Benefits from wood interior in a hospital room: A preference study

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-131

  Nyrud, Anders Q ^a   Bringslimark, Tina ^b   Bysheim, Kristian ^a  

^a Treteknisk   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

biophilic design; construction material; evidence based design; hospital design; natural element; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; DESIGN; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NURSING; SURVEYS; WOOD;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN STRATEGIES; EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGNS; INTERMEDIATE DEGREE; NATURAL ELEMENTS; ONLINE SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84901277033     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2013.816933     Document Type: Article

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