick, and stone and is intended to withstand inevitable…

Introduces subsequent articles describing award-winning educational facilities. Offers information on the judges, the design criteria they used to select winning facilities, and how they judged the entries. (EV)

Discusses how schools can effectively plan ahead for the rapid advancement of technology through use of wireless technology. Describes its flexibility and savings, and planning and design issues. (EV)

Offers ten ideas for schools and universities before embarking on a new construction project: defining a school, shared space, sustainability, outdoor landscape, geoexchange, a variety of spaces, student-oriented space, technology, community use, and security. (EV)

Discusses the use of daylight to improve the interiors of educational facilities, offering an overview on the properties of natural light and ways and benefits of ensuring its presence indoors. (EV)