Universal Design Homes Continue to Grow as a Popular Approach in New Home Construction

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The August 2006 Issue of Ultimate Home Design contains articles on universal design, including one that discusses the increasing trend of universally designed homes in the US. While universally designed homes are on the rise, it is still the case that most builders, designers, and remodelers are unaware and unfamiliar with universal design.

The general public is just as unfamilar with universal design, but some homeowners are coming to realize that universally designed homes can incorperate easy-living features that will benefit them now, as well as allow them to enjoy their home in the long-term.

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Access Living

applegroup-building_resizedThis project is an office building that models the intersection of universal and green design on an infill site in the River North neighborhood of Chicago.  More +

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Ed Roberts Campus - The Essence of Universal Design

Ed Roberts Campus is a universally designed campus that brings disability services together into one building. More +

 

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Accessibility: Comparisons, Compliance, and Universal Design

When: July 25 - 26, 2012
Where: Cambridge, MA

The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design has introduced several new revisions to Titles II and III of The Americans With Disability Act of 1990. Discuss how to interpret and apply these new accessibility design laws with some of the industry leaders at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.   MORE +

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