Changes in ideas on education, in teaching methods, in building techniques and in economic conditions are combining to produce new forms of school used in new ways. The importance of scale and character is becoming more widely appreciated and the newer teaching methods are demanding rooms which can be used for many different purposes.
The provision of natural and artificial lighting, adequate both in quantity and quality, for these new schools is discussed, and some recent installations and fittings are critically reviewed.
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Johnson-MarshallS. W., Proceedings of the Building Research Congress, London, 1951, Division 3.
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The Standards for School Premises Regulations, 1951. No. 1753.
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American Standard Practice for School Lighting, 1948. (Sponsors: Illuminating Engineering Society, American Institute of Architects). American Standards Association, Inc.
