208 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
208 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
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This book describes how architects can design better healthcare buildings for a rapidly changing context and climate. Innovation in the design of healthcare estates is essential to the sustainability of our health services. Design thinking in this field is being influenced by a range of factors, such as economic constraints, an ageing demographic, complex health conditions (co-morbidities), and... Read more
1. Origins of the British Healthcare System 2. Financing Healthcare Estates 3. Getting into Healthcare Design 4. The Brief and the Process 5. The Modern Hospital 6. Future of Healthcare
Biography
Sumita Singha is an award-winning architect, academic and author with her design practice, Ecologic. Sumita's awards include the UIA:UNESCO International design award, Women in Business award and Atkins Inspire award for Architecture. Sumita set up Architects For Change, the Equality forum at RIBA and is past Chair of Women In Architecture.
