Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories

by Daniel D. Watch

Planning to initiate designs for government, academic, and private research laboratories? Here's the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion. Order your copy today!

275 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2001

Reviews

[crypticat · Rating 3 out of 5]

well organised and easy to follow. the text is divided into five sections: A New Design Model (an overview of topics), Laboratory Types, Architectural Design Issues, Engineering Design Issues, and Cost Guidelines. general topics dive into detail only as much as needed, and include brief commentary on specific equipment. a useful subject index is printed on both inside covers and the first and last flyleaf.

there's a decent number of case studies, including photographs that are well-composed and actually useful, not just perfunctorily included because the chapter template called for it (this is surprisingly uncommon in books like this). also plans, interior elevations, sections, perspective sections, and isometrics, all of which are annotated only where necessary. overall floorplans are printed large enough to tell what's going on without becoming cluttered and intrusive.

discussion of sustainability is unfortunately superficial, and generally uninformed and uninformative, and seems to have been included as an afterthought; but sustainability isn't necessarily relevant to the general topic of function and layout.