Hospital and healthcare facility design Ww norton & co (WW Norton & Co)

A celebrated kanon for architects, planners and hospital administrators; Hospital and Healthcare Facility Design has introduced three generations of students and professionals to the state-of-the-art practice of creating healing environments for those who are ill, while promoting wellness and comfort for all who use them. The third edition of this comprehensive work includes all new case studies and updated text providing innovative ideas and practical guidelines for planning and designing facilities in the rapidly changing landscape of the healthcare world, including Lean and LEED practices, evidence-based design, Planetree design, and other important issues facing contemporary and future designers. It explores the latest thinking on everything from vast new medical campuses to continuous-care retirement communities and from freestanding facilities to template designs for networks of hospitals