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American School and University, 1974
A warehouse leased from the city houses five floors of music, art, science, Cleveland-area heritage, and community resources. Design for a new building is illustrated. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Design, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKliment, Stephen A.; Lord, Jane – Planning for Higher Education, 1974
With costs of new construction steadily rising, with space on which to build dwindling, and with the growing affection for old, familiar buildings on campus, modernization of available campus space often serves as the answer to meet space needs. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Campus Planning, Construction Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Download full textSHOBE, EARL J. – 1967
MODERNIZATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS REQUIRES ADAPTATION OF EDUCATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF--(1) CONSTRUCTION QUALITY, (2) ROOM SIZE, (3) SITE CAPABILITY, AND (4) ARCHITECTURAL REMODELING POTENTIAL HELPS TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY AND APPROACH METHOD. ANALYSIS OF FIVE APPROACHES FOR CREATING ADDITIONS TO A SPECIFIC…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Obsolescence, Facility Expansion, Facility Improvement
Graves, Ben E. – AIA Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Air Structures, Building Conversion, Classroom Furniture, Educational Facilities Design
Graves, Ben E. – American School Board Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Construction Needs, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Woodruff, Alan P. – School Shop, 1976
Problem areas in the conversion of buildings into vocational schools are costs, adaptability and flexibility, and location. (EC)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Construction Costs, Educational Facilities, Found Spaces
Peer reviewedMorisseau, James J. – Planning for Higher Education, 1974
Outlines the experiences of two private colleges (Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and the University of Dallas, Texas) in their successful conversion of found space in other building types to small theaters for use by the performing arts. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Building Conversion, Building Innovation, Campus Planning
Dober, Richard P. – AGB Reports, 1976
Presents the rationale for recycling campus building (renovating, remodeling, and reconstructing) for functional, aesthetic, and financial reasons. Emphasizes the need for long-range planning. (JT)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Campus Planning, College Buildings, Educational Facilities
Sargent, Cyril G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences
Peer reviewedKliment, Stephen A.; Lord, Jane – Planning for Higher Education, 1974
Residential, commercial, and industrial shifts in urban and suburban areas have left many large, solidly built structures vacant. Such structures are often convertible to educational uses at a cost far below that of constructing an equivalent facility new. Explains how administrators can find and adapt such found space; provides some useful…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Campus Planning, Cost Effectiveness, Facility Expansion
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., Ottawa (Ontario). – 1980
The findings and recommendations of a study of potential opportunities to convert under-utilized space in multiple residential projects into play spaces for children are reported. On the basis of site visits, informal interviews and discussions with management from a selected and representative sample of 18 residential projects in the Toronto…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Check Lists, Children, Facility Case Studies
Schomp, Katherine W. – 1980
The Denver (Colorado) Board of Education has taken a number of steps to avoid closing schools. Among these are refiguring school capacities; providing full-time space for programs that do not always function full-time; providing additional private space for related services (psychological, social work, and nursing); expanding instructional…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Building Conversion, Criteria, Declining Enrollment
Kliment, Stephen A.; Lord, Jane – 1974
This is the fourth of seven articles to address the problem of what higher education can do to meet the space needs of new programs and a wider constituency, without resorting to new building. One way to meet space needs is to prospect for available space off campus and by means of rehabilitation or major conversion, to adapt this space to…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Campus Planning, Educational Facilities, Facility Expansion
Dolce, Andy – American School and University, 1978
A university-based conference center created by recycling an underused facility or building on vacant land can be a profitable business venture. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Conferences, Continuing Education Centers, Extension Education
Hickman, Robert E. – School Business Affairs, 1984
With community cooperation, imagination, and marketing skills, school buildings can be converted to other community uses. Tables summarize recent sales in Delaware. (MLF)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Elementary Secondary Education, Offices (Facilities), Property Accounting
