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Here's the essential information you need to initiate designs for preschools and kindergartens as well as elementary, middle, and high schools. Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details. Combines in-depth coverage of the structural, mechanical, acoustic, traffic, and safety issues that are unique to school buildings with the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion.

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• Preface(p. xi)
• Acknowledgments(p. xv)
• 1. Predesign(p. 1)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• The Learning Process(p. 1)
• School Programming and Planning Guidelines(p. 8)
• 2. Circulation(p. 63)
• Design Concepts(p. 63)
• Building Configurations(p. 63)
• 3. Design Concerns and Process(p. 69)
• The Planning, Design, and Implementation Process(p. 69)
• Common Problems and Cautions(p. 86)
• Trends in School Planning and Design(p. 92)
• Unique Design Concerns(p. 96)
• 4. Site Planning(p. 101)
• Site Size(p. 101)
• Site Circulation(p. 101)
• Field Sizes(p. 102)
• Site-Design Concepts(p. 103)
• 5. Codes(p. 107)
• Life Safety(p. 108)
• Space Standards(p. 109)
• Appropriate Building Systems and Construction Practices(p. 110)
• Public Policy(p. 110)
• Accessibility(p. 110)
• Fiscal and Anticorruption Controls(p. 111)
• Land Use Policy(p. 112)
• Conclusion(p. 112)
• 6. Energy and Environmental Issues(p. 113)
• Energy Conservation(p. 113)
• Sustainable Design(p. 119)
• 7. Structural Systems(p. 123)
• Building Life(p. 123)
• Fire Safety(p. 123)
• Seismic Considerations(p. 123)
• Flexibility(p. 123)
• Cost(p. 124)
• Aesthetics(p. 124)
• Long Span Spaces(p. 124)
• Prefabricated and Preengineered Structures(p. 125)
• Foundations(p. 126)
• Special Issues(p. 128)
• 8. Mechanical Systems(p. 129)
• General(p. 129)
• Preschools and Kindergartens(p. 131)
• Elementary Schools(p. 131)
• Middle and Secondary Schools(p. 132)
• Conclusion(p. 136)
• 9. Electrical/Communications Systems(p. 137)
• Reference Standards(p. 137)
• Impact of Technology(p. 137)
• Power Source(p. 138)
• Emergency Power(p. 138)
• Lighting Systems(p. 138)
• Fire Safety(p. 138)
• Communications(p. 139)
• Space Requirements: Rules of Thumb(p. 139)
• 10. Technology and Special Equipment(p. 141)
• 11. Materials(p. 147)
• Introduction(p. 147)
• Common Material Selections for Primary Spaces(p. 147)
• Durability and Maintenance(p. 149)
• Codes(p. 150)
• Regional Issues(p. 150)
• Environmental Considerations(p. 151)
• Considerations in Material Selection for Schools(p. 152)
• 12. Acoustic Control(p. 155)
• Introduction(p. 155)
• Definitions(p. 155)
• Acoustical Performance: Materials and Spatial Proportions(p. 158)
• Design Guides(p. 159)
• Hearing Impairment and ADA Requirements(p. 165)
• 13. Lighting Design(p. 167)
• Introduction(p. 167)
• Light Levels, Light Reflectance Values, and Glare(p. 167)
• Electric Lighting Systems(p. 172)
• Windows and Daylighting(p. 172)
• Design Guides(p. 174)
• 14. Interiors Issues(p. 179)
• Flexibility(p. 183)
• Furnishings(p. 184)
• Technology(p. 186)
• Ergonomics(p. 187)
• Security(p. 189)
• Codes(p. 190)
• 15. Wayfinding(p. 193)
• 16. Renovation(p. 201)
• Introduction(p. 201)
• To Build New or to Renovate?(p. 202)
• 17. International Design Opportunities(p. 211)
• 18. Operation and Maintenance(p. 213)
• Introduction(p. 213)
• New School Construction(p. 213)
• Existing School Buildings(p. 214)
• 19. Cost Issues(p. 219)
• Introduction(p. 219)
• Management(p. 219)
• Relative Costs(p. 220)
• Other Factors That Can Affect Costs(p. 220)
• Value Engineering and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis(p. 228)
• 20. Financing(p. 231)
• Public School Financing(p. 231)
• Private School Financing(p. 233)
• Bibliography and References(p. 235)
• Index(p. 239)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Bradford Perkins, FAIA, AICP, is the founder of Perkins Eastman Architects, a New York-based architectural, interior design, and planning firm with a national practice and branch offices in Pittsburgh, Stamford, and Toronto. His firm's designs of educational facilities and other building types have received many awards for design excellence and have been widely published. He is the son of Lawrence Perkins, FAIA, and grandson of Dwight Perkins, FAIA, two of the leaders in the design of modern elementary and secondary schools.

Stephen A. Kliment, FAIA, (Series Founder and Editor) is an architectural journalist and an adjunct professor at the City College of New York. He was chief editor of Architectural Record from 1990 to 1996