Presents three examples of campus sports centers whose design and construction had to overcome some challenging location problems. Photos and project costs are included. (GR)

Air structures have developed through a number of significant stages: military applications, conventional standard air structures (the "bubbles"), exhibition structures, and permanent building applications. With no other type of structure is it possible to obtain clear, widespan coverage of almost unlimited areas, additional ceiling clearance for…

Design ideas to save energy, space, and money--from playfields on the roof to people pockets in a patio. (Author)

Declining enrollments and the current economic recession in higher education have forced colleges and universities to suspend or cutback plans for new construction and consider re-use of existing buildings. One candidate for rehabilitation is the campus chapel. (Author)

The Industrial Instructional Space Module approach to shop planning can precisely determine the total space allotment and cost for a general unit woodshop and a general unit metalshop. (Author/MW)

The major systems development projects of the 1960's were concerned primarily with facility problems at the elementary and secondary levels. Rapidly increasing enrollments coupled with changes in both curriculum and in teaching methods created a demand for more flexible facilities that could be constructed rapidly and inexpensively. The success of…

Life-cycle costing is a management tool that may assist school administrators in making cost-effective decisions about building and improving school facilities. Life-cycle costing is defined as determining the total cost of building construction, operation, and maintenance over the assumed life of the building. An overview of the recent literature…

This publication was designed to provide assistance to California school personnel and architects in the design of new science facilities. Following the introduction, chapter 1 discusses the enhancement of science programs through architectural design. Chapter 2 describes architectural requirements and regulations for science-instruction…

This newsletter details the efforts of the University of Alaska to develop a systems approach that will provide facilities for higher education in a State with an area more than three and one half times that of New Jersey, Florida, and Oregon combined. The problem involved in providing appropriate facilities in a State such as Alaska are…

This document is one part of a series intended to provide modern pattern books for architects and planners in need of practical solutions to specific problems. Each volume in the series is concerned with structures built for a specific purpose and contains several dozen projects, none more than a few years old, that are good examples of such…

This document is one part of a series intended to provide modern pattern books for architects and planners in need of practical solutions to specific problems. Each volume in the series is concerned with structures built for a specific purpose and contains several dozen projects that are good examples of such structures. This volume contains data…

Administrators from the Universities of Delaware, Rhode Island, and Vermont describe the processes that were followed on their respective campuses in the construction of economical and rapidly completed student housing. The design-build approach was utilized in which contractors prepare plans to meet the client's budget and facility requirements.…

The purpose of this study was to assess the present state of building systems, to analyze projects currently being developed, and to predict future advances in systems. "Building system" is used to designate a minimum of three major subsystems designed to fit and function together without the necessity of onsite cutting or other extensive…