Cherry Creek (Colorado) has been building schools since the open plan became popular. Tracing their design development reveals a trend for the 80s. (Author/MLF)

The new multi-use Public Affairs Center houses administrative offices, academic offices, conference areas, and classrooms as well as food service facilities. Other features are a studio theater, a 2,200 seat auditorium, and simulation gaming facilities. (Author/MLF)

An example of the Neo-rationalist architectural movement is the high school of science in Pesaro (Italy). Designed by Carlo Aymonino, the school is intended to become part of a much larger urban academic complex. (Author/MLF)

Aldo Rossi's elementary school at Fagnano Olona (Italy) is an example of the Neo-rationalist architectural movement. (Author/MLF)

A school building project in Spokane, Washington, will replace 12 inner-city elementary schools, expand a thirteenth, and construct a new high school. Substantial cost savings in both materials and design are expected to result from adapting a prototype design to existing sites. (Author/MLF)

Good planning, favorable labor and construction conditions, and a little bit of luck combined in a Wisconsin elementary school built for $18.74 per square foot. (Author/MLF)

Roof and ceiling systems combine function with flexibility and provide new ideas to "top off" a school building. (Author/MLF)

Vandalism is the main problem in maintaining school washrooms. Ways to help schools meet this challenge include designing washrooms with hidden moving parts to cut down on vandalism and making toilet partitions of solid polyethylene plastic which is virtually indestructible, hard to deface, and easy to clean. The article suggests it is worth…

Discusses the importance of acoustic standards in classroom design, presenting an interview with the Acoustical Society of America's (ASA's) standards manager which focuses on reasons for the new ASA standards, the standards document (which was written for K-12 classroom but applies to college classrooms), the need to avoid echo and be able to…

Presents a selection of winners of the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) school architecture competition. Includes a brief description, floor plan, and photographs for each winner. (EV)

Describes the designs of the Williams Center and DLK/Kachel Fieldhouse athletic and recreational facility and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and the Student Recreation Center at the University of Montana in Missoula. (EV)

Examines the major aspects of school grounds design and development. Focuses on a consultative case study involving the staff and the students in the Programs for Aboriginal and Islander Students at Salisbury. Contains details of the landscape design. (DDR)

Proposes the aesthetics of school building design as a valid interest for school leaders and an important research subject. Presents John Dewey's ideas about aesthetics as a philosophical foundation and his active-reflection methods as an implementation strategy. Identifies opportunities for reflective administrative practice contained within…

Design flexibility allows a new auditorium at an Illinois high school to be three theaters in one. While the large auditorium supports 1,200 seats, two rotating platforms can divide the large space into a 240-seat small theater and a 240-seat recital hall, leaving a 720-seat auditorium in the center. (MLF)

Describes the design of the academic arts building at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, including its black box theater, art classroom, computer graphics lab, gallery, video production area, and chorus classroom. (EV)