Word: spaces
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...golden praying mantis. But the stress was less on gadgets than on issues; such topflight Congressmen as Minnesota's Walter Judd, Michigan's Gerald Ford and Illinois' Les Arends joined with Administration experts in seminars on foreign relations, national security, the economy, fiscal policy and space. Then the pledges went over to the White House for some strong campaign advice from another relative newcomer to politics who has won more votes than any other man. "Work, and know what you are working for,'' said Dwight Eisenhower. "You have got to do a lot of wearing...
...conditioned hive that serves this honey must house carpentry shops and physics laboratories, a hall for the town meeting, and perhaps a swimming pool that adults can use too. It must impress like a monument-and be as cheap as a summer cottage. It is running out of space, money and teachers...
...pioneering (1940) Crow Island Elementary School in Winnetka, 111. did away with fixed seats and high ceilings. Architect Mario J. Ciampi's prizewinning Westmoor High School (1958) in Daly City near San Francisco is big, stunning architecture: shimmering glass, enamel murals, barrel-vaulted roof. Grabbing whatever space is left to schools, other designs march ingeniously up and down hillsides. New hexagonal and pentagonal structures reach out for sun and air, proclaiming the pleasures of education...
Except for small and poor schools, or for stock parts in big schools, prefabrication is no final answer. For each school is a unique problem in tailoring costly space on differing sites and to different needs. ("Frfls" are often the cheapest item.) Today, the key word is "flexibility."' To keep pace with fast, shifts in population, schools must expand or contract. Portable classrooms (3,300 in Los Angeles) are one answer; wings that can later be dismantled or sold to business are another. But most important, tne flexible school is a hedge against educational oosolescence. Even the fancy...
...feature is a field house with a geodesic dome to replace the traditional gym. Though it includes a basketball court (taken apart at season's end), the field house is not limited by the court's dimensions. The domed design yields 41,000 sq. ft. of enclosed space, including an indoor dirt track, exercise rooms, and seats for the Wayland Town Meeting...