Global Universal Design Educators Online News

Produced and distributed by Elaine Ostroff, through contracts with the Center for Universal Design and the Adaptive Environments Center, in cooperation with the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

Volume 5 Number 3, February - March 2004

Contents

• Editor's Note
• News from the Global Network
• AUSTRALIA 
• Smart Housing - Universal Design in Queensland
• CANADA
• Canadian Building Codes, Interview with Laurie Ringaert
• New Rail Cars Must Remove Obstacles
• EUROPE 
• European Prize for Urban Public Space
• Inclusive Design and Intelligent Technology for Accessible Workplaces (IDIA)
• JAPAN
• Central Japan International Airport and Universal Design
• SCANDINAVIA (NORDIC COUNTRIES)
• Nordic Tourism for All Award
• Universal Design Education Project (UDEP-Sweden)
• Design for All in Public Transport, Design for All in Education
• UNITED KINGDOM 
• The Accessible Electronics Lab Invites Participation
• The Disability Portfolio
• Inclusive Design Discussion List
• 2004 Misha Black Medal awarded to Elaine Ostroff
• UNITED STATES
• 2004 daVinci Awards
• Access Board Updates:
• Accessibility Highlighted in U.S. Aid Program for Afghanistan
• Project Panel Convenes on Improving Indoor Air Quality
• ADA Document Portal
• Diversity in Design Journal
• EDRA 2004
• Social xCHANGE
• The Universal Package: designing packaging for everyone
• Universal Approach to Interpretive Planning, Programs and Design
• WORLD
• World Wide Web Updates:
• Accessible Layout - The Tension Between Accessibility and Visual Design
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, Working Draft Released
• Design Competition: Integrated Communities: A Society for all Ages
• Global Universal Design Educator's Network e-mail list
• Calendar (opens a different window)
• Adding your information, questions to the Online News

EDITOR'S NOTE

You'll find news about Smart Housing in Australia, workplace design in a new European-based website, a people-friendly airport in the works for Japan, design for all in education in Sweden, guidance to improve the user experience in museums and libraries in the UK, enlightened financial aid policies for rebuilding Afghanistan, and beginning work to improve indoor air quality in the US. You can join a new discussion group on inclusive design, and/or contribute to a new journal - Diversity in Design - and refer people to design competitions at multiple scales - urban, architectural and product. There are at least six conferences noted - ranging from transportation to education, packaging, social change, environment behavior and web design. 

The decision to post the Calendar separately in early March looks like it may be a way to divide the large amount of information in the future. We'll evaluate this in about a month - to send out the Calendar first and then the newsletter a month later. Your comments are welcome.

Information from the Online News may be freely copied and quoted as long as the individual author, and/or web site and this source are cited. NOTE: Previous issues of the Online News are available online at the Global Universal Design Education Network website at: http://www.universaldesign.net.

NEWS FROM THE GLOBAL NETWORK

AUSTRALIA

The Queensland Government, Department of Housing has created a booklet about Universal Design and Smart Housing. The Government states that Smart Housing is good practice in designing, planning and building homes to make them more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable. In a Smart House, you will be able to move around more easily, feel safer, save money and help the environment. You and your family can live in a Smart House through all stages of your lives. Smart Housing has been developed in response to the demand for housing that better meets people's needs, responds to the Queensland climate, and saves money.

The booklet explains the benefits of universal design and how they can be achieved. It is based on a collection of key reference materials and collective experience across the Queensland Government. A list of useful reference materials is included for anyone wishing to access further information on universal design.

For more information see: 
http://www.housing.qld.gov.au/builders/smart_housing/

CANADA

Canadian Building Codes - Interview with Laurie Ringaert

Q: Do the Canadian Building Codes include universal design?
A: I believe that some of the technical changes that are to be approved will move the Code more toward a universal design approach. 

One example is with the requirement for the lever faucet or electronic control. At the present time, this requirement is only for the 'barrier-free' sink (lavatory) in the public bathroom in Part 3.8 (Barrier-Free section of the code). The proposed change will move the requirement into the regular plumbing section (3.7) and require that all sinks (lavatories) comply with this requirement; thus a more universal approach.

Other examples are the proposed changes to all hotel rooms.  The proposed changes will stipulate that all doors in the suite are wider, that all toilets and tubs have grab bars, and the sink have lever handles or electronic faucets.  This will make all new hotel suites  more accessible for many users. This will ensure a safer environment for all people and will increase the number of suites that have some sort of accessibility that many people, including older adults can appreciate. 

