| Description |
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. plans (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
"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]. |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
School buildings -- Designs and plans
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School environment
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Architecture -- Competitions -- Illinois -- Chicago
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| ISBN |
1564661016 (pbk.) |
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