The Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) includes a central city of at least 50,000 people in an area of metropolitan character where at least three fourths of employment is nonagricultural. Settlements in which a majority of persons live are "contiguous civil divisions" radiating from the city and having densities of no fewer than 150…

Discussion of the parameters governing noise control and room acoustics are followed by a demonstration on how to achieve a good acoustical environment. Topics emphasized include--(1) design and control objectives, (2) noise sources and propagation, (3) reverberation parameters, (4) noise control factors and parameters, and (5) sound systems. Also…

Considerations essential to adequate protection for library facilities have been assembled in the form of recommendations and related to specific examples. Five steps are given which outline the procedures to follow in order to achieve fire safety. With regard to planning, six considerations are dealt with in detail--(1) the saving of lives, (2)…

Based on a survey of higher education institutions in the United States, academic classroom data are presented in tabular form. Tables 1 and 3 (for public and private institutions respectively) show state and regional distribution of classroom data by--(1) number of classrooms, (2) total assignable area, (3) classroom size, (4) number of student…

Modular building design is the architectural premise for a California school. Audiovisual instruction, and educational programs and curriculum, are discussed, as is future planning. The school is one of twenty schools cooperating with UCLA and various foundations to stimulate and study educational innovations. (FPO)

Three institutions combine a creative design and electric air conditioning for year-round use, unique instruction, and constant comfort. (Author/MLF)

Canvas awnings are cutting down significantly on energy costs at Northeast Missouri State University's Administration and Humanities Building. (Author/MLF)

Traditional factors of educational space design--cost, tradition, control, administration, and status--are contrasted with five new factors--students, educators, imagination, planning, and future utilization. (RAO)

All supply and maintenance facilities have been consolidated in a single new structure for the Wichita, Kansas, Unified School District. (Author)

A historical perspective of the use of color on both the interior and exterior of buildings. (Author/MLF)

The new home of Temple University's College of Engineering Technology features an identical floor plan on all of its nine stories. (Author/MLF)

Earth berms, a heavily insulated roof, and a narrow band of thermal pane windows, save energy at the administrative headquarters of the Anoka Hennepin school district in Coon Rapids, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Author/MLF)

A projected learning center in an urban area will be a transitional home, part of an evolving effort to "de-institutionalize" the living environment of the blind and train them to become self-sufficient enough to lead normal lives. (Author/MLF)

A massive concrete "waffle," riding on a bed of specially treated gravel and sand inside another building, provides the structural rigidity needed by the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics. (Author)

Underground construction at Columbia University merges two libraries--the Avery architectural library and the fine arts collection--and adds an auditorium, plus exhibition and reception space. (Author/MLF)