Construction costs, building form, design, and space planning are compared with regard to teaching and the learning needs within educational facilities. Photographs and diagrams emphasize the importance of functional and flexible facilities to quality education and environments for learning. Building types presently popular and successful are compared, with floor plans given for the following layouts--(1) hexagonal, (2) circular, (3) pod cluster, and (4) hexagonal-rectilinear. (TG)