Architecture and Health recognizes the built environment and health as
inextricable encouraging a new mind-set for the profession. Over 40
international award-winning projects are included to explore innovative
design principles linked to health outcomes. The book is organized into
three interdependent health domains--individual, community, and
global--in which each case study proposes context-specific architectural
responses. Case studies include children's hospitals, rehabilitation
facilities, elderly housing, mental health facilities, cancer support
centers, clinics, healthy communities, healthcare campuses, wellness
centers, healing gardens, commercial offices, infrastructure for
developing countries, sustainable design, and more. Representing the
United States, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia, each author brings a
new perspective to health and its related architectural response.
This book brings a timely focus to a subject matter commonly constricted
by normative building practices and transforms the dialogue into one of
creativity and innovation. With over 200 color images, this book is an
essential read for architects, designers, and students to explore and
analyze designed environments that promote health and well-being.