Design intervention : toward a more humane architecture / edited by Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Jacqueline C. Vischer, Edward T. White.

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Design intervention : toward a more humane architecture / edited by Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Jacqueline C. Vischer, Edward T. White.

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x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to design intervention : a manifesto for the future of environmental design / Wolfgang F.E. Preiser and Jacqueline C. Vischer -- Housing the single-parent family / Kathryn H. Anthony -- Brookview House : a home for mothers and children / Anne Gelbspan -- Housing pregnant women in conflict with the law : a Massachusetts model and miracle / Joan Forrester Sprague -- Design for the homeless / Nora Richter Greer -- High-rise rehabilitation for the elderly : the case of the Pink Palace / Clare Cooper Marcus -- NOFIM : the beautiful vision of a retirement community in Israel / Robert B. Bechtel -- The best of design for the elderly / Paul John Grayson.
Accessible environments : toward universal design / Ronald L. Mace, Graeme J. Hardie, and Jaine P. Place -- The Westside Ambulatory Care Center in Chicago / Thomas G. Deniston -- A Multiple Sclerosis Center program and post-occupancy evaluation / Robert Gifford and Mark Martin -- Group homes and groups of homes : alternative housing concepts and their application to elderly people with dementia in Sweden / Catarina Almberg and Jan Paulsson -- Design for dementia / Margaret P. Calkins -- Familiar design helps dementia patients cope / Rikard Küller -- The difficult dimension of accessible design : confronting the family / Raymond Lifchez -- Organic design in the Netherlands : case study of an innovative office building / Jacqueline C. Vischer and Wico C. Mees.
Design innovations in office environments / Alan Hedge -- Innovation in the design of the working environment : a case study / Michael Corcoran and John Ellis -- Design innovation and the challenge of change / Wolfgang F.E. Preiser -- Epilogue : summing up opinions on architecture and social change / Jacqueline C. Vischer.
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Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0442273339
9780442273330

Subject:

Architectural design.
Design architectural.
Urbanisme.
Design.
Architecture domestique.
Architecture Aspect social.
Projets d'architecture.
Politique du logement.

Added entries:

Preiser, Wolfgang F. E.
Vischer, Jacqueline.
White, Edward T.

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Location: Library main 72917
Call No.: ID:92-B1435
Status: Available

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