Title & Author:

The architecture of hospitals / Cor Wagenaar (ed.).

Publication:

Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, 2006.

Description:

543 pages : illustrations

Notes:
Published in cooperation with the Foundation 200 years University Hospital Groningen.
Published in cooperation with the Foundation 200 years University Hospital Groningen and commissioned by the University Medical Center Groningen.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. The culture of hospitals -- II. The city and the hospital -- III. Clean air -- IV. Berlage Institute -- V. Healing by architecture -- VI. Healthcare concepts -- VII. Country presentations.

Summary:

"This illustrated publication is built up around different themes: healthcare concepts, Evidence Based Design, technology and presentations of recently built hospitals in the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Norway and the United Kingdom. The book contains a selection of new, groundbreaking designs, complemented by a number of probing historical studies and is based in part on a congress of the same name, initiated by the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), which included various conferences, studios and workshops."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9789056624644 (paperback)
9056624644 (paperback)

Subject:

Hospital architecture.
Hospital buildings Design and construction.
Health facilities Design and construction.
Hospital Design and Construction
Hôpitaux Architecture.
Hôpitaux (Édifices) Conception et construction.
Équipements sanitaires Conception et construction.
Architecture hospitalière.
hospitals (buildings for health facility)
Ziekenhuizen.
Bouwkunst.
Hospitals Design and construction

Added entries:

Wagenaar, Cor.
Foundation 200 years University Hospital Groningen
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Holdings:

Location: Library main 247959
Call No.: NA6763.A1 A7 2006
Status: Available