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Rittelmeyer, Christian – 1992
A survey of several hundred German students led to two theses on school environment and learning. First, students find school buildings attractive only if they conform to certain features of the human sensory system such as balance. Second, students consider school buildings attractive and inviting only if their architectural message meets such…
Descriptors: Building Design, Built Environment, Color Planning, Educational Environment
Resting in the Hands of God. Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad Program, 2000 (Egypt and Israel).
Grupe, Dixie J. – 2000
This curriculum project explores three genres of spiritual location: the synagogue, the mosque, and the cathedral. The project examines their distinct elements and the elements that tie them together as sacred places that transcend time and place. It lists five student objectives: (1) identify the basic structural elements; (2) explain the use of…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Built Environment, Comparative Analysis

Cardinal, Douglas J. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1998
A Native Canadian architect talks about his building projects, how they were influenced by his cultural traditions and the teachings and advice of the Elders, the spiritual nature of creativity, giving a building power by designing it as a living being, and linking tradition with the latest technological tools. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Architects, Architecture, Building Design
Wrightson, William; Pope, Campbell – 1989
Intrinsically safe design is presented as a logical extension of the principles of barrier free design, and as a higher level design strategy for effecting widespread implementation of the basic accessibility requirements for people with disabilities. Two fundamental planning procedures are proposed: including principles of safe and accessible…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accident Prevention, Architecture, Building Design
Shemie, Bonnie; Branston, Linda; Main, Lorna – 1995
This teacher's resource kit is designed to complement the six books in the "Native Dwellings" series and to provide suggestions for a comprehensive curriculum unit. The books describe the shelters created by a pre-20th century groups of Native American peoples. The relationship of weather, geography, and culture is examined and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Building Design, Built Environment
Moore, Gary T., Comp. – 1994
Excellence in design of child care and other preschool facilities is an emerging issue in the architectural profession. This bibliography is intended to aid architects and other designers, child-care directors, policy makers, and researchers to locate the most up-to-date and best sources of design-relevant information. The bibliography is based on…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architectural Research, Architecture, Building Design