Offers suggestions for facility managers who work with architects. Outlines what managers should do, such as clear decision making, and what they should not do, such as promising project delivery when not having control of all the variables. Provides a list of expectations and realities when working with architects. (RJM)

Modern, technically advanced buildings on U.S. college and university campuses reflect a decline in aesthetic and academic architectural values. Colleges and universities must become better architectural patrons by maintaining a sense of (1) the special purpose of academic buildings; (2) scale; and (3) the campus aesthetic. (MSE)

Master campus plans of the University of California at Santa Cruz and the University of California at Irvine are compared. The two plans had similar origins but very different outcomes. The former, based on an innovative academic idea, was revised several times from 1965 to 1993. The latter, similar to other University of California campuses, has…

The buildings we erect, today as throughout history, reflect our priorities as people. As we invest in higher education institutions, we are affirming the university as a place where civilization will be preserved, learning will be highly prized, and the potential of every student will be served. (MSE)

In planning for the year 2010, Cornell University (New York) found that, although space for library collections must increase, advancing technology would slow the increase required, with most of the collection growth after 2000 managed through wider technology or remote storage. Consolidation of special libraries is also considered. (MSE)

Higher education leaders have always considered the physical plant as an asset but may have little understanding of its dimensions as a liability, particularly higher debt service requirements for facility improvement or replacement. Strategic planning will be increasingly important in addressing campus facilities needs. (MSE)

This article suggests that campus architecture should be grounded in research on behavior, especially intellectual work behavior. College campus planners can design buildings to foster collegiality and productivity by including spaces that encourage chance meetings, informal discussions, intellectual exchanges, and views of other persons at work.…

The tendency in a steady state is to retreat from facility planning as a necessary management tool and deemphasize maintenance of physical assets and efficient management of space. Systematic and comprehensive planning is necessary to avoid creating long-term problems by favoring short-term expediency. (MSE)

A framework for college building is offered: (1) solve current plant problems without increasing the volume of enclosed space, (2) build only when there is a clear future need, (3) engage an architect only after policy formation, (4) develop a capital budget, and (5) treat facilities as a resource. (Author/MLW)

Many university planning committees make bad decisions out of ignorance of the university's original plan. A brief history of American campus design is presented. The collegiate quadrangle design and land grant colleges' designs are compared, and master plans are discussed. (MLW)

The article addresses the design of college student housing including whether to renovate existing dormitories or build new ones, possible floor plans, size of student residential groups, room size, methods of handling noise, the design of common spaces, provision of storage space, design of eating places, and overall planning. (DB))

Factors that influence campus planning and architecture are organized into 20 categories. (MLF)

Experience with the frequent change in spaces used for design studios at the University of Pennsylvania's undergraduate Design of the Environment program illustrates how the need for efficient space utilization can lead to a creative process of uncovering unforeseen possibilities in teaching, learning, and living together. (MSE)

Examines trends in university architecture through history and the current Spanish model, asserting that good architecture produces a good university. Discusses function, culture, and character as they relate to university education and architecture. (EV)

Explores the progress of utopian ideals throughout the history of university development, suggesting that whenever a new educational ideal and its architectural prototype occurred in different countries and cultures, a utopian concept has always been present. Uses architectural examples to assert that the quality of the university is directly…