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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
D Kirk Hamilton; David H Watkins |
| ISBN: | 9780470129340 0470129344 |
| OCLC Number: | 226911731 |
| Description: | xi, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | What is evidence-based design? -- Precedent-based professions and transforming architecture -- The new practitioner -- Sustainable design is founded on evidence / Lia Johnson -- Evidence-based medicine and healthcare design -- Evidence in the design of learning environments / Alejandro Iriarte Dent -- 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 and adaptive reuse -- Evidence in urban planning -- Process and methods for evidence-based design -- Evidence sources and limitations -- The practitioner as researcher / A. Ray Penecost III -- The challenges for architectural education. |
| Responsibility: | D. Kirk Hamilton, David H. Watkins. |
| More information: | Table of contents only |
Abstract:
"Evidence-based design is a process for the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence from research and practice in making critical decisions, together with an informed client, about the design of each individual and unique project" -- from p. vii.
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