The Architecture of Health. Hospital Design and the Construction of Dignity, Hardback/MASS Design Group

Buildings can shape our lives, improve our health, and transform society. Academic histories of architecture and medicine overlook the importance of hospital design. This book shows how hospitals embody the social hierarchies of their time. Hospitals influence individual behavior, and they have the potential to advance human rights. To study hospitals is to unlock the laws of architecture Publisher: Cooper-Hewitt Museum Author(s): MASS Design Group Illustration(s): 250 Illustrations, unspecified Number of pages: 272 Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 188 x 258 x 24 Cover type: Hardback