Main entry:

Neues Wohnen in der zweiten Lebenshälfte. English.

Title & Author:

New approaches to housing for the second half of life / Andreas Huber (ed.).

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser ; Zürich : ETH, 2008.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Series:

Living concepts ; 2

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219).
The adventure of growing old : on growing old and staying young / Herrad Schenk -- The second half of life : a period of life in transformation / François Höpflinger -- The housing market in the tension between demography and phases of life / Andreas Huber -- The falling birthrate : a stroke of luck / Karl Otto Hondrich -- New housing models in practice / Andreas Huber, Margrit Hugentobler, Regina Walthert-Galli -- Designing buildings suitable for life / Felix Bohn -- Space, light, and sight : aesthetic aspects of housing suitable for the elderly / Gerhard Auer -- At home and in a home : a report / Klara Obermüller.

Summary:

We are not only living longer than our grandparents - we are also working longer and remaining more active and enterprising than they did. Against this backdrop, noted authors consider the various aspects of the housing needs in the second phase of life. Realized projects in Switzerland and Germany are analysed.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9783764386351 (pbk.)
3764386355 (pbk.)

Subject:

Barrier-free design for older people.
Architecture et personnes âgées.
Altengerechtes Wohnen Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Huber, Andreas.
Edition Wohnen. English ; 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257475
Call No.: BIB 187972
Status: Available