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Designing Commercial Interiors

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ISBN-10: 0471723495

ISBN-13: 9780471723493

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Christine M. Piotrowski, Elizabeth A. Rogers

List price: $110.00
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The definitive reference on designing commercial interiors-expanded and updated for today's facilities Following the success of the ASID/Polsky Prize Honorable Mention in 1999, authors Christine Piotrowski and Elizabeth Rogers have extensively revised this guide to planning and designing commercial interiors to help professionals and design students successfully address today's trends and project requirements. This comprehensive reference covers the practical and aesthetic issues that distinguish commercial interiors. There is new information on sustainable design, security, and accessibility-three areas of increased emphasis in modern interiors. An introductory chapter provides an…    
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Book details

List price: $110.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/5/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.882
Language: English

CHRISTINE M. PIOTROWSKI, ASID, IIDA, has more than twenty years of commercial and residential design experience. She was an interior design professor at Northern Arizona University and currently provides consulting services to interior designers on business practices from Phoenix, Arizona. She was the 2004 winner of the ASID/Polsky Prize and is the author of the highly respected Professional Practice for Interior Designers, also from Wiley and soon to be in its fourth edition.ELIZABETH A. ROGERS, IIDA, formerly an interior design professor at Utah State University in Logan, continues her design practice through the firm S.O.I.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Historical Overview
Understanding the Client's Business
Working in Commercial Interior Design
Critical Issues
Summary
References
Web Sites
The Office
Historical Overview
An Overview of Office Operations
Facility Management and Facility Planning
Types of Office Spaces
Image and Status
Corporate Culture
Summary
References
Web Sites
Office Interior Design Elements
Overview of Office Design
Preplanning
Space Allocation
Office Furniture
Materials and Finishes
Mechanical Systems
Security
Code Requirements
Design Applications
Summary
References
Web Sites
Lodging Facilities
Historical Overview
Overview of Lodging Business Operations
Types of Lodging Facilities
Planning and Interior Design Elements
Design Applications
Bed and Breakfast Inns
Summary
References
Web Sites
Food and Beverage Facilities
Historical Overview
Overview of Food and Beverage Business Operations
Types of Food and Beverage Facilities
Planning and Interior Design Elements
Design Applications
Beverage Facilities
Toilet Facilities in Restaurants
Coffee Shops
Summary
References
Web Sites
Retail Facilities
Historical Overview
Overview of Retail Business Operations
Types of Retail Facilities
Planning and Interior Design Elements
Design Applications
Summary
References
Web Sites
Healthcare Facilities
Historical Overview
Overview of Healthcare/Medicine
Types of Healthcare Facilities
Planning and Interior Design Elements
Design Applications
Summary
References
Web Sites
Senior Living Facilities
Historical Overview
Overview of Senior Living Facilities
Types of Senior Living Facilities
Planning and Interior Design Elements
Design Applications
Summary
References
Web Sites
Institutional Facilities
Overview of Institutional Design
Banks
Courthouses and Courtrooms
Libraries
Educational Facilities
Planning Public Toilet Facilities
Summary
References
Web Sites
Cultural and Recreational Facilities
Overview
Museums
Theaters
Religious Facilities
Recreational Facilities-Golf Clubhouses
Summary
References
Web Sites
General References
Glossary
Index