Articles Tagged with ''Accessibility''

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A Hybrid Mass-Timber Municipal Ice Arena Offers an Antidote to a Tired Typology

February 26, 2025

With two rinks serving as the main attraction, the hcma-designed Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia, also accommodates those opting to stay off the ice.

Featured Houses

The Little Big House by Knox Bhaven

Hertfordshire, England

RECORD Editors

July 30, 2024

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Focused on independence from both energy and accessibility standpoints, the London firm designs a home for a young artist and author paralyzed from the shoulders down.

Kitchen & Bath 2024

BAAB’s Inside-Out Bath in Upstate New York Turns a Paradigm on Its Head

Kerhonkson, New York

Matthew Marani

February 19, 2024

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Clever design decisions accommodate aging-in-place for a miniscule residential bathroom.

In 'The Architecture of Disability,' David Gissen Broadsides Ableism in the Built Environment

Review: 'The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access' by David Gissen

Matthew Marani

July 2, 2023

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Arguing that current perspectives fail to adequately engage people with disabilities in shaping the public realm, Gissen challenges disciplinary paradigms.

Continuing Education: Design for Aging

Home at Last

Katharine Logan

July 1, 2023

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Projects from Brooks + Scarpa, Perkins&Will, and Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects show how design can help a rapidly growing segment of the population thrive.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Dan Mancina

RECORD Editors

April 20, 2023

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Blind professional skateboarder and founder of Keep Pushing Inc. Dan Mancina joins the podcast to discuss the way skateboarders adapt the built environment, how design can improve to assist the visually impaired, and his foundation’s design for the first adaptive skate park.