Describes the way one urban campus used landscaping to solve the problem of balancing two opposing aims: to be part of their community while maintaining an identity of unique purpose within the urban environs. (Author/DN)

Describes a Wisconsin model for evaluating secondary vocational education programs. The model steps include a self-evaluation, a team site visit, and an implementation phase. (CT)

A basic primer of comprehensive architectural services has been compiled for use by architects who wish to expand the range of services offered to clients. The titles of the six major parts describe the topic content--(1) The New Role of the Architect, (2) Principles of Comprehensive Architectural Services, (3) The Architect and His Client, (4)…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in its efforts to provide decent housing and a suitable living environment, is concerned with noise as a major source of environmental pollution. To this end, these guidelines are presented to provide site screening techniques. The procedures described have been developed so that people…

A campus-wide site plan looks at the campus as a whole and defines immediate and long-range problems and potential. Text and photographs illustrate site development at McClennan Community College in Waco, Texas, and at the University of Toledo and the University of Dayton, both in Ohio. (MLF)

Argues that soils, topography, and ecology are three factors that school planners must consider. (Author)

The author offers a set of principles in the form of a code in an attempt to strengthen the relationship between the physical environment and the learning process. (HS)

A linear high school derives its form from site parameters, its dual scale from vehicular and pedestrian viewpoints, and its materials from industrial conventional applications. (Author)

Describes four very different but successful northeastern United States pavilions for the performing arts: (1) Mann Music Center (Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); (2) Ravinia Festival Pavilion (Highland Park, Illinois); (3) Saratoga Performing Arts Center (Saratoga Springs, New York); and (4) Tanglewood (Lenox, Massachusetts). Includes…

Uses maps, diagrams, and geological accounts to describe the Columbia River Gorge which separates Oregon from Washington and exposes an unexcelled record of Cenozoic volcanic stratigraphy, sedimentation, flooding, and landsliding for the visiting tourists, geologists, or students. (Author/DC)

Explores adaptive reuse as part of a college facility-evaluation plan for re-inventing the campus and better serving the changing needs of students. Describes the elements of a reuse project and one urban college's use of this type of planning (GR)

The first step in aggregating qualitative data is to establish parameters for cross site analysis. Establishing parameters should include: (1) building a conceptual framework, (2) defining units of analysis, (3) developing core questions, and (4) establishing guidelines for handling unique features in each site. Two basic approaches to analyzing…