The literature on this topic is almost all very recent and seems to be growing rapidly. Two previously published bibliographies are listed at the end of this compilation. An annotation is provided for each item actually seen by the compiler.
"AIA and AIDS." Oculus 54 (September 1991): 13.
Summarizes a panel discussion on "Evolving Models for AIDS
Facilities" organized by the NYC/AIA Health Facilities Committee.
"AIDS Relief." Interior Design 62 (August 1991): 38.
Explains how the quality of interior design in health-care
facilities for people with AIDS can "buoy the spirits of patients
and staff alike."
Arcidi, Philip. "AIDS Life Center in San Francisco." Progressive
Architecture 72 (February 1991): 20.
Describes the design by architect Yo-ichiro Hakomori.
Arcidi, Philip. "Housing for People with AIDS." Progressive
Architecture 73 (November 1992): 99-102.
Documents three projects in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and
New York.
"Beacon for the Future: A Derelict School Has been Turned into Britain's First Residential Centre for AIDS Sufferers." Building Designl (August 1989, supplement): 22-25.
Bodow, Steven. "Design for AIDS Care." Architecture the AIA
Journal 80 (July 1991): 73.
Reports on a panel discussion on "Evolving Models for AIDS
Facilities" held in New York City by the NYC/AIA, and illustrates
a proposal by Perkins & Will/Davis, Brody & Associates for
converting a disused public school into a 241-bed AIDS facility.
Canty, Donald. "Art and Comfort in Seattle AIDS Care Facility."
Progressive Architecture 73 (March 1992): 22
Describes what is said to be "the first residential care
facility designed and built specifically for AIDS victims in the
nation."
Crimp, Douglas with Adam Rolston. AIDS Demo Graphics. Seattle:
Bay Press, 1990
Includes a chapter on agitation by ACT-UP in favor of
improved housing for AIDS patients (pp. 122-129).
Daly, Gerald. "Health Implications of Homelessness: Reports from Three Countries." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 17 (March 1990): 111-125.
Dana, Amy. "Designing a Cure." Interiors 150 (August 1991): 95.
Describes the design for the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research
Center for the City of New York, by architects Lord Aeck Sargent.
Davidsen, Judith. "AIDS Hospice." Interior Design 61 (March
1990): 204-205.
Describes the design of Boston's Hospice at Mission Hill.
"Design for AIDS Care." Architecture the AIA Journal 80 (July
1991): 73.
Reports on a panel discussion held in New York City on
"Evolving Models for AIDS Facilities."
"Design for Living." American Craft 51 (June-July 1991): 8.
Documents the creation of a patient-visitor lounge for the
AIDS ward at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City, as a pro
bono project supported by numerous interior designers and
suppliers.
"Design Industry Rallies for AIDS-fighting Group." Contract 30
(December 1988): 18.
Describes the renovation of a building to house the
activities of the Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York City.
"DIFFA/C Turns a House into a Nurturing Home." Interior Design
63 (August 1990): 30.
Describes the renovation of a house in Washington, DC, as a
facility for children living with AIDS.
Drucker, Ernest. "Epidemic in the War Zone: AIDS and Community Survival in New York City." International Journal of Health Services 20 (1990, no. 4): 601-615.
Farnsworth, Alexander. "AIDS and Architecture." Metropolis 10
(December 1990): 21-23.
Describes functional and formal requirements of hospices for
people with AIDS in New York City.
Fedor, Marck A. "AIDS: Advocacy and Activism." Nursing and
Health Care 12 (May 1991): 233.
Describes the efforts of Housing Works, Inc., in New York
City, "to provide advocacy, housing and services to persons
living with AIDS."
"Frontis." RIBA Journal 95 (December 1988): 5.
Illustrates the Lancaster Road AIDS hospice in London.
Hellman, Louis. "First AIDS." Architects' Journal 186 (23
September 1987): 24-25.
Critiques the design for the United Kingdom's first AIDS
hospice, in Lancaster Road, London, finding it unnecessarily
monumental.
Homelessness in the 1990's: Hearing Before the Task Force on
Urgent Fiscal Issues of the Committee on the Budget, House of
Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session,
December 20, 1989, New York City, NY. Washington: U. S.
Government Printing Office, 1990.
Includes material on housing needs of persons with AIDS.
"Homes for People with AIDS" in If You Lived Here: The City in
Art, Theory, and Social Action, a project by Martha Rosler.
Seattle: Bay Press, 1991, pp. 230-233.
Presents the design by Gustavo Bonevardi, Lee Ledbetter, and
others, for a housing facility in New York.
Jackson, Paula Rice. "Practice and Proof." Interiors 150
(December 1991): 7.
Describes the renovation of a building in Gloucester,
Massachusetts, to house a non-profit entity offering services to
AIDS patients and others.
Kessler, Mark and Katherine Lambert. FACE: Tenderloin AIDS
Resource Center. [San Francisco: FACE], 1991.
Artists' book documenting the remodeling of a San Francisco
acupuncture clinic into an AIDS resource center by FACE
architects.
Lewis, L. "Housing People with HIV Dementia." AIDS Patient Care 2 (June 1988) 35-37.
Local Authorities Associations' Officer Working Group on AIDS. Housing and HIV Disease: Guidelines for Housing Association Action. London: National Federation of Housing Associations, 1989.
Local Authorities Associations' Officer Working Group on AIDS. Housing and HIV Infection: The Challenge to Local Authorities. London: Association of Metropolitan Authorities, 1988.
Manson Willms, Sharon, Michael V. Hayes, and J. David Hulchanski. Housing for Persons with HIV Infection in Canada: Issues and Recommendations. Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 1991.
