By James Biehle
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December 1st, 2006
A major responsibility of a school board is management of the district’s real capital budget. Paul A. Samuelson, in his classic textbook Economics, defines real capital as “equipment, buildings, and inventories.” Any item of real capital has both a first and a life-cycle cost. The car you drive has a life-cycle cost, and the local [...]
By James Biehle
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November 17th, 2006
by James T. Biehle, AIA
Growing plants in a controlled environment such as a greenhouse can be a wonderful enhancement to any science program. Thoughtful planning, proper design, and faculty advocates who support the greenhouse as an
Greenhouse with ventilation system
important asset to their curriculums are necessary for a school greenhouse to be successful. This article discusses [...]
Posted in Architecture, Articles | Also tagged design, greenhouse, planning, science, science building design, science building planning, science facilities, science facilities planning, science facility design, science facility planning, science lab design, science lab planning |
By James Biehle
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April 12th, 2000
I recently was struck by the size of the General Accounting Office’s estimate of the financial need of school districts to renovate and modernize their existing building stock. I wondered why the numbers were so high, what types of repairs and modernizations they represented, and how architects and school districts could learn from the past [...]
By James Biehle
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November 1st, 1995
“America will rank first in science and mathematics by the year 2000.”
These lofty-sounding words are part of Goals 2000, the federal Educate America Act. The turn of the century is fast approaching, but we’ve barely made a start in responding to this mandate. Though science supervisors, district officials and architects are scrambling to create better [...]
Posted in Architecture, Articles | Also tagged classroom, education, flexibility, furniture, lab, project space, science, science building design, science building planning, science facilities, science facilities design, science facilities planning, science facility design, science lab design, science lab planning, technology |
Designing Science Facilities for the New Science Standards – key concepts in improving today’s K-12 teaching spaces.
Science in Structure (school buildings teach science)
Science learning does not have to stop at the classroom door. A well-designed project takes as many opportunities as possible to give students additional scientific stimulation.