Because of New York City's proximity to water, edifices were built with one step as a barrier to potential flooding. The increase in the disability population made it evident that this step formed a barrier to people who could not negotiate level changes, especially those in wheelchairs and motorized scooters. The Americans with Disabilities Act…

In recent years, more education administrators and designers have embraced the potential benefits of daylighting. They have been persuaded that using natural light to illuminate facilities enables schools and universities to conserve energy and provide a learning environment in which students perform better. For daylighting advocates, the…

The connections between the design and use of space in higher education, and the production of teaching and learning, and of research, are not well understood. This paper reports on a literature review on these topics, and shows that higher education spaces can be considered in various ways: in terms of campus design, in terms of how space can…

Building design, planning, and construction programing for modular decentralized mechanical building systems are outlined in terms of costs, performance, expansion and flexibility. Design strategy, approach, and guidelines for implementing such systems for buildings are suggested, with emphasis on mechanical equipment and building element…

The goal of this handbook is to enable those who plan structures for undergraduate science communities to see the process as evolutionary and organic, a process integrally related to ongoing efforts to provide a quality learning experience for the students on the campus. The handbook presents many of the questions that need to be addressed as…

The difficulties and the accomplishments of an Alaskan-based architectural firm. (MLF)

Repetitive structural bays and repetitive standard double-glazed window units are featured throughout the major portion of the school. (Available from 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, $15.00 annually.) (Author/MLF)

Fairleigh Dickinson University has a new four-year program designed to prepare students for careers in executive management in the construction industry. (Author/MLF)

A modest, well-designed, community-based arts center for a nonprofit social service organization blends into the surrounding environment. (Author/MLF)

The Learning Resource Center at Central College is designed to allow for conversion to new, sophisticated resources as they become available. (Author/MLF)

The first phase of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Graduate Center works well within its context. (Author)

A new student union building at the State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, is oriented both to campus and town, which are on the diagonal to each other. (Author)

The importance of effective utilization of resources in planning university libraries is emphasized. (PF)

Lofts and caves make remodeled resource center more than a library; classroom building designed for the deaf. (Author)

Presented is a list of books and reports intended to serve as technical sources of information for the building professional interested in energy conservation. These publications are grouped under these headings: (1) energy-conserving building design; (2) passive systems/design; (3) passive systems/performance; and (4) proceedings (of the American…