Main entry:

Feddersen, Eckhard.

Title & Author:

Living for the elderly : a design manual / Eckhard Feddersen, Insa Ludtke ; contributions by Helmut Braqun [and others].

Publication:

Basel : Boston : Birkhäuser, 2009.

Description:

247 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 33 cm.

Series:

A design manual

Notes:
Advertising matter included in pagination.
Includes bibliographical index (page 236) and index.
Principles -- Processes -- Inter-generational living -- Assisted living-serviced apartments -- Living concepts for specific user groups -- Living concepts for people with dementia -- Residential and nursing homes -- Integrated housing and neighbourhood concepts.
Translation of: Entwurfsatlas Wohnen im Alter.

Summary:

Quality living in old age is one of the important topics of our time. Intelligent design solutions can push back the limits on housing and care, in favor of a comprehensive trend toward integrated forms of living. A third of the volume provides detailed expert information, a section of examples provides building and living typologies.

ISBN:

9783764388713 (hbk.)
9783034601078 (pbk.)
3034601077 (pbk.)
3764388714 (hbk.)

Subject:

Older people Housing Design and construction.
Domestic architecture for older people.
Long-term care facilities Design and construction.
Barrier-free design for older people.
Architecture domestique pour personnes âgées.
Architecture et personnes âgées.
Older people Dwellings

Added entries:

Lüdtke, Insa.
Braun, Helmut, Dr., 1948-
Kapitzki, Christel, 1959-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263247
Call No.: BIB 194414
Status: Available