Learning Resources

Abstract: How colleges can design buildings to foster collegiality and productivity. Subtitles: The four promoters of talk; Moving people on campus. Pull quotes: "Planners should demand that architecture pay attention to the enhancement of exchanges and visits." "Magnets are important to draw faculty out of their offices." "Atriums have become popular linking floor levels." "Campus architecture should be grounded in the research on behavior."

Abstract: Book Review: Who STole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women, by Chritina Hofff Sommers. SImon and Schuster, 1994. 320 pages. ISBN 0671-79424-8

Abstract: While historic preservation of campus architecture has become widely supported within the last generation, it has at the same time become more complicated. Ehrenkrantz and Eckstut have suggested a three part planning strategy. Part one: planners should gather basic informationon each campus building. Next each part of the building should be rated for preservation. 1 might mean a detail or space of great importance which should be carefully restored, while 5 might be an unimportant space which should be modernized to suit current needs. Part two: A phased plan should be develop which spans the next decade with proirities established and a clear sequence including cost estimates. Flexibility should be built into renovations and new construction as anticipation of further renovation. Part three: The next step is to identify athe means and methods weighing such as availability of materials and suitablility of today's program. If a preservation campaign is well planned it can be done well at the same cost of even under the cost of new construction, and will demonstrate the respect for history and culture embodied in the institution.

Abstract: Six major changes may alter the directions of collegiate planning in the next decade. Subtitles: Seismic shifts in society; The consequences of change; The big problem with truth. Pull quotes: "The U.S. population is becoming more polarized." "Electronic technology offers a new kind of book." "Some institutions now give back one-third of their tuition revenues." "We live in an age of disenchantment."

Abstract: Book review: The Electronic Word: Democracy, technology, and the Arts, by Richard Lanham. University of Chicago Press, 1993. 278 pages. ISBN 0-2326-46883-6. Also available in a hypertext edition.

Abstract: Book review: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time, by John Brinckerhoff Jackson. Yale University Press, 1994. 205 pages. ISBN 0-300-06002-5.

Abstract: Subtitles: A heap of straitjackets; Three examples; An obstacle for planners. Pull quotes: "Higher education is in considerable part a prisoner of its taxonomies." "Accrediting bodies are often the shock troops of taxonomy." "Why do we organize our colleges and universities as we do?" "A certain messiness might stand as a constant reminder."

Abstract: Book Review: Water and Architecture, Charles Moore, with photographs by Jane Lidz. Harry Abrams, 1994. 244 pages. ISBN 0-8109-3975-4.

Abstract: Book review: How Buildings Learn, by Stewart Brand. Viking press, 1994. 243 pages. ISBN 0670-83-5153