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_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
082 0 0 _a725.51 W453 2019
_223
100 1 _aWillis, Julie,
_cPh. D.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aArchitecture and the modern hospital :
_bNosokomeion to Hygeia /
_cJulie Willis, Philip Goad, and Cameron Logan.
264 1 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2019.
300 _a244 pages,
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aRoutledge research in architecture
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"More than any other building type in the twentieth century, the hospital was connected to transformations in the health of populations and expectations of lifespan. From the scale of public health to the level of the individual, the architecture of the modern hospital has reshaped knowledge about health and disease and perceptions of bodily integrity and security. However, the rich and genuinely global architectural history of these hospitals is poorly understood and largely forgotten. This book explores the rapid evolution of hospital design in the twentieth century, analysing the ways in which architects and other specialists re-imagined the modern hospital. It examines how the vast expansion of medical institutions over the course of the century was enabled by new approaches to architectural design and it highlights the emerging political conviction that physical health would become the cornerstone of human welfare"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aHospital architecture
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aHospital buildings
_xDesign and construction.
700 1 _aGoad, Philip,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aLogan, Cameron,
_d1974-
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tArchitecture and the modern hospital
_dLondon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
_z9780415815338 (hardback)
_w(DLC) 2018027233
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