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Hospital Builders Tony Monk

Hospital Builders By Tony Monk

Hospital Builders by Tony Monk


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Part of the "Builders Series", this work provides a comprehensive and practical study into an area in which the skills required of the architect and engineer are tested to the limit, whereby specialist technical knowledge and an understanding of patient/staff movement is essential.

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Hospital Builders by Tony Monk

Designing and building hospitals is an extraordinarily complicated and expensive task, which requires technical skill and design innovation. Hospital Builders brings together a selection of key projects from around the world to provide the ideal reference for anyone working in this area. Each of the projects has been specifically chosen for their blend of innovation and practicality and are extensively illustrated with images, photographs, plans and explanatory text. - Anthony Monk is a co-founder of HLM Architects - Britain's premier specialists in health care design. - Comprehensive study of a wide variety of styles of hospital buildings. - Beautifully and extensively illustrated throughout.

Hospital Builders Reviews

the comprehensive selection of photographs, plans and sections is very high quality of interest to the novice and the more expert (HD The Journal for Healthcare Design and Development, July 04)

About Tony Monk

TONY MONK is an architectural practitioner, an educationalist and an author. He graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture, London and obtained a masters degree from Yale University where he was a contemporary of Lord Norman Foster and Lord Richard Rogers. He was a founder partner of Hutchison Locke and Monk (now HLM Architects), who are nationally renowned for their healthcare work. He was the Head and Professor of Architecture at the University of Luton and was the author of The Art and Architecture of Paul Rudolph (Wiley-Academy, 1998). Formerly a member of the Sports Council Lottery Panel, a non-executive director of the Building Centre and a founder director of the Acton Housing Association, he is now a consultant in private practice with Edgington Spink and Hyne.

Table of Contents

Foreword (Philip Powell).Health Care Design (Tony Monk).Evolution of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Health Care (Tony Monk).Current Issues, Themes and Trends (Tony Monk).Hospital Architecture (Tony Monk).Future Proof Not Future Ready (David Hutchison).A Blueprint for the Future (Richard Burton).Conclusions.Sir Philip Powell (Diana Rowntree).CASE STUDIES.HISTORIC:Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon, UK (Powell and Moya).Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, UK (Powell and Moya).Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, UK (Powell and Moya).BRITISH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITALS.St. Mary's Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK (Ahrends Burton and Koralek).Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK (Hutchison Locke and Monk).Maidstone Hospital, Maidstone, UK (Powell, Moya and Partners).Queen Margaret General Hospital, Dunfermline, UK (HLM Architects).Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK (Anshen Dyer).Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, UK (HLM Architects).Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK (Keppie Design).COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. Chepstow Community Hospital, Chepstow, UK (David Hutchison Partnership).West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth, UK (Nightigale Associates).INNER CITY HEALTH CARE. Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK (David Hutchison Partnership).Bethnall Green Health Centre, London, UK (Avanti Architects).Hove Polyclinic, Hove, UK (Nightingale Associates).The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, UK (Powell Moya and Partners).Acad Centre, Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal, London, UK (Avanti Architects).PRIMARY CARE HOSPITALS.Chiddenbrook Surgery, Crediton, Devon, UK (Smith Roberts Associates).Montpelier Health Centre, Bristol, UK (Vic Love Architects).EUROPE.St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (Moloney O'Beirne Hutchison).Tallaght Regional Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (Robinson Keefe & Devane).Dublin Dental Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (Arhends Burton and Koralek).Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands (Nijst Idema).AMERICA.North Carolina University Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (HKS Architects with Corley Redfoot Zack).Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, Utha, USA (HKS Architects with Architectural Design West).Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, USA (Anshen Dyer).Indiana Heart Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (RTKL Associates, Inc.).AUSTRALIA.St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, Australia (Bligh Voller Nield).Atsumi Hospital, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (Kyodo Architects & Associates).ASIA.Medical and Research Centre Hong Kong, Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, China (Percy Thomas Architects).Malaysian Nucleus Hospitals, Malaysia (Percy Thomas Architects).Project Information.Bibliography.Capital Building Statistics 1980-2006.

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GOR008337177
9780471489641
0471489646
Hospital Builders by Tony Monk
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2004-06-25
224
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