Identifier: schoolarchitectu00bruc (find matches)
Title: School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Bruce, William George, 1856-1949 Bruce, William Conrad, 1882- Bruce, Frank Milton, 1885- (from old catalog)
Subjects: School buildings
Publisher: Milwaukee, Johnson service company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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60 School Architecture Per Pupil. The cost of thirty-three grammarand primary schools in the city of Boston erectedduring the period of 1895 to 1905, ranged from$121.64 to $203.65 per pupil, or an average of$160.00 per pupil. In Chicago, 111., during a periodof three years, on seven buildings the cost hasaveraged $174.00 per pupil; in St. Louis, Mo., dur-ing a period of seven years the cost on fifteenbuildings has averaged $123.00 per pupil. Theaverage for the three cities is about $152.00. Per Room. The cost per room for a first-classgrammar and primary school ranged from $3,000to $5,000 per room, in accordance with the varia-tion in the cost of labor and material and thenatural conditions of the building site. 61
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ROCKEFELLER HALL, TiRYN MAWR COLLEGE.Cope & Stewardson, Architects, Philadelphia. 62 /// THE CLASS ROOM Standards.—As the class is the unit aboutwhich all organization and administration of theschool revolves, so the classroom is the unit uponwhich the planning of the school building depends.And as the size and formation of classes dependsupon the individual welfare of the single child sothe life, safety and convenience of the child estab-lish ultimately the standards for the planning ofclassrooms. It has been agreed generally by architects andauthorities on the subject that classrooms shouldhave a minimum of fifteen square feet of floorspace, 200 cubic feet of air space per pupil, andbe planned to accommodate a maximum of fortystudents. The room proper is oblong in shapeand receives its light only from the long wall onthe left. Aisles are run through single rows ofseats with the teachers desk to the front facingthe pupils. On account of the fluctuation in the sizes ofclasses an

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