
Building Type Basics for Senior Living
Bradford Perkins(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. January 2004
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-471-22672-7 (ISBN)
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Description
The Building Type Basics series provides architects and other building team members with concise, essential information for planning and designing a variety of building types.
This new volume covers the essentials of designing housing and care environments for the elderly and provides need-to-know information on a range of building sub-types
Included are active retirement communities, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living facilities, Alzheimer's facilities, hospices and more. The text is heavily illustrated with descriptive floor plans, diagrams, and photographs. Authored by an architect who is viewed as a pioneer and leader in this field
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Series
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.)
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
794 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-22672-7 (9780471226727)
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
BRADFORD PERKINS, FAIA, RAIC, AICP, is the founder of Perkins Eastman Architects, a New York--based architectural, interior design, and planning firm with a national practice and branch offices in Pittsburgh, Stamford (Connecticut), Charlotte (North Carolina), Chicago, San Francisco, and Toronto (Canada). His firm's designs of senior living and care facilities, as well as other building types, have received many awards for design excellence and have been widely published.
J. DAVID HOGLUND, FAIA, is a senior principal and director of Perkins Eastman, and head of the firm's Pittsburgh office.
DOUGLAS KING, AIA, AICP, is a senior principal and director in Perkins Eastman's New York office.
ERIC COHEN, AIA, is a senior associate at Perkins Eastman.
STEPHEN A. KLIMENT, FAIA (Series Founder and Editor), is an architectural journalist and an adjunct professor at the City College of New York. He was chief editor of Architectural Record from 1990 to 1996.
Content
Preface (Stephen A. Kliment).
Acknowledgments.
1. Program (Predesign).
2. Project Process and Management.
3. Unique Design Concerns.
4. Site Planning/Parking/Access.
5. Codes.
6. Energy/Environmental Challenges.
7. Structural Systems.
8. Mechanical/Plumbing/Fire-Protection Systems.
9. Electrical and Communications Systems.
10. Special Equipment and Technologies.
11. Materials and Products.
12. Acoustic Control.
13. Lighting Design.
14. Interior Issues.
15. Wayfinding.
16. Renovation/Restoration/Adaptive Reuse.
17. International Challenges.
18. Operation and Maintenance.
19. Cost Issues.
20. Finances, Fees, and Feasibility.
Glossary.
Bibliography and References.
Index.