Students, faculty, and administrators meet in various activities at the new University Center at the University of the Pacific. (Author/MLF)

Described are federally funded projects designed to provide building standards and codes for the physically handicapped. (CL)

Three colleges have joined together a unique planning and construction program that will enable them to share facilities on a common campus. (Author/MLF)

A specialized facility originally designed for the care, study, and treatment of autistic children, now is used as a diagnostic center for children (up to age 12) with a wide range of behavior-related disturbances: developmental difficulties, delinquency, and severe emotional illnesses. (Author/MLF)

In the first part of an interview, internationally famous engineer Fred Dubin talks of a full range of opportunities to conserve energy with passive design. (Author/MLF)

A leading passive solar heating expert advocates more extensive uses, outlines various familiar approaches, and evaluates many existing built examples. (Author/MLF)

In the current period of questioning of architectural values and directions, the implications of energy use on form must be confronted sooner or later. Efforts by various practitioners at combining art and technology are shown. (Author/MLF)

Holyoke Center, most successful of Harvard University's first-generation high-rises, combines under one roof, but in separate towers, the University's health services and administration. (Author/MLF)

In the 1978 Architectural Display presented at ASBO's 64th Annual Meeting, eight awards were given in five categories: new school buildings of any type; additions to existing buildings; modernization of existing buildings; energy conservation measures in any school buildings; and landscaping of new or existing school buildings. (Author/MLF)

The types of work that may qualify for copyright protection are considered generally, and then focus is on certain types of works whose copyrightability may be the subject of litigation in the future. Among those discussed are architectural designs, typeface designs, discoveries, pantomimes and choreographies. (LBH)

Attempts to identify features for lessening vandalism for consideration in the planning of educational facilities. Members of the National Association of School Security Directors were asked what features they would recommend in planning a new school building resistant to vandalism. 363 features in 24 major categories were identified as acceptable…

An administrator summarizes basic implications for special education of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 regarding employment of handicapped persons, building facility arrangements, and programming for exceptional students. (CL)

Major challenges for recreation facility planning in an age of increasing costs are reviewed with emphasis on the need to combine imagination and technology to produce environmentally-sensitive, energy-efficient, aesthetically pleasing recreation designs. Major planning considerations are: operational efficiency, greater facility use,…

Two architects review housing needs of the handicapped elderly and give some specific design considerations for safety and mobility. (MF)

The handbook presents an overview on environmental adaptations for the visually handicapped. (CL)