Q: What other initiatives related to the Canadian Building Code do you think benefit the move towards universal design?
A: The Committee has been working on intent statements to move toward an objective-based code as well as some technical changes.  The purpose of the objective based code is to provide the user with reasons (or intents) for each item in the code. We believe that there will be easier interpretation of the code once these are published. The code itself will look the same with the intent statements being available in a separate document. 

With these references to universal design, it is hoped that builders will now realize that they can go  further than the actual code stipulations and satisfy the intent of the code.

Laurie is very pleased with these moves towards more universal design. The new Canadian Building Code is due to be published in 2005. 

For more information on the Canadian Building Code, see: http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/catalogue/codes.html and http://www.nationalcodes.ca/consult/tc/index_e.shtml

New Rail Cars Must Remove Obstacles

The Canadian Transportation Agency (the Agency) has ordered VIA Rail Canada Inc. (VIA) to remove 14 undue obstacles to the mobility of persons with disabilities on its new Renaissance cars following a complaint filed by the Canadian Council of Persons with Disabilities (CCD) that raised 46 different concerns about the accessibility of certain features of the cars, primarily as they relate to persons who use wheelchairs. The October 29, 2003 decision followed a preliminary decision in March that gave VIA 60 days to show cause as why the removal of the obstacles was undue. The Agency found VIA's response to be inadequate and provided VIA with another opportunity to provide further evidence. 

Throughout the careful examination of all the submissions...the Agency is of the opinion that "VIA has not shown cause that it cannot remedy the undue obstacles identified by the Agency."

In December 2000, VIA purchased 139 passenger rail cars from France's Alstom Transport Ltd., which increased the size of its fleet by approximately one-third. According to VIA, the Nightstock trains, renamed Renaissance, 'were a unique purchase...and at a remarkably low cost.' Designed for use in Europe in the 1990s, they were built to offer fast overnight train service between Europe and the northern regions of the United Kingdom through the Channel tunnel.

The Agency directed VIA, through the recent Decision No. 620-AT-R-2003, to remove the undue obstacles. The majority of these obstacles relate to areas of the Renaissance trains that have been designed specifically to meet the needs of persons with disabilities. 

(See http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/decisions/2003/R/AT/620-AT-R-2003_e.html#17 for background and a detailed list of the undue obstacles and the measures the Agency is ordering VIA to take to correct these obstacles.)

The Canadian Transportation Agency is an independent Government of Canada quasi-judicial tribunal. VIA is an independent Crown corporation set up in 1978 to operate passenger trains in Canada. CCD is a Winnipeg-based organization that speaks out on issues of interest to persons with disabilities.

EUROPE

European Prize for Urban Public Space

For more information, see: http://urban.cccb.org/ 

Inclusive Design and Intelligent Technology for Accessible Workplaces (IDIA)

The IDIA Network aims at integrating the potential of the intelligent workplace with the principle of Design for All, in order to develop a new concept of workplace design, that changes the basic mindset away from 'individual' thinking, which tends towards the use of 'add-on' alterations after a basic design has been made, and towards the inclusion of the maximum possible number of naturally diverse human beings in the design and planning process from the very outset.

In order to guarantee a strong and sustainable uptake of a radically new way to design and produce workplace infrastructures that can guarantee wider accessibility for all, there is a need to join the efforts of computer scientists and technologists with those of design experts, disability experts and other involved actors, whose contribution is essential to a user-centered conception.

For more information on IDIA, see:  http://www.idia2002.com/index.asp

JAPAN

Central Japan International Airport and Universal Design

For the complete article on the airport, see:
http://www2.aia.pref.aichi.jp/voice/no15/15_clear_for_takeoff.html
For a virtual tour of the airport, see:
http://www.cjiac.co.jp/foreign/english/virtual/virtual_01.html

SCANDINAVIA (Nordic Countries)

Nordic Tourism for All Award Winners

The winner, 'Labeling scheme for Accessibility for All,' is a collaborative project on information for accessible tourism between the three players: Horesta, The Danish Tourist Board, and The Danish Council of Organizations of Disabled People (DSI). These have united to form the 'Association for Accessibility for All' (Foreningen Tilgængelighed for Alle) in order to push the information system within the tourism industry. The jury believed the project has great potential to function as a model for similar initiatives in the rest of Scandinavia and Europe.

The jury also issued two honorable mentions. These went to 'Holiday in West Jutland - accessible for all' and 'Accessibility at the Tivoli.' The first of these is a fine model for other regions or municipalities that aim at taking initiatives in their tourism policy with regard to 'tourism for all.'  Accessibility at the Tivoli' is a model in the work on making individual destinations accessible for all.

