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Laboratory Design Guide 3rd edition is a complete guide to the complex process of laboratory design and construction. With practical advice and detailed
examples, it is an indispensable reference for anyone involved in building or renovating laboratories.

In this working manual Brian Griffin explains how to meet the unique combination of requirements that laboratory design entails. Considerations range from safety and site considerations to instrumentation and special furniture, and
accommodate the latest laboratory practices and the constant evolution of science. Case studies from around the world illustrate universal principles of
good design while showing a variety of approaches.
Revised throughout for this new edition, the book contains a brand new chapter on the role of the computer, covering topics such as the virtual experiment, hot desking, virtual buildings and computer-generated space relationship diagrams.
There are also 10 new international case studies, including the Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building at the University of Hong Kong.

* Provides step-by-step explanation of how to meet the unique design requirements of laboratories
* Shows how to make laboratories responsive to evolving technological and scientific practices
* International selection of case studies helps the reader evaluate the options available and is a source of inspiration

Laboratory Design Guide, Third Edition provides an extremely well thought out guide for any person or group involved in specifying or designing a laboratory building. The book serves as an excellent checklist beginning with the development of the design brief or program and ending with the post occupancy evaluation. Somewhat less than half of the book is taken up with the checklist, which, incidentally, consists of one chapter for the potential users and fourteen for the designers; the architects and engineers.These chapters, or segments, of the checklist are full of useful advice and seem to be extremely up to date with the latest technologies going well beyond what I would have expected from an architect.The second and larger section of the book consists of 43 case studies of scientific and medical research buildings, which happen to be located throughout the English-speaking world.In addition to excellent advice, the book points out the newest technologies relevant to this type of building. There are also numerous photos and drawings showing both the individual workspaces as well finished buildings.Laboratory Design Guide belongs in any library that serves people involved or being trained in the specification or design of laboratory type buildings such as those in university or engineering firms. Additionally, many people in an urban setting would be glad to see such a book in their public library. Copyright 2005 E-Streams Reviews.