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Stephens, Suzanne – Progressive Architecture, 1980
The design for Floyd Elementary School in Miami (Florida) seeks to harness solar energy to provide at least 70 percent of the annual energy for cooling needs and 90 percent for hot water. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Education, Heat Recovery
Progressive Architecture, 1980
Program, structure, and mechanical system are handled as interlocking elements in a sports facility for Southern Illinois University. (Author)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Higher Education, Recreational Facilities
Progressive Architecture, 1981
Two Oregon recreational facilities, the Tualatin Hills Sports Complex and the Corvallis Aquatic Center, designed by architects Broome, Oringdulph, O'Toole, Rudolf and Associates, share the bold application of color and clarity of design. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Color, Recreational Facilities
Calthorpe, Peter – Progressive Architecture, 1980
Two government clients, the state of California, and the Tennessee Valley Authorit y, are encouraging building design that reduces the use of energy. (Author)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Energy Conservation, Environmental Influences
Stephens, Suzanne – Progressive Architecture, 1980
A profile of a Chicago (Illinois) architectural firm. Shown are an office building, a public library, an observatory, and two houses. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Architectural Programing, Building Design
Doubilet, Susan – Progressive Architecture, 1981
In the renovation of Lewisohn Hall in the School of General Studies at Columbia University, the lowered ceilings, installed in the 1962 renovation, were removed, thereby re-creating the rectangular spaces that reveal the perimeters of the building's volume. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Ceilings, College Buildings, Educational Facilities Improvement
Progressive Architecture, 1980
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)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning, Foreign Countries
Progressive Architecture, 1980
Aldo Rossi's elementary school at Fagnano Olona (Italy) is an example of the Neo-rationalist architectural movement. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Education
Papademetriou, Peter – Progressive Architecture, 1981
An analysis and a critique of how remodeling and extension of the Rice University School of Architecture, by James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates, fits into the campus plan and its eclectic style established early in this century. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Improvement
Murphy, Jim – Progressive Architecture, 1980
The design team for the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) has pushed the state of the energy art to its current limits for the initial phase, with provisions for foreseeable and even speculative future applications. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Innovation, Heat Recovery, Modular Building Design
Miller, Nory – Progressive Architecture, 1980
Two projects, the Milford (Pennsylvania) Reservation Solar Conservation Center and Prototype Passive Solar Townhouses, are designed for solar energy--one as a learning center, the other as urban infill housing. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities, Energy Conservation
Morton, David – Progressive Architecture, 1980
At the Shenandoah Solar Recreation Center in Georgia, solar energy is used not only for heating and cooling, but also for ice making. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Design, Community Centers, Energy Conservation
Rush, Richard – Progressive Architecture, 1980
An architect designed his combination living and working structure with a central solar heated area and nine thermal zones to make the most efficient use of energy collected. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Air Flow, Building Design, Building Innovation, Energy Conservation