This ground-breaking book aims to take a new and innovative view on how disability and
architecture might be connected. Rather than putting disability at the end of the design …

Disability sits in a peculiar position within architecture and urban design. Whilst readers and
anthologies already exist that explore architecture and other identities of difference–such as …

This chapter analyses the potential meanings of the component terms of Universal Design
(UD)–namely, universal and design–rather than take for granted or dismiss what UD is or to …

Abstract Although Universal Design gains popularity as a common sense strategy for
crafting built environments for all users, accessibility for disabled people remains a marginal …

For disabled people in particular, the built environment is often encountered as a series of
hostile, exclusive and oppressive spaces. Examples abound of discriminatory architectural …

“All too often,” wrote disabled architect Ronald Mace,“designers don't take the needs of
disabled and elderly people into account.” Building Access investigates twentieth-century …

One of the more significant problems for disabled people relates to physical obstacles and
barriers in the built environment. Many commercial and public buildings are inaccessible to …

Purpose: To respond to growing calls for a theoretical unpacking of Universal Design (UD),
a disparate movement cohering around attempts to design spaces and technologies that …

Considering the interrelationships between disability and housing design with a focus on the
role of policy in addressing the housing needs of disabled people, this book sets out some of …

Purpose: Recent debates about the epistemological origins of Universal Design (UD) have
questioned how far universalist design approaches can address the particularities and …