Manson Willms, Sharon, Michael V. Hayes, and J. David Hulchanski. Housing for Persons with HIV Infection in Canada: Issues, Options and Housing System Impacts (UBC Planning Papers. Canadian Planning Issues). Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 1990.
Maxwell, Marc A. "Housing People with AIDS: Raising the Roof,
Opening Doors." American Institute of Architects Memo (June
1992): 3.
Discusses Boston-based initiatives intended to increase
architects' awareness of the need for, and design requirements
of, housing for people with AIDS.
National Commission on AIDS. Housing and the AIDS/HIV Epidemic: Recommendations for Action. Washington, DC: The Commission, 1992.
Nesmith, Lynn. "AIDS/HIV Life Center Underway." Architecture the
AIA Journal 80 (February 1991): 30.
Relates the results of a competition for the design of a
facility in San Francisco to provide an exhibition space for the
AIDS Memorial Quilt and space for various services.
"Northwest AIDS Foundation: Housing Options for People with
AIDS." Caring 8 (November 1989): 22-24.
Calls attention to the need for a variety of housing
options, in accordance with varying care requirements, for people
living with AIDS.
Phillips, Patti E. "Adding Insult to Injury: The Lack of Medically-Appropriate Housing for the Homeless HIV-Ill." University of Miami Law Review 45 (November 1990-January 1991): 567-615.
Rus, Mayer. "AIDS Relief." Interior Design 62 (August 1991): 38
Describes design upgrades in the AIDS wards of St.
Vincent's Hospital and New York Hospital in New York City.
Rus, Mayer. "N. Y. Hospital." Interior Design 63 (April 1992):
124-125.
Presents the design by Tony Mallen for the AIDS Care Center
in New York Hospital, New York City.
Sachner, Paul M. "A Place of Passage." Architectural Record 176
(November 1988): 104-107.
Describes the renovation of an existing convent as an AIDS
hospice in San Francisco's largest gay neighborhood.
Schietinger, Helen. "Housing: A Critical Need for People with AIDS." Community Development Journal 24 (July 1989): 195-201.
Schietinger, Helen. "Housing for People with AIDS." Death
Studies 12 (1988, no. 5-6): 481-499.
Describes the pioneering Shanti Project in San Francisco to
provide housing for homeless people with AIDS.
Slatin, Peter D. "New Housing for AIDS Patients Stresses
Privacy." Architectural Record 179 (November 1991): 27.
Describes and illustrates a facility in San Pedro,
California, designed by Grinstein/Daniels
Smith, Susan J. "AIDS, Housing, and Health." British Medical
Journal 300 (27 January 1990): 243-244.
Provides a brief account of the AIDS and housing movement in
Great Britain.
Smith, Timothy. "Raising the Roofs, Opening Doors: Better
Environments for People with AIDS." Competitions 3 (Spring
1993): 44-51.
Reviews a competition sponsored by the City of Boston and
the Boston Society of architects/AIA, and illustrates some of the
top entries.
Steinglass, Ralph. "AIDS Walk New York: By 'Building a Belief,"
Architects will Walk Together." Oculus 54 (April 1992): 2.
Reports on efforts to organize architects and interior
designers as a bloc of participants in a fundraiser to benefit
the Gay Men's Health Crisis.
Stubbs, Stephanie. "Designing Housing for People with AIDS: Meet
the Challenge." American Institute of Architects Memo (May
1992): 26.
Announces educational and other opportunities designed to
increase architects' awareness of the need for sensitively
designed housing for people with AIDS.
Sweeney, Thomas W. "A Humane Rehab Project Takes Shape."
Historic Preservation News 33 (May 1993): 13, 15.
Describes the rehabiltation and conversion of a ca. 1850
cottage and carriage house in San Francisco into a residence for
ten persons with AIDS.
"The Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center." Progressive Architecture
73 (May 1992): 136-137.
Describes a counseling and resource center designed by
Katherine Lambert and Mark Kessler of FACE.
Tetlow, Karin. "Designing for AIDS." Architecture the AIA
Journal 81 (March 1992): 85-92.
Outlines design requirements for AIDS-care facilities and
illustrates several examples of completed ones, including the
Bill Austin Center of the Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, DC
(a memorial to architect Bill Austin).
Tetlow, Karin. New Home Heals." Interiors 150 (December 1991):
50-57.
Describes the creation of Easler House, a renovated building
in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to house a non-profit entity
offering services to AIDS patients and others, as a project of
the "Interiors Initiative"
Tischler, Linda Hayes. "Design as Healer: Boston AIDS Hospice."
Metropolitan Home 22 (September 1990): 62.
Describes the design and function of Boston's Hospice at
Mission Hill.
Wallace, R. "A Synergism of Plagues: 'Planned Shrinkage,'
Contagious Housing Destruction, and AIDS in the Bronx."
Environmental Research 47 (October 1988): 1-33.
Correlates HIV-infection with the prevalence of inadequate
housing, a deteriorated infrastructure, and decreases in social
services in the slum area studied.
Willis, Carol and Rosalie Genevro, eds. Vacant Lots. New York:
Princeton Architectural Press, 1989.
Presents the design by Gustavo Bonevardi, Lee Ledbetter, and
others, for a hypothetical housing facility in New York (pp. 42-
43).
Yates, Chris. Building for Immunity: Housing People with HIV Disease and AIDS. London: National Federation of Housing Associations, 1991.
Manson Willms, Sharon, Michael V. Hayes, and J. David Hulchanski. Housing Options for Persons with AIDS: An Annotated Bibliography. Vancouver: Centre for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia, 1991.
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