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Ryder, Sharon Lee – Progressive Architecture, 1974
A fast-tracked technical school in Chicago is another tribute to this method of construction. Related articles are EA 504 766 (American School and University; v46 n7 Mar 74) and EA 504 854 (American School and University; v46 n8 Apr '74). Illustrated. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, Fast Track Scheduling, Systems Approach
Progressive Architecture, 1978
A new library constructed of industrial materials provides light and a comfortable interior. (MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Architectural Character, Building Design, Lighting Design
Stephens, Suzanne – Progressive Architecture, 1975
To hold down construction costs of student housing, Brockport College decided on a fixed-cost competition, in which architects had to team up with contractors. The winning firm used a French industrialized building system and exterior panels of weathered steel to construct a village of 27 four-story buildings. (JG)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Building Systems, College Housing
Dixon, John Morris – Progressive Architecture, 1974
The world's longest skylighted galleria (main street for student residents at the University of Alberta) is the lifeline of a 950-foot long complex of apartments and shops sponsored by the student government and architecturally designed to fit over an existing street. (Author/MF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Plans, Campus Planning, Climate Control
Jensen, Robert – Progressive Architecture, 1974
Skillful handling of a science complex for the State University of New York at Binghamton expresses society's concept of the goals of technology and questions about values generated by those standards. The spatial organization and systems of the buildings meet the pragmatic needs of science; however, the design does not succeed in expressing…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Building Plans, Building Systems