This book outlines information needed to embark on a library building project, serving as an overview of the entire process, not merely focusing on the librarian's traditional role. The book begins by discussing ways librarians can prepare themselves and their staff to function effectively in the midst of a building project. Chapter 2 focuses on…

Describes the process of metric conversion in residential drafting courses. Areas of concern are metric paper sizes; metric scale; plot, foundation, floor and electric plans; wall sections; elevations; and heat loss/ heat gain calculations. (SK)

Lists the American Association of School Administrators' criteria for judging whether school building renovation is a sound investment. Eight categories should be investigated: historical information, architectural characteristics, material integrity, regulatory codes, and structural, mechanical, electrical, and educational adequacy. (Author/JM)

Four ingredients are essential when providing campus architects/engineers with adequate information for appropriate building design: specific functions of the new building, guidelines for how the building should relate to its natural surroundings, regard for how each space fits into the next-larger space, and expectations for architectural…

In one Massachusetts Institute of Technology building, architect I. M. Pei gave up three crucial areas of the project to three other designers for the purpose of artistic experiment: the main public space; the atrium's skin, with its impact on material and color throughout the building; and the site itself. (MSE)

This competency-based module uses the Ocean County (New Jersey) Vocational-Technical Schools curriculum-infused model for infusing basic skills instruction into vocational education. The model demonstrates the relationship of vocational skills to communication, mathematics, and science. The document begins with a philosophy statement; preface; a…

Using an outline format accompanied by numerous photographs and sketches, this brochure explores the relationship of "school" to people's conceptions, actions, and physical surroundings, highlighting changes over the past 20 years in Scandinavian school design. Two major conceptual changes are decentralized administration and teaching…

The article describes considerations in modifying school buildings for maximum accessibility for severely handicapped students. A field tested survey designed for use by school administrators is also included in its entirety. (Author)

Modern, technically advanced buildings on U.S. college and university campuses reflect a decline in aesthetic and academic architectural values. Colleges and universities must become better architectural patrons by maintaining a sense of (1) the special purpose of academic buildings; (2) scale; and (3) the campus aesthetic. (MSE)

Provides blueprints and color photographs and describes outstanding features of six winners of the camp architecture competition sponsored by "Camping Magazine." Winners are in the categories of support facilities, housing, program facilities, and recreation facilities. (JHZ)

Discussion of underground buildings constructed primarily during last two decades for various reasons (energy conservation, density of environment, preservation of landscape and historic buildings) notes advantages, disadvantages, and psychological and design considerations. Examples of underground libraries, built mainly in United States, are…

A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee building illustrates how an academic building can be ill-suited to its users due to uncompromising adherence to its formal conception. The building is out of scale with its neighbors and unsuccessful in fulfilling human needs, particularly those constituting the latent functions of the building. (MSE)

Arizona State University's school of architecture has extended itself into the community in several ways: formation of an advisory board of practicing architectural professionals; a joint university/city urban design studio; faculty participation on many design review boards; and recruitment and selection of internationally recognized architects…

Through aesthetics, styles, and organization of space, campus architecture has often been complicit in reproducing dominant ideologies and social relations of society, undermining diversity and its possibilities. Architectural scholars, as teachers of architecture, should move theory and practice into new, more critical social terrain. (MSE)

This document contains amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) that establish guidelines for state and local government facilities and building elements designed for children's use. The amendments change several sections of ADAAG and add new sections that cover access to judicial, legislative, and…