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The Urban Land Institute has again cooperated with Visual Reference Publications to co-sponsor this third volume titled Urban Spaces No. 3, which showcases more than 140 outstanding urban/mixed use design projects by leading architects, landscape architects, urban designers and planners. This 320 page volume with over 500 beautifully reproduced full-colour images is an invaluable reference for urban planners, public officials, building committees, and professionals who are responsible for the planning, design, and construction of urban developments of all kinds.
Applying the principles of human-centered design to real-world health care challenges, from drug packaging to early detection of breast cancer. This book makes a case for applying the principles of design thinking to real-world health care challenges. As health care systems around the globe struggle to expand access, improve outcomes, and control costs, Health Design Thinking offers a human-centered approach for designing health care products and services, with examples and case studies that range from drug packaging and exam rooms to internet-connected devices for early detection of breast cancer. Written by leaders in the field—Bon Ku, a physician and founder of the innovative Health Des...
This book showcases outstanding over 120 projects in architecture and interior design from around the world including hotels, conference centres, spas and restaurants.
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A new direction is being created in the design and architecture of educational spaces. This full colour book showcases over 100 projects featuring the most creative and innovative projects done in the field of education. The programming, planning and design of educational facilities including public and private primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, as well as libraries, corporate training facilities, convention centres, and daycare centres are featured. Educational Environments No. 2 illustrates how today, s best educational projects are exceptionally functional, economical, energy conserving, and easily maintained, while at the same time being both adaptable and appealing
By exploring the design process this book looks at the relationship between the architectural and medical professions to see how the next wave of Government health policies can be best provided for. The aim is to raise the quality of health buildings in the primary care sector. Greater flexibility will be required as the medical profession moves towards a pro-active attitude to Healthy Living Centres rather than the traditional reactive treatment to cure disease. This is a hands-on 'how to do it' guide to satisfy changing policy objectives, offering an up to date methodology to encourage a holistic approach to health care buildings which will be of interest to both architectural and medical professionals.
This book presents examples in design innovation for healthcare, as displayed in some 200 projects by 50 leading architecture and design firms. These projects offer numerous ideas for creating health care environments that can help improve patient outcomes, contain health care costs, and incorporate advances in medical science and technology.
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