{"title":"MASS Design Group","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMASS Design Group\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the profound relationship between architecture and human well-being, emphasising designs that prioritise health, equity, and community. Their works delve into how built environments can serve as catalysts for social change and improved quality of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful reflections on the intersection of art, culture, and public health, showcased through thoughtful case studies and innovative projects. These books inspire a deeper appreciation for architecture’s role beyond aesthetics, highlighting its potential to heal and empower.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-health-by-michael-p-murphy-jr-9781942303312","title":"The Architecture of Health","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Health\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about the design and life of hospitals—about how they are born and evolve, about the forces that give them shape, and the shifts that conspire to render them inadequate. Reading architecture through the history of hospitals is a deciphering tool for unlocking the elemental principles of architecture and the intractable laws of human and social conditions that architecture serves in each of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book encounters brilliant and visionary designers who were hospital architects but also systems designers, driven by the aim of social change. They faced the contradictions of health care in their time and found innovative ways to solve specific medical dilemmas. Less-known designers like Filarete, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Albert Schweitzer, Max Fry and Jane Drew, John Dawe Tetlow, Gordon Friesen, Thomas Wheeler, and Eberhard Zeidler are studied here, while the medical spaces of more widely-known architects like Isambard Brunel, Aalvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, and Paul Rudolph also help inform this history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll these characters were polymaths and provocateurs, but none quite summarises this history more succinctly than Florence Nightingale, who in laying out her guidelines for ward design in 1859, shows how the design of a medical facility can influence an entire political and social order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Health\u003c\/i\u003e, richly illustrated with images and never before published renderings and drawings from the MASS Design Group, charts historical epidemics alongside modern and contemporary architectural transformations in service of medicine, health, and habitation. It explores how infrastructure facilitates healing and architecture's greater role in constructing our societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432803680492,"sku":"9781942303312","price":78.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781942303312.jpg?v=1774766422"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/mass-design-group.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}