A profile is presented of a high school designed to accommodate a team teaching approach to education. The description emphasizes why the school was designed as it was and how it was designed and built. Schematics and photographs are included along with an evaluation of the school in relation to the program for which it was planned. (FS)

A summary is presented of a conference of architects and educators concerned with the architectural implications of Images of the Future, a booklet offering ideas for the qualitative improvement of the nation's secondary schools. In the conference proceedings emphasis is given to implications concerned with the maturity of students and the…

A profile is presented of an elementary school in which the building design was determined by the social environment and the climate--it is located in an economically depressed section of a hot, dusty city, the population of which is mainly Spanish speaking. The school provides cool, dustless classrooms and shaded outdoor space. The description…

The first public school in Anchorage, Alaska opened in 1915. These documents contain the architect and engineers' report about the restoration of that building. This Report of Phase I contains a history of the building, a description of the research methodology used, and detailed architectural and engineering data: a condition survey, suggestions…

A profile of a high school is presented in which the building design features provided versatile interior space and provisions for future expansion. In briefly describing the educational bases of the building design, two items are emphasized--(1) why the school was designed as it was, and (2) how it was designed and built. Schematics and…

A profile is presented of an urban elementary school in which the building design is based on the idea of joint occupancy--the combined use of the building as a school and a public housing project. The description of the educational bases of the design emphasizes why the school was designed as it was and how it was designed and built. Schematics…

A profile is presented of a high school designed to accommodate the organization of teachers into teams working with student groups of varying sizes--this organization is housed in a compact building with the teaching teams centered in clusters of classrooms. The building is heated in winter and cooled in summer by a heat pump system. The…