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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:
Gail Ramster; Clara Greed; Jo-Anne Bichard
Summary:
This paper published in Built Environment explores how public toilet design for new and existing UK provision can be inclusive all genders and their rights to access, without excluding those socially and culturally dependent on a gender-segregated space.
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Publication date:
2018
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Keywods:
DesignGenderInclusion
Type:
Academic Paper

Author/s:
British Standards
Summary:
BS 6465-1 gives recommendations on the design of sanitary facilities. It covers the recommended scale of provision of sanitary and associated appliances in new buildings and buildings undergoing major refurbishment. It also covers the recommended scale of provision of portable toilets.
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Publication date:
2006
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Keywods:
Design
Type:
Standards and Guidance

Author/s:
Hertfordshire Constabulary Crime Prevention Design Service; British Toilet Association
Summary:
This Guide is aimed at the Police Service, Architects, Local Authorities and any other individual or organisation involved with: building new toilet facilities; the refurbishment of existing facilities; dealing with problem sites.
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Publication date:
2010
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Keywods:
Crime & Anti-social BehaviourDesignPublic Toilets
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