Innovations in Hospice Architecture

Stephen Verderber, Ben J. Refuerzo

216 pages, parution le 18/01/2006

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Résumé

Providing much-needed focus on hospice projects in the context of unprecedented rates of societal ageing, this new reference book presents an overview of major recent developments in this rapidly evolving building type. The authors present an overview of the historical origins of the contemporary hospice and the diverse variations on the basic premise of hospice care, and offer a series of case studies of exemplary hospices.

The most innovative work in this area over the past decade has been in Japan, the US, Canada and the UK, and the authors describe and analyze examples both as individual projects and as comparable yet differing approaches. Hospice Architecture will be essential reading for anyone involved in the planning, design and construction of hospices.

L'auteur - Stephen Verderber

Verdeber and Refuerzo founded the practice R-2ARCH/Los Angeles and New Orleans 15 years ago and have completed many architectural research-based design projects and their work has been published widely. Many of their healthcare projects have received national awards.

L'auteur - Ben J. Refuerzo

Sommaire

Introduction
An Architectural History of Hospice
On Dying, Nature, and the Machine
Recent Trends
Case Studies
Designing for Palliative Care
Illustration Credits

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Taylor and Francis Books
Auteur(s)	Stephen Verderber, Ben J. Refuerzo
Parution	18/01/2006
Nb. de pages	216
Format	22,5 x 28,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1040g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780415327138
ISBN13	978-0-415-32713-8