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Child Care Design Guide

by Anita Rui Olds
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Child Care Design Guide
Child Care Design Guide

Essential guide to child-centered facility design.

If you're passionate about creating or renovating spaces where children can thrive, "Child Care Design Guide" by Anita Rui Olds is your go-to resource. It's packed with practical insights grounded in 25 years of experience, ensuring your project meets both developmental needs and stringent industry standards. Get ready to transform your vision into a nurturing environment with this comprehensive, visually rich manual.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Child Care Design Guide

by Anita Rui Olds
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ISBN: 9780070474499
Authors: Anita Rui Olds
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Date of Publication: 2000-11-20
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Business, Sociology
Related Topics: Management, Personal Development, Education, Social Issues
Goodreads rating: 4.71
(rated by 14 readers)

Description

A-Z's for designing superior day care facilities. Virtually unknown 30 years ago, daycare has become a growth industry. Child Care Design Guide helps architects and designers plan, design, and renovate functional, developmentally rich, pleasing centers. Author Anita Rui Olds brings to this work over 25 years of design experience with children's facilities. She gives you step-by-step explanations of interior and exterior layout and design principles fleshed out in clarifying case studies. You learn about licensing and code requirements, operational standards and strategies, and get helpful checklists, charts, and graphs for optimum facility design within time, space, and budgetary constraints. This highly visual work features over 300 floor plans for infant and toddler, preschool, and afterschool spaces, plus areas for outdoor play and more.
 

Essential guide to child-centered facility design.

If you're passionate about creating or renovating spaces where children can thrive, "Child Care Design Guide" by Anita Rui Olds is your go-to resource. It's packed with practical insights grounded in 25 years of experience, ensuring your project meets both developmental needs and stringent industry standards. Get ready to transform your vision into a nurturing environment with this comprehensive, visually rich manual.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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