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Although the seven buildings of Harvard's Canaday Hall dormitories are neither programmatically, technically, nor functionally innovative, they are a thoughtful solution to extremely restrictive circumstances imposed by the client and the site. The exterior design was carefully selected to blend inconspicuously with the neighboring 18th- and 19th-century buildings. (JG)

When administrators at Worcester State College decided to build student housing at their formerly all-commuter school, they took pains to involve students and faculty in planning the project. The result was a 500-student village, comprised of 26 different "houses," which has proved very popular with students. (JG)

Sound reverberation time in the new concert hall in Birmingham, Alabama, can be adjusted to meet virtually any acoustic need. (Author/MLF)

At the Ogontz campus of Pennsylvania State University in Abington, a massive gymnasium fits the site and blends well with small-scale campus buildings nearby. (Author)

In the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, architects have broken some old conventions and rules of good taste in designing offices and a film theater through intelligent use of space and tacky flowered carpeting, garish colors, and automobile hoods and fenders. (Author/MF)

Placing student service buildings underground solved similar space problems at Cornell and the University of Northern Iowa. (Author)

Summarizes the history of federal legislation aimed toward making the built environment barrier-free. (Author/MLF)