Böcker av Lorraine Farrelly

Highlights how architecture needs to rise to the challenge of a demographic revolution As people sixty-five and older constitute an ever increasingly proportion of population in most industrialized nations, the design of housing and other built provisions needs to be rethought in order to accommodate this ever-expanding ageing population.

Explores the key materials used in construction. This book examines the future of construction and materiality in architecture whilst considering aspects of structure, construction and sustainability.