One of the most important design considerations that residential architects have the responsibility to address is accessibility, ensuring that people with disabilities can comfortably live at home ...

“It sounded like a semitruck was coming,” said Adam Wouk, manager of disability services at Joliet Junior College, as he reflected on a student using a platform at another institution. “I wasn’t even ...

An architect who designs a building that includes steps to the entrance but provides an alternative entry with a ramp on the side for people with disabilities, is thinking narrowly about accessibility ...

Organised by the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Universal Design Award Scheme (UDAS) 2026/27 invites organisations from ...

NBCUniversal, Caltech, ArtCenter and museums make our year-end list. An affordable housing design does too. The picks are less about buildings as dramatic sculpture as they are about serving ...

UB’s Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center) has received a five-year, $4.85 million award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation ...

In this relationship, playfulness introduces dynamics and fictions that invite us to explore alternative ways of inhabiting the world. At the same time, architecture provides the physical and sensory ...