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Author/s:
Imran Nazerali, Gail Ramster, Jo-Anne Bichard
Summary:
In this update to Publicly Accessible Toilets: An Inclusive Design Guide, we show how future toilets can be designed to be more hygienic, and also more accessible and inclusive, as a critical part of public health infrastructure.
Web link:
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Publication date:
2021
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Keywods:
Covid-19DesignInclusionPublic Toilets
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
Jo-Anne Bichard; Gail Ramster
Summary:
This guide has been developed from an inclusive design philosophy for providers of publicly accessible toilets, designers, architects and built environment professionals to help make design decisions about their facilities.
File:
Publicly_Accissible_Toilets_1.pdf 3.75 MB
Publication date:
2011
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignInclusion
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
Around the Toilet
Summary:
This website aims to show that the design of toilets is both fascinating and worthy of further exploration, but crucially that toilets provide a gateway to a much more holistic approach to making better places and spaces.
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Publication date:
2017
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Keywods:
DesignInclusionPublic Toilets
Type:
Design Guide