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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456439303321

Autore

Verderber Stephen

Titolo

Innovations in hospital architecture / / Stephen Verderber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99978-7

1-282-56999-6

9786612569999

0-203-85575-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Disciplina

725.5

725/.51047

Soggetti

Hospital architecture - Design and construction

Health facilities

Hospital Design and Construction - trends

Architecture - trends

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-364) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustration credits; Acknowledgements; PART 1 Background; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Architecture for health: a brief history of sustainability; CHAPTER 3 The evolving role of site, landscape, and nature; CHAPTER 4 The evolving patient room and PCU; CHAPTER 5 The evolving role of memory, place, and sustainability; CHAPTER 6 Prognostications; PART 2 Design; CHAPTER 7 Designing for hospital-based care; PART 3 Case studies; CHAPTER 8 Case studies; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This indispensable reference book captures key recent developments in the rapidly evolving field of sustainable hospital architecture. Today's architects must provide hospitals which enable high quality care for diverse patient populations in carbon neutral care settings, and this book succinctly considers what needs to be done in order to meet that challenge. The contemporary hospital is viewed in the context of global climate change, the planet's diminishing natural resources and the



spiralling cost of operating healthcare facilities.Stephen Verderber considers the future of the ho