New Environments For Working

By Francis Duffy, Stephen Willis, Denice Jaunzens

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Number Of Pages: 156

Publication Date: 1998-12-01

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0419209905

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780419209904

Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

The workplace is changing radically, yet the building designs and environmental systems for conventional offices fail to support the more fluid use of space and time practiced by these new kinds of office work. The book identifies the key organizational changes, patterns of work, work settings and types of space layouts. The book will assist architects, interior designers, mechanical engineers and facilities managers in understanding what products will be suitable for innovative ways of office working.

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Design For Assisted Living - Guidelines For Housing The Physically And Mentally Frail

By Victor Regnier
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 376
Publication Date: 2002-05-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471351822
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471351825
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Destined to become the defining work on the subject, this timely reference addresses the single fastest growing segment of the senior living industry -- assisted living for those who are unable to live independently but who do not need intensive nursing home care, meals, housekeeping, or twenty-four hour access to medical assistance. Victor Regniers visually rich guide includes dozens of design solutions from successful assisted living facilities along with fifteen case studies from the U.S. and Europe. The book also covers recent developments in the industry including major changes in financing, growth of dementia, and interest in aging-in-place. All in all, this is the most comprehensive guide to assisted living design that you'll find in any single volume.

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Landscape And Sustainability

By Maggie Roe

Publisher: Routledge

Number Of Pages: 320

Publication Date: 2007-09-19

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415404436

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415404433

Book Description:

This unique book addresses the issue of sustainability from the point of view of landscape architecture, dealing with professional practices of planners, designers and landscape managers. This second edition contains updated and new material reflecting the developments in the field during the last five years, addressing the relationship between landscape architecture and sustainability in a comprehensive way.Much in the text is underpinned by landscape ecology, in contrast to the idea of landscape as only appealing to the eye or aspiring cerebrally to be fine art. As this exceptional cast of contributors argue, landscape is and must be much more than this; landscape architecture is about making places which are biologically wholesome, socially just and spiritually rewarding.Landscape and Sustainability establishes that the sustainability agenda needs a new mindset among professionals. The question to be answered first and foremost is, is it sustainable? The chapters in the book move progressively from theory to practice, from the global to the local scale and from issues of policy and planning through to detailed design and implementation and on to long-term maintenance and management. The contributors raise and re-examine a complex array of research, policy and professional issues and agendas to contribute to the necessary ongoing debate about the future of both landscape and sustainability

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Row Houses - A Housing Typology

By Günter Pfeifer, Per Brauneck

Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

Number Of Pages: 112

Publication Date: 2007-12-11

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3764378387

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783764378387

Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

To continue developing existing building types in an intelligent way is a crucial task in the field of residential building. A deeper understanding of the underlying types is indispensable for the success of the individual design, as well as for ensuring that tried and tested structures can be utilized, repeated, and varied in a wide variety of situations. For this typology of residential buildings, the authors have developed systematic new presentations of the most innovative types. Each individual volume lays out the possibilities for using and transforming a particular form of residential structure.The first volume deals with the various types of the courtyard house, which utilizes the courtyard as an intimate outdoor living space. A presentation of the courtyard as a building block of the city is followed by coverage of the complete spectrum of types - cluster, network, carpet, terraces, etc.The second volume is devoted to the various types of row house, a particularly widespread form of residential structure. A general discussion of the row as organizing principle - the row as urban building block, linear space, ways of handling corners - is followed by the systematic presentation of the different types.Within each type, variants are distinguished according to how they organize

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