This booklet describes 21 libraries completed in England during 1967-68. Photographs and floor plans illustrate structural details, and a descriptive section presents the history of each library and comments on those design features considered both functional and attractive. A table summarizes relevant data on each library. (MLF)

Educational specifications for a center for trainable mentally handicapped children are outlined. Philosophy and objectives and discernable curriculum trends for the future are provided. The site (planning, development, playground area, pupil transportation), the program (what the teacher does, what the student does or way of work, size of groups,…

This paper, in making several proposals for improving university design to meet the needs of students, urges that students be given a greater role in planning physical facilities. The following proposals are made: (1) No rigid line of demarcation should be drawn between living and working facilities; (2) the design should provide for a maximum…

This discussion of air leakage emphasizes cause and provides suggestions for elimination of undesirable effects. Cause parameters described are--(1) pressure differential, (2) building shape, (3) temperature differential, (4) opening sizes, (5) mechanical system pressures, and (6) climatic factors. Effects discussed are--(1) increased mechanical…

The University Residential Building Systems (URBS) project is a major program of research, design, development and construction with the object of obtaining and using compatible building components in the construction of university student housing. This is accomplished by providing incentive to industry for development of new products that will…

Educational specifications are presented delineating instructional space requirements and relationships for a middle school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A description of the desired educational programs is followed by a discussion of those spaces necessary to house the program and the relationship that they must bear one to the other.…

An interpretive bibliography is presented of 1968 publications having direct relevance to the planning, programing, design, administration, or operation of educational facilities. Introductory comments are directed to --(1) a framework for understanding educational facilities, (2) the status of research on facilities and the learning environment,…

The physical environment is considered to be vitally linked to the success of the educational program, and that which requires a minimum of body energy for adaptation and thereby releases a maximum amount of energy for purposeful living is considered the best educational environment. Planning of educational facilities is discussed within this…

An international congress was devoted to a contemporary examination of the existing relation between building costs and building quality and of possible ways of influencing this relation positively. Key-note papers by members of CIB and of other international organizations discussed the following topics--(1) human requirements of buildings, (2)…

The considerations of human safety and preservation of facilities are examined in relation to school fires. Various aspects of planning which would decrease the probability of fires and thereby save life and property are reviewed and include--(1) causes, (2) automatic protection devices, (3) evacuation and fire drills, and (4) construction…

Current trends in physical education in secondary schools in England are analysed in relation to the design of indoor physical education facilities. Spaces needed for the study of movement in dance and modern gymnastics are outlined; and the indoor provisions necessary for games, athletics, contests, and swimming are discussed, with comments on…

A discussion of portable classrooms in California includes statements on the extent of their use, the reasons for their purchase, public attitudes toward them, some possible limitations, and the policy regarding their use. The paper concludes that before policy implementations are imposed on portable classrooms, a new survey must be undertaken…

The study investigates in particular whether the multiple use of one building plan was economical, whether limitations were thereby imposed on the school program, and what inadequacies were discovered in the school building constructed. Conclusions, recommendations, and a bibliography are included. (FPO)

The course is for independent study by jail officers who must learn that, in addition to their rountine tasks, they must be prepared to be well-trained, responsible professionals, making important decisions and avoiding the mistakes and disproven beliefs of the past. The jail administrator must continually wrestle with the problems of conflicting…

This document incorporates the findings of a project initiated to find solutions to the problems of planning, designing, constructing, and utilizing facilities to house career education on the part of educational administrators. Traditional solutions, continually increasing costs, and the need for greater emphasis on the learning environment…