Some details of the new Jacksonville, Florida, Children's Museum. (RA)

Discusses longrange plans for six community colleges in a 900-square mile county. Describes the master plan for and the design of one of the colleges -- a repetitive structural module that alternates narrow service spans with wide spans for uncommitted'' space. (Author/EA)

Reviews examples of earth-related architecture in the United States over the past 40 years. (Author)

Problems in re-orienting architectural thinking to meet the economic pinch on the performing arts. (RA)

The design of two California schools with innovative programs and lots of snow. (RA)

The planned corporate office building for Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corporation in Niagara Falls (New York) is designed to have an inner skin and an outer one four feet from it. Operable louvers will be located between the membranes. An energy analysis of the planned building is included. (Author/MLF)

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)

A leading passive solar heating expert advocates more extensive uses, outlines various familiar approaches, and evaluates many existing built examples. (Author/MLF)

In the current period of questioning of architectural values and directions, the implications of energy use on form must be confronted sooner or later. Efforts by various practitioners at combining art and technology are shown. (Author/MLF)

A young, St. Louis, Missouri, architectural firm, seeking a personal style of practice, has succeeded in creating structures that reveal client input, and which are sensitive, articulate, and at ease with complexity. Describes an elementary school, a condominium, a shopping mall, a high school, and a "community mall." Illustrated with photographs…

The design and effectiveness of a number of government/industry active solar demonstration projects. (Author/MLF)

Architects provided a college-village with shopping centers, winding roads, plazas, and white-painted facades to allow students opportunities for many different patterns of human association. Amply and colorfully illustrated. (Author)

Perceptive site observations give this University a new library under the centerline of its traditional mall without sacrificing the walk or the trees. (Author)

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)