Este libro explora la transformación dramática social, tecnológica, y arquitectónica de hospitales durante las décadas finales del vigésimo siglo. Ilustrado con centenares de ejemplos arquitectónicos.

Preface .IX

PART I: The Inevitable Implosion
CHAPTER 1:Introduction-The Six Waves of Health Architecture.3
CHAPTER 2:The Hospital as a Machine for Healing.17
CHAPTER 3:An Imperfect Machine for an Imperfect System, 1970-80.63
CHAPTER 4:Utopian Excursions.95

PART II: Reconfiguration
CHAPTER 5:Reinventing the Hospital.133
CHAPTER 6:Reinventing the Patient Room.195
CHAPTER 7:Architectural Environments for the Aged, 1965-2000.223
CHAPTER 8:The Community Care Clinic.279
CHAPTER 9:Frontiers of a Transformed Landscape.329

Notes.353

Index.391

Illustration Credits.401

Verderber, S.; Fine, D.J.

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