LEADER 00000nam a2200241 a 4500 001 u32883 001 33632 003 SIRSI 005 20111027092400.0 008 251011s2002 xxua0000000000000100eng0d 020 1564661016 (pbk.) 049 JURF 050 00 LB3205|bC55 2002 245 00 Architecture for education : new school designs from the Chicago competition. 260 Chicago, Ill. :|bBusiness and Professional People for the Public Interest,|c2002 300 1 v. (various pagings) :|bill. plans (some col.) ;|c25 cm. 500 "The Chicago Public Schools Design Competition, entitled "Big Shoulders, Small Schools," was a groundbreaking effort to add value to Chicago's aggressive school construction agenda and boost public awareness of the civic importance of innovative school architecture."--pp. [1.3]. 504 Includes bibliographical references. 520 0 If the environment that surrounds us affects us in both subtle and direct, immediate and lasting ways, then the architecture of our schools is of profound importance. To this end, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Chicago-based Business and Professional People for the Public Interest joined forces to respectively sponsor and administer a juried public school design competition. The criteria for the competition were that the schools should provide intimate learning environments and that they should be economic to build, universally accessible, reflective of their commun 650 0 School buildings|xDesigns and plans 650 0 School environment 650 0 Architecture|xCompetitions|zIllinois|zChicago