Attempts to analyze the realities of current practice in spatial arrangement of ordinary infants' schools and to discuss some aspects of their boundary maintenance. Based on observations made and conversations and interviews conducted in 27 schools in four outer London boroughs. (Author/EA)

Outlines how classification systems or codes, operating in a variety of contexts, regulate the interaction between man and the built environment. Views the ritual forms of the built environment as transmitters of culture. Suggests that this framework might provide a new starting point for investigations into the built environment in use and the…

An evaluation of various plan forms for primary schools analyzes school activities in terms of their acoustic characteristics. The acoustic properties of different teaching spaces and the extent to which these meet the needs of the various types of activity are discussed. (Author/MLF)