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American School and University, 1972
AS&U interviews architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, who discusses two basic mistakes made by high schools and colleges in planning performing arts facilities. He explains that (1) they try to build flexibility into formal theaters and (2) they emphasize loads of seating, but leave little space for experimental work. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Design, Colleges, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design
American School and University, 1978
College and community share the Performing Arts Center located in a park-like urban renewal setting in El Cajon, California. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Auditoriums, Building Design, Shared Facilities
American School and University, 1981
With the recent completion of its third and largest theater, the George E. Potter Center at Jackson (Michigan) Community College provides both the college and the community with an elaborate campus performing arts center. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Educational Facilities Design, Higher Education, Music Facilities
American School and University, 1977
In Shelby, North Carolina, the community not only shares the multipurpose high school auditorium but also helped pay for it. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditoriums, Building Design, Flexible Facilities, School Community Relationship
American School and University, 1975
The permanent fabric structure at LaVerne College is one of the few major technological advances with the potential to reduce construction costs. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architecture, Awards, Building Design, College Buildings
American School and University, 1974
The Performing Arts fan-shaped hall at the University of Akron has been structurally and acoustically designed to accommodate audiences of varying sizes and performances ranging from symphonies to intimate theater. (Author/MF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Architectural Character, Awards, Building Design
American School and University, 1976
Students, faculty, and administrators meet in various activities at the new University Center at the University of the Pacific. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Design, College Housing, Flexible Facilities, Food Handling Facilities
Williams, Morris R. – American School and University, 1984
Photographs and a brief discussion of how the Morris R. Williams Center for the Arts fulfills design requirements comprise this description of a building competed in 1983. (MJL)
Descriptors: Architecture, Arts Centers, Auditoriums, College Buildings
American School and University, 1982
The Macey Center is a solar-heated theater built to combine the conference, drama, and fine arts facilities at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. (MLF)
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Auditoriums, Conferences, Drama
Wadsworth, Raymond H. – American School and University, 1975
The second of two articles, describing how auditoriums could be divided with different types of operable walls, covers the rotating turntable technique of dividing auditoriums and the conflicting acoustical requirements for different uses. (MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Audiovisual Aids, Auditoriums
American School and University, 1965
This special magazine issue contains a series of articles on the use of electricity in school and college buildings. Subject areas include--(1) heating, (2) air conditioning, (3) automated controls, (4) lighting and its effects on learning, (5) lighting outdoor areas, (6) stage lighting, (7) power supply and electrical service, and (8) food…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Automation, Classroom Design, College Buildings
