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Download full textNew Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. – 1972
The major special feature of a planned college building is the application of Academic Building System (ABS) planning concepts to the building design and construction. The primary feature of this approach is total future flexibility of general academic space by use of movable and compatible subsystems. These subsystems appear in the form of…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, College Buildings, College Planning
Modern Schools, 1975
The new auditorium at the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, is used for concerts, sports, meetings, and banquets. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Auditoriums, Building Design, Construction Materials, Electrical Systems
Peer reviewedSchool Management, 1970
Additions made to two schools are shown as opportunities to modernize existing buildings, infuse curricula with new techniques, and update educational tools. (Author/MF)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Flexible Facilities, School Space
American School and University, 1973
An add-on design with easily relocatable partitions, ceilings, lighting, and mechanical devices permits Stockton State College to expand in all directions. (Author)
Descriptors: College Buildings, Construction Management, Facility Expansion, Fast Track Scheduling
Modern Schools, 1976
Examples of educational facilities using metal buildings to lower construction costs and increase flexibility. (MLF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Climate Control, Cost Effectiveness, Electrical Systems
Cutler, Marilyn H. – American School Board Journal, 1972
Describes a systems-designed elementary school in Plymouth, Indiana, designed to serve current and future needs efficiently and effectively. (JF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, Elementary Schools, Facility Planning
Smith, Linn – 1973
This document incorporates the findings of a project initiated to find solutions to the problems of planning, designing, constructing, and utilizing facilities to house career education on the part of educational administrators. Traditional solutions, continually increasing costs, and the need for greater emphasis on the learning environment…
Descriptors: Career Education, Construction Management, Facility Planning, Fast Track Scheduling
Sch Manage, 1969
Descriptors: Building Systems, Construction Costs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Design
New Brunswick Dept. of Economic Growth, Fredericton. – 1970
In 1968, the Province of New Brunswick initiated a three-phase program to provide for elementary school facilities, employing a component systems approach to their construction. This booklet describes briefly the planning and construction of these schools, and provides graphic and photographic records of the construction in progress as well as of…
Descriptors: Building Systems, Classrooms, Construction Costs, Construction Programs
Baas, Alan M. – 1972
This document reviews the literature, previously cited in RIE, concerned with open plan schools. The open plan design is defined as one that encompasses large, open areas that shelter numbers of students, paraprofessionals, and teachers in a climate of daily change. Central to the discussion of the open plan concept is the consideration that a…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities, Educational Innovation
California Univ., Berkeley. Dept. of Physical Planning and Construction. – 1969
Basic information and guidelines on the use of URBS components are provided for use by architects and engineers. The URBS system was developed in response to the competitive bidding on performance specifications, incorporating user requirements, economic constraints, industry capability and trade practices. The essence of the URBS Project--the…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, College Housing, Construction Industry
