DESIGN FOR AGING: 1996-97 REVIEW

This volume presents forty-seven jury-selected projects representing state-of-the-art continuing care rement communities, assisted 1iving facilities., independent apartments, nursing facilities, a dementia care unit, a fitness and therapeutic center, and severa1 combined use facilities.

An exciting, diverse range of projects is represented, illustrating how some of the country's most forward-thinking architects tackle.difficulties posed by institutional attitudes, large-scale building programs,and unyielding. regulatory. requirements. Smaller unit clusters reduce the sca1e of many of the projects, while others have capitalized on unusual site features, rather than rebuilding the site. The jury chose the projects included here for how they address these issues making this volume a window into the concerns involved in designing for the aging at the end of the twentieth century.