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Haviland, David S. – AIA Journal, 1972
Descriptors: College Buildings, Flexible Facilities, Prefabrication, Relocatable Facilities
Clark, Thomas – School Administrator, 1989
To meet the need for a new 750-student elementary school and avoid future underuse problems in one Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland) neighborhood, Thomas Clark Associates developed a program of prefabricated classroom and classroom support spaces. This program will allow the school to be moved to another site if enrollment changes. (MLH)
Descriptors: Construction Needs, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Education, Enrollment Projections
American School and University, 1976
Describes the design and construction of relocatable modular classroom units that will be used in Florida to provide individual classrooms when and where needed, as well as to construct several complete schools. (JG)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Mobile Classrooms, Modular Building Design
Modular Building Inst., Charlottesville, VA. – 1998
This publication contains brief articles concerned with modular school structures. Many articles offer examples of such structures at actual schools. The articles in this issue are: (1) "Modular Classroom Additions"; (2) "Heywood Elementary School Project"; (3) "King County Directors Association (KCDA) Signs Contract for Modular Classrooms"; (4)…
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Modular Building Inst., Charlottesville, VA. – 1999
This publication contains brief articles concerned with modular school structures. Many articles offer examples of such structures at actual schools. The articles in this issue are: (1) "Hightstown High School"; (2) "St. Pius X Parish, Vancouver BC"; (3) "Forrest Street Elementary School"; (4) "Kingman Academy of…
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Modular Building Inst., Charlottesville, VA. – 2000
This publication contains brief articles concerned with modular school structures. The articles offer examples of such structures at actual schools. The articles in this issue are: (1) "Elementary K-8 Modular Courtyard"; (2) "School District #33, Chilliwack, BC"; (3) "New Elementary School for Briarwood, NY"; (4) "Addition to Queens Intermediate…
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Modular Building Inst., Charlottesville, VA. – 2001
This publication contains brief articles concerned with modular school structures. Some articles offer examples of such structures at actual schools. The articles in this issue are: (1) "An Architect's Perspective: Convincing a Skeptic" (Robert M. Iamello); (2) "66 Portables for San Mateo High" (Steven Williams); (3) "Case Study: Charter Schools"…
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Modular Building Inst., Charlottesville, VA. – 2002
This publication contains brief articles concerned with modular school structures. Some articles offer examples of such structures at actual schools. The articles in this issue are: (1) "Re-Educating Schools" (Chuck Savage); (2) "Tax-Exempt Financing for Public Schools" (John Kennedy); (3) "Help Us Rebuild America" (Michael Roman); (4) "Case…
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Sindt, Roger P. – 1977
This report deals principally with modular homes (permanently sited structures) although it also presents some recent information on mobile homes. In 1976, modular home construction companies were surveyed in Texas and across the United States to assess the extent of their construction activity and market penetration and to gather some insight…
Descriptors: Community Zoning, Financial Policy, Futures (of Society), Housing Industry
Baas, Alan M. – 1973
Because of structural or financial limitations, many existing school buildings cannot be rebuilt to accommodate the flexible space requirements of such innovations as open plan teaching, individualized instruction, or modular scheduling. Schools with such buildings can keep pace with educational change by using relocatables. At the present time,…
Descriptors: Building Design, Cost Effectiveness, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities
Metropolitan Toronto School Board (Ontario). Study of Educational Facilities. – 1970
This SEF study examines the entire problem of temporary space needs; evaluates present solutions such as portables, busing, and space rental; and makes recommendations for a system of relocatables. The proposed system, which could be used to handle all space needs of a nonpermanent nature, would provide facilities with an internal environment…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Construction Costs, Educational Environment
Educational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, NY. – 1964
This document provides baseline information about temporary facilities as alternatives to school construction. More than 40 individual school districts in 18 States cooperated in a review of their units. The study scans the problem of temporary facilities historically, analyzes prevailing conditions at the beginning of the 1960's, makes…
Descriptors: Building Systems, Case Studies, Classrooms, Educational Facilities
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of School Planning. – 1969
This booklet is intended to inform school district officials, school planners, and manufacturers of the Bureau's criteria for adequate housing. Part 1 discusses the portable classroom impact, presents data about portable classrooms, and states the Bureau's policy regarding portables. Part 2, performance specifications, is presented to clarify the…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Architectural Character, Building Design, Cost Effectiveness