Laboratory design guide : for clients, architects and their design team : the laboratory design process from start to finish / Brian Griffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffin, Brian, B Arch

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laboratories--Design and construction.

Laboratories.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 346 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Architectural Press, [2005]

Summary:

Laboratory Design Guide 3rd edition is a complete guide to the complex process of laboratory design and construction. With practical advice and detailedexamples, it is an indispensable reference for anyone involved in building or renovating laboratories.In this working manual Brian Griffin explains how to meet the unique combination of requirements that laboratory design entails. Considerations range from safety and site considerations to instrumentation and special furniture, andaccommodate the latest laboratory practices and the constant evolution of science. Case studies from around the world illustrate universal principles ofgood design while showing a variety of approaches.Revised throughout for this new edition, the book contains a brand new chapter on the role of the computer, covering topics such as the virtual experiment, hot desking, virtual buildings and computer-generated space relationship diagrams.There are also 10 new international case studies, including the Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building at the University of Hong Kong.

Notes:

Previous ed.: London: Architectural, 2000.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0750660899

OCLC:

60739897