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Gardner, John C. – American School and University, 1972
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Operation, Facility Planning, School Maintenance
American School and University, 1975
To preserve open space on an extremely limited site, an athletic center at Columbia University was built "underground" and its roof landscaped with shade trees, evergreens, and shrubs. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Facility Expansion, Facility Planning, Higher Education
Kolflat, Fred – American School and University, 1973
Business and professional sectors have initiated some functional and useful planning and design for continuing education facilities in direct response to the needs of users as students and as individuals. Provides several examples of facilities designed to lessen the impact of transplant on students, allow social mingling as well as classroom…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Building Design, Facility Planning, Flexible Facilities
Cummings, William G. – American School and University, 1972
Primary influences on a community college building design such as site, educational program, and budget produce building designs that are different in each case. However, because of the community college's unique educational role, these variables are multiplied almost infinitely. The three primary education objectives of most community colleges…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives
King, Jonathan – American School and University, 1975
Architects for a new student-housing project at the State University of New York at Brockport used System III, a French industrialized building system, to create a humanistic, low-rise apartment village, while shortening project delivery time and markedly cutting construction costs. (JG)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, College Housing, Design Build Approach
Miller, Richard Paul – American School and University, 1975
Discusses the need for school buildings that are flexible and adaptable to any educational situation, rather than rigidly "self-contained" or rigidly "open." Such buildings are not tied to any educational fad that may become unfashionable, and they can accommodate many educational approaches, as well as noneducational uses. (JG)
Descriptors: Building Design, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
American School and University, 1972
AS&U interviews architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, who discusses two basic mistakes made by high schools and colleges in planning performing arts facilities. He explains that (1) they try to build flexibility into formal theaters and (2) they emphasize loads of seating, but leave little space for experimental work. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Design, Colleges, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design
