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National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1961
Four aspects of preassembled building components are discussed--(1) attitudes on preassembled components, (2) principles of preassembled components construction, (3) structural component case studies, and (4) mechanical component case studies. In section 1, various views on preassembled components are discussed including--(1) the architect's view,…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Systems, Construction Costs, Construction Industry
Robbie, Roderick G. – 1969
The technical director of the Metropolitan Toronto School Boards Study of Educational Facilities (SEF) presents a description of the general theory and execution of the first SEF building system, and his views on the general principles of system building as they might affect architecture and the economy. (TC)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Systems, Construction Costs, Construction Industry
Building Systems Information Clearinghouse, Menlo Park, CA. – 1973
The main article in this newsletter concerns the adoption by an architectural firm of elements of a systems approach as a means of providing school buildings responsive spatially and environmentally to educational change, and how these activities were later instrumental in facilitating entry by the architectural firm into the construction…
Descriptors: Architects, Architecture, Bids, Building Plans