Cited in the 1973 P/A Awards program, Bellflower Elementary School in Mentor, Ohio, designed by Richard Fleischman & Associates, epitomizes the earth-sheltered buildings popular 40 years ago and newly relevant in our energy-conscious era. The school has a porcelain-steel-clad cap, with a slot of windows that visually separate it from a grassy berm rising from the flat site. Square in plan and set at a 45-degree angle to the road, Bellflower looks longer and lower than you would expect from a two-story building; the reduction in scale is appropriate for an elementary school surrounded by modest suburban houses.
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