Evidence-Based Design for Multiple Building Types

Name: Evidence-Based Design for Multiple Building Types
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ISBN: 9780470129340

ISBN-10: 0470129344

ISBN-13: 9780470129340

Edition: 2008

Authors: D. Kirk Hamilton, David H. Watkins, Christine McEntee

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Evidence-based design, which bases design decisions on the best available current research evidence, is gaining traction among architects. Expanding the field from its origins in healthcare to other building types such as education, criminal justice, commercial, industrial, and places of worship, this book introduces design professionals to the concept of evidence-based design and its use in the creation of high performance environments. It focuses on the methods by which design professionals and their clients can create better buildings by critically interpreting the implications of credible research and careful observation of completed projects. Drawing a direct link between evidence and…

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List price: $96.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/31/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 8.20" wide x 9.20" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English

Larry Stephens is a professor of mathematics at the University of Nebraska and has also worked for NASA. He is the author of McGraw-Hill's "Advanced Statistics Demystified" and "Schaum's Outline of Beginning Statistics."



Foreward By Chris McEntee


Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Case for Evidence-Based Design



What is Evidence-Based Design?



Precedent-Based Professions & Transforming Architecture



The New Practitioner



Sustainable Design is Founded on Evidence




Evidence-Based Design for Building Types



Evidence-Based Medicine and Healthcare Design



Evidence in the Design of Learning Environments




Evidence and Data in the Design of Workplace Environments



Data Drives the Design of Retail Environments



Evidence-Based Environments for Science



Evidence in Places for Assembly and Performance



Evidence in Historic Preservation & Adaptive Reuse



Evidence in Urban Planning



Designing With Evidence



Process & Methods for Evidence-Based Design



Evidence Sources & Limitations



The Practitioner as Researcher




The Challenges for Architectural Education


Conclusion: Architecture will always be Knowledge-Based


Bibliography


Index