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A comprehensive resource of information for all designers who are creating spaces to be used by children, whether in the home, the school, the playground, the day-care centre, a healthcare environment, or a recreational facility. The design of any of these spaces can have a significant impact on children's cognitive and social development, so it must be undertaken with all the relevant information at hand. This volume collects together relevant design data and product information for both interior and exterior environments. It features: graphic standards for all product types; cost and square-footage data; and code and compliance information.
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Introducing the Most Complete, Essential Guide to Designing for Children. Find all the guidelines, standards, and products you need to design any space for children in this one unique, professional resource. for the first time, Design Standards for children's Environments brings together the entire range of information needed for creating child-centered spaces - including anthropometric data and facilities for the disabled child, plus standards and sources for building products, furnishings, fixtures, recreational items, and amenities. Whether you're an architect, interior designer, landscape architect, or facilities manager, this indispensable, one-of-a-kind guide will help you create spaces - in the home, in schools, in daycare centers, in medical facilities, and in playgrounds - that meet children's physical needs, thereby stimulating cognitive and social development during their critical, growing years. For anyone involved in designing spaces for children, Design Standards for Children's Environments is a much-needed resource, certain to be welcomed and frequently consulted for projects large and small.
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