Listed in the document are specific building needs for the handicapped. It is explained that the detailed survey forms can be used to determine building accessibility for a wide range of handicapping conditions. Survey information includes the specific building need (e.g. 12 foot wide parking space) and the letter code for affected function. Space…

This annotated bibliography includes summaries of 17 books and articles dealing with facilities and program planning for career education. A brief introduction discusses topical issues relevant to career education, such as the need for community involvement in planning career education programs and the potential of community-based career education…

Estimates from a number of reliable sources indicate that reductions in energy consumption are possible in both existing and new facilities. Estimates vary from 25 to 50 percent for older buildings and 50 to 80 percent for new construction. Prudent school administrators should take stock of their physical facilities and look for possible ways to…

Designed to supplement any standard textbook in the first-year level of related drafting instruction for carpentry, this manual contains original illustrations on graphic representation, pictorial representation, working drawings, and structured building details (exterior and interior). It consists of five units with separate lessons for each: (1)…

This publication discusses the need to design school buildings that are both flexible (i.e., responsive to frequent slight changes in use) and adaptable (i.e., responsive to infrequent major changes in use) and examines three actual school buildings that illustrate different approaches to achieving building flexibility and/or adaptability. Part 1…

The conference report on planning usable, accessible educational facilities for physically handicapped (orthopedically, visually, and aurally impaired) children features guidelines for eliminating indoor and outdoor architectural barriers. In developing and evaluating the guidelines, the Tennessee School Planning Laboratory analyzed plans of other…

Even though the mechanisms for policy input are limited, there exists a need for a link between the theoretical, the empirical, and the applied. This study proposed a viable mechanism for meeting the challenge of accountability for both the social scientist and the architect. A process model was developed by a sociologist and an architect which…

Many of the references in this bibliography are followed by a listing of ERIC descriptors to indicate the contents. The literature is pertinent to educational facilities design in providing for visual orientation, comprehension, and response to the physical environment. Listed items are presented in two sections: (1) human physiological,…

One of the newest developments in building is the application of systems analysis to design and construction. The systems approach depends heavily on the use of prefabricated components and modular subsystems, in both design and construction processes. Construction times are shortened and costs often lowered because the flexibility of…

Several areas are discussed including--(1) architectural criteria, (2) installation and operation of public entrance doors, (3) weather protection, (4) materials and maintenance factors, (5) coordinating hardware for entrance doors, and (6) open forum discussion. Six factors are cited as being critical in the design of public doorways--(1) the…

In addition to describing the usual considerations in facilities planning such as educational specifications, the role of the architect, the role of the consultant, this guide, intended for use by individuals responsible for industrial arts shops, focuses on those activities peculiar to industrial arts planning. The industrial arts planner, who…

Creation of a college in an urban setting is considered with emphasis on its development as an integral part of the surrounding area rather than as a separate entity. Although the report is based on a particular piece of ghetto land in a particular city (Bedford-Stuyvesant section of New York City), its implications are national in scope. Physical…

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…

Following a consideration of the middle school and the educational concepts involved, profiles are presented of eleven middle schools designed with a sense of innovation, adaptability, and matching institutions to the needs and potentials of children. Some of the schools are wholly committed to innovation from team teaching to ultimate…

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…