A comprehensive catalog of school design ideas, perfect for planners and builders.
This reference assembles a range of Payne’s architectural designs, showing how classrooms, gyms, libraries, and dormitories can be arranged for modern schooling.
The book frames practical choices for building new or expanding existing schools. It highlights how basements, ground floors, and upper levels can house classrooms, laboratories, and assembly spaces, with attention to heating, ventilation, plumbing, and fire safety. You’ll see examples in brick and stone, with notes on construction type, roof style, and trim.
- Realistic floor plans and room capacities for combined grade and high schools, with specific seating counts and room functions
- Construction options, from fireproof to ordinary, and how indirect steam heating and modern plumbing are described
- Material details such as buff tapestry brick, Bedford stone trim, white oak interior trim, and tile floors
- How gymnasiums, libraries, and art or domestic science spaces are integrated into school design
Ideal for readers planning new schools, additions, or renovations, and for anyone seeking a clear look at mid‑century design ideas for educational buildings.