Laboratory Design Guide: For Clients, Architects and Their Design Team, The Laboratory Design Process from Start to Finish

Brian Griffin has written an excellent overview of the process. Particularly handy are the 'rules-of-thumb' to help with early planning for a new laboratory facility, and the checklists. The examples are good - and in fact, probably take up too much space. Most of the book seems to be examples, with a brief summary, plans and photos of each case study. The photos in the cases studies give lots of great ideas; however I would have liked more text up front about the design process. It would be good if future editions could have a critical analysis of the case studies; perhaps explaining what compromises were necessary or what else might have been done, instead of readers either assuming each is perfect or trying to determine themselves where a design might be sub-optimal. I recommend the book if you are commencing the process of designing a laboratory upgrade or a brand new one. It opened my eyes to issues and has saved considerable time and reduced risks to my organisation.

Surprising low content value

Ein sehr empfehlenswertes Buch für alle, die mit dem Laborbau zu tun haben. x x x x x x x