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Essential information for the design of healthcare facilitiesBuilding Type Basics for Healthcare Facilities, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for the essential information you need to confidently begin the design process and successfully complete a healthcare project, large or small, on time and within budget. Leading architects from across the United States share their firsthand knowledge in order to guide you through all aspects of healthcare facility design, with an emphasis on what you need to do to get started quickly.This edition is revised with multiple new healthcare project examples completed this century, more information on engineering requirements, and background on evolving sustainability and technology issues. It begins with an assessment of the healthcare industry's current and future needs, focusing on how those needs affect architecture. Next you get critical information and guidelines that enable you to create successful designs for inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care facilities. Coverage includes clinics, emergency departments, ambulatory care units, specialty centers, as well as facilities designed for adaptive reuse or the assimilation of future technologies.This quick reference: Addresses twenty key questions that arise when launching a healthcare facility design projectOffers insight from leaders in the industry based on their own design experienceProvides hundreds of project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and detailsNot only does this book offer current, authoritative information, its comprehensive coverage and logical organization also save you countless hours of research.Building Type Basics books provide architects with the essentials needed to jump-start specialized facilities design. Each volume features leading experts in the field who address the issues that shape the early phases of a project in a convenient, easy-to-use format.

Essential information for the design of elementary and secondary schools Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for the essential information you need to confidently begin the design process and successfully complete the design for elementary and secondary schools, large or small, on time and within budget. Bradford Perkins shares his firsthand knowledge in order to guide architects, planners, engineers, and their clients through all aspects of the design of school facilities. This new edition is up-to-date with the latest developments in school design with a fresh look at technology's influence in the classroom, along with current research that shows how school buildings can impact teaching and learning. Highly illustrated and filled with new school case studies with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details, this book combines in-depth coverage of the structural, mechanical, acoustic, traffic, and safety issues unique to schools, with the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion. This new edition offers: Numerous photographs, diagrams, plans, and sectionsAn expanded and detailed guide for programming school facilitiesA new chapter on circulation and basic planning optionsNew material on current trends in school planning and designA new chapter on sustainable design ideasAn updated chapter on technology in schoolsAn expanded discussion of international school design opportunities and issuesThis conveniently organized quick reference is an invaluable guide for busy, dedicated professionals who want to get moving quickly as they embark on a new project. Like every Building Type Basics book, it provides authoritative, up-to-date information instantly and saves professionals countless hours of research.

Complete with descriptive illustrations, this useful resource offers essential information, guidelines, and cautionary advice on building projects for churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and spaces for religious education. Covers issues such as consensus-based decision making, site selection, renovation, and code compliance.Gain insight into working closely with parishioners during the decision making process, incorporating iconography, and the emotional impact of space.Order your copy today!

Here's your guide through the basics of programming, designing, and planning many types of recreational facilities. Including golf and country clubhouses; tennis, aquatic, skiing, and equestrian support facilities; and spas and fitness centers.Tackle the practical challenges architects, engineers, and consultants face in creating attractive and financially viable leisure facilities.Order your copy today!

Essential information for the design of senior living facilitiesBuilding Type Basics for Senior Living, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for essential information you need to plan and successfully complete the design of residential care environments for seniors on time and within budget.Primary authors Bradford Perkins and J. David Hoglund and their Perkins Eastman colleagues—all experts in senior living design—share firsthand knowledge to guide you through all aspects of the design of senior living communities, including independent living and assisted living apartments, and skilled nursing facilities.This edition features new examples of completed projects and is up to date with the latest developments in senior living design, including coverage of sustainable design, renovation and reinvention, international opportunities, operations, and project financing.This new edition offers: Numerous photographs, diagrams, and plansA new chapter on issues, trends, and challenges for the senior living industry in the next decadeA new chapter devoted to sustainability strategies and considerationsUp-to-date coverage of new technologies being implemented in senior living facilitiesNew space programming standards and sample programsLike every Building Type Basics book, this conveniently organized quick reference provides authoritative, up-to-date information instantly and saves professionals countless hours of research.