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California Baptist College

Athletic Fields
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST COLLEGE, Riverside, CA
Scope: Design of athletic field complex including baseball, softball, soccer, track, tennis, archery and golf practice area.
Swimming Pool
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST COLLEGE, Riverside, CA
Scope: Design of competition swimming pool facility for intercollegiate short course swimming and water polo.

Artist’s rendering of proposed outdoor swimming pool to be located adjacent to existing gymnasium building.
Wheelchair [...]

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Science Space

On several recent projects I’ve had the opportunity to review ed specs prepared by several well-respected educational facilities consultants and have noted that spaces proposed for science education are often inadequate, incomplete and ill-defined. Since science learning space is unlike other classroom space, both in terms of area and cost, such program inadequacies hamper the [...]

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The Furniture of Science

Changes in the way teachers teach science have given rise to a new generation of designs for science classrooms and new approaches to furnishing those classrooms.
An increasing preference for hands-on science instruction has created the need for science laboratories in middle schools, as well as K-5 classrooms.
While the lower grades have begun to employ more [...]

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Complying with Science

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is an evolving process; its impact on schools continues to be felt. There is nothing in the “ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities” (ADAAG) or in the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards that specifically relates to science facilities. Thus, specific applications require judgment on the part of the facility planner.

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