High School auditoriums are often much too large, serve a limited number of functions, and are unused a major portion of the year. This paper details designs for auditorium modification in six high schools aimed at making the space more usable for such functions as small lectures, lunchrooms, libraries, etc. This document previously announced as…

The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Loretto, Pennsylvania, was a former college gymnasium built in the 1920s now converted into an independent museum. (Author/MLF)

At Davidson College in North Carolina, a recycling program has turned attics into lecture halls, laboratories, and a museum; a banquet hall is now an art gallery; and the main classroom building was remodeled. (Author/MLF)

A model home complex solved a critical housing shortage for the San Joaquin school district in Orange County, California, last fall and will be in use again this year as a school for primary grades. (Author)

In a modest, tongue-in-cheek proposal, the author suggests solving the busing crisis by converting abandoned gas stations into one-room neighborhood schoolhouses, complete with restroom facilities and outside drinking fountains. (Author/RW)

Two university renovations are visual metaphors using craftsmanship and other arts to suggest larger contexts. (Author/MLF)

As part of a districtwide construction and renovation program in Everett (Washington) an Art Deco auditorium was refurbished, theater support facilities were expanded into an old gymnasium, and cafeteria space was rebuilt to house studios. (MLF)

Highlights Kent State University's (Ohio) conversion of its physical education building to a technology building that features fiber optics and advanced cabling systems. Photos and a floor plan are included. (GR)

Explores the planning and testing involved in successfully replacing windows in a corporate office building converted into an academic building. Inspection procedures and performance testing are examined. (GR)

Discusses the conversion process of a California state hospital into a state university at costs far below that of developing a campus from the beginning. Photos are included. (GR)

Discusses how the Pomona School District (California), an urban area facing a shortage of available real estate, purchased and renovated part of a retail complex into an elementary school. (GR)

Highlights how a psychiatric hospital was renovated to provide more space for a mortuary science program. Photos are included. (GR)

Empty classrooms can still be used for educational purposes. A survey shows what schools around the country are doing. (See also related document, EA 006 233.) (Author)

A building on the campus of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, listed as a historic landmark in the National Register, has been restored to a place of activity and usefulness. (Author/MLF)