The two primary functions of college housing--as distinguished from other kinds--are first, to provide a satisfactory place for students to live and second, to help students to learn and grow, since this housing is part of an educational institution. The performance record of college housing is marred by shallow concepts of its role as an educational facility, hollow lip-service to its uses as part of the institutional program, and limited administrative...

"Through more than thirty projects for major colleges and universities across the country and in China, Designs for Learning presents the principles and practices behind academic buildings, libraries, graduate centers, and academic facilities that sensitively integrate into the fabric of each campus. In its forty years, Robert A.M. Stern Architects has honed a contemporary practice that is in close dialogue with the past, making it one of the most...