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Property Brothers’ Design Tips for a Home You’ll Never Have to Leave
AARP has long been an important advocate for better home design, better home features, and helpful products that can maintain our...
13 Little Updates to Make Your Home Low-vision Friendly
We are very aware that many homes need added lighting, natural and artificial. To help us quantify the useful light that falls on a...
BLD Flagstaff House Update
Construction continues, with deck footings going down, and interior walls going up. We will finish later in 2019, so stay tuned to see...
Even the trails are bigger in Texas
Thank you for following along our accessible hiking series. This week we explore the expansive landscape that is Texas specifically, San...
Accessibility in the Wild
This a great article about better designed areas in the public domain. One point to emphasize is that designing to ADA standards, which...
Two ‘Right-Sized’ Model Homes That Tackle Affordability Issues
We are very aware of the problem of housing affordability and these approaches may be replicable. Other than ADU’s, we’re not sure how...
Aging and Thriving in Place
We have long regarded Toronto as a good example of a progressive planning city. This proposal from Sidewalk Labs has a lot going for it,...
Let the Accessible Adventure Continue
Last week we began with the trails of Western North Carolina , this week we head further down the east coast to Florida to the El Rio...
Aging in Place Programs That Really Work
The absolute best way to age in place is to already live in a home that maximizes function (without looking institutional). Even with...
A second home in back, ready to age in place: Accessible ADUs
We love ADU’s as additional residential options for older households. I can quibble about some of the “UD” features listed here and we...
Let the Accessible Adventure Begin!
The great thing about accessible places and trails is that they are also very family friendly. The other thing about accessible places is...
Build Small/Live Large Conference - Let's Talk ADU's
Great conference in Portland, Oregon that addresses smaller homes, ADU's, and housing for missing middle households. And at least one...
Reader Feature: Doug Walter Accessible Bathroom Remodel
This renovation project has numerous accessibility features for this client with significant current needs. The client had experienced a...
Right Under Your Nose: Universal Design in Norway
Our friend and colleague, Olav Rand Bringa, has been a primary catalyst for universal design adoption in Norway for over 15 years. In...
Hidden Universal Design: Commercial Doors
One way for a product or architectural feature to arrive at a universal outcome is through the intention of serving the needs of a narrow...
Design Pioneer and Visionary of Universal Design, Remembering Ron Mace
It has been 20 years since the untimely and sudden passing of Ronald L Mace. So much time has passed that many people might not know who...
National Building Museum - DC
We really like using a “wet area bath” option for curb-less showers in small bathrooms. This shower at the National Building Museum ...
No Need for Moral Growth
In his interesting article, Easy Chair , John Crowley makes the case for broadly applied accommodating design, generally referred to as...
What elements should/shouldn’t BLD architects, designers and builders use more often in residential
We’ve known about our aging society for many years. We’ve seen this coming. Builders and developers need to incorporate more long-term...
Walking through a “Better Living Designed” home.
A BLD home isn’t difficult to achieve. The program gives people lots of flexibility in how to integrate these features into a new home or...
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