Building Type Basics for Senior Living (Hardcover)

by Bradford Perkins (Author), J. David Hoglund (Editor), Douglas King (Editor), Eric Cohen (Editor)
Key Phrases: nior housing, active adult communities, resident laundry, Perkins Eastman Architects, New York, Chuck Choi (more...)

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Product Description
The Building Type Basics series provides architects and other building team members with concise, essential information for planning and designing a variety of building types.
This new volume covers the essentials of designing housing and care environments for the elderly and provides need-to-know information on a range of building sub-types
Included are active retirement communities, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living facilities, Alzheimer's facilities, hospices and more. The text is heavily illustrated with descriptive floor plans, diagrams, and photographs. Authored by an architect who is viewed as a pioneer and leader in this field

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Building Type Basics for Senior Living covers the essentials for the planning and design of housing and care environments for the elderly. Authored by architects whose firm has handled hundreds of such projects, this nuts-and-bolts guide provides need-to-know information on a range of building subtypes, including active adult communities, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living, adult day care, skilled nursing facilities, and more. The authors, pioneers in the field, offer highly illustrative examples of issues that are key to designing structures for the growing over-65 population.

This indispensable guide:

• Asks and answers twenty questions that frequently arise in the early phases of a commission
• Provides project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details
• Includes design guidelines for a variety of senior living projects, from creating a continuum of care to working through a maze of regulatory policies

This conveniently organized quick reference is an invaluable guide for busy professionals who want to get moving quickly as they embark on a new project. Like every book in the Building Type Basics series, it provides authoritative, up-to-date information instantly and saves architects, facility planners, and their clients countless hours of research. Engineering consultants will also find in this volume a wealth of information to help them tackle senior living commissions of all kinds.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471226726
• ISBN-13: 978-0471226727
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #498,974 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loaded with info, February 16, 2006

By	Mr. Philip J. Newton - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a quality overview covering most facets of long term care facility development. As with any broad coverage, there will be information that does not apply to your project, and areas that you will need other sources to complete the picture. But the authors of this book know their stuff.

Written by architects and planners for same; but accessible to the lay reader. A good tool for those interested in developing long term care facilities and senior-oriented communities.