For the full text of the announcement, see the newsletter '... for all,' The newsletter (online and in print) contains news about design for all from the Nordic Cooperation on Disability and the Nordic Council on Disability Policy. See: http://www.nsh.se/in_english/for_all_no2_Autumn2003.htm

Universal Design Education Project (UDEP-Sweden)

In Sweden, a three-year Universal Design Education Project (UDEP-Sweden) is working on its third year. The project was initiated within the Education Group of the European Institute for design and Disability -Sweden and builds on the US-based Universal Design Education Project. There was consensus that something had to be done to enhance design knowledge and skills related to individuals and groups with different abilities in an integral manner. The most sustainable way found was by the architecture and design schools. Spring 2001 was the start up period and the three-year program will end in summer 2004. The project involves ten universities with master's education programs in industrial/product design, technical/industrial design, garden design/landscape architecture and architecture. The UDEP-Sweden has promoted the development of DfA (Design-for-All) issues. There have been teacher education opportunities, student competitions, different cooperation projects between the schools, with user organizations and individuals/experts. There have been innovations in education methodology and in design. The main point is that universal design approaches, perspectives and competences shall be comprehensive, natural and sustainable in the design professions in the future. There will be a written report by January 1, 2005.

To visit the UDEP-S web site, see: www.universaldesign-sweden.com

Design for All in Public Transport, Design for All in Education

A European conference on Design for All in Public Transport and Design for All in Education will be held on May 7, 2004 in Stockholm, sponsored by the Nordic Council on Disability Policy in cooperation with the European Institute on Design and Disability (EIDD) Sweden. The Public Transport conference will present current initiatives on a national, Nordic, and European level. The Education conference will highlight national projects in Sweden and Belgium and European trends in design for all curriculum development. The conferences are held in conjunction the EIDD Annual General Meeting in Stockholm May 8-9, 2004. For more information email: nsh@nsh.se

UNITED KINGDOM

The Accessible Electronics Lab Invites Participation 

The project will result in a case study, including information gleaned from visits by disabled staff and students to the existing lab and discussions between them and architect/design and assistive technology experts. There will also be a guide, containing a survey of existing materials, systems, standards and courses collated in the form of a database of resources, and information on the process this feasibility project has used and the results obtainable. Materials developed during the project will also be provided on a website. The project will culminate in a workshop for staff, students and designers on the findings.

The project invites readers to send examples of work on, or actual, accessible laboratories. They would also like to hear of examples of disabled people excluded from laboratory-based work or study at any level, including school. Although the focus of the projects is electronics labs, the directors are circulating this questionnaire more widely, as similar types of issues are raised in other laboratory settings and  welcome replies from anyone involved in laboratory work. This includes staff and students in other disciplines as well as electrical engineering and, for instance people working in industry, rehabilitation centers and hospitals.  Please respond by 30 April 2004 (or sooner if possible).

For more information or questionnaire, contact Dr. Marion Hersch at m.hersh@elec.gla.ac.uk

The questionnaire is available at: http://www.ltsneng.ac.uk/hec/lab_access.asp

For more information on LTSN and this project, see: http://www.ltsneng.ac.uk/hec/mini_projects/index.asp#lab

The Disability Portfolio

The Museums, Libraries and Archives (MLA) Council has issued The Disability Portfolio. The Portfolio is another way the MLA addresses their mission to enable the collections and services of the museums, archives and libraries sector to touch the lives of everyone. This is a collection of 12 guides on how best to meet the needs of disabled people as users and staff in museums, archives and libraries. It gives invaluable advice, information and guidance to help overcome barriers and follow good practice. 

This collection of guides has a predominantly practical focus, and aims to give museum, archive and library managers all the information they need to develop inclusive services and practices for disabled people. They aim to give the reader an understanding of the barriers that restrict participation by disabled people, and practical solutions to overcome them. Additionally, the guides also seek to explain how disabled people place themselves within society and what factors influence their choice of services. 

Some of the 12 guides are: 1. Disability in Context, 2. Meeting Disabled People, 3. Training for Equality, Technology, 8. Access on a Shoestring, 9. Accessible Environments, 10. Outreach and Partnerships, 11. Consulting Disabled People, and 12. Employment at Every Level. 

To access the guides, see: 
http://www.resource.gov.uk/action/learnacc/00access_03.asp

Also, The Disability Portfolio is available free for museums, archives and libraries and disabled people working in the sector, in print (12 point clear print) ; large print (15 point); audio cassette and braille (both with brief descriptions).

Inclusive Design Discussion List

Marcus Ormerod from SURFACE has set up a new discussion list for the discussion of issues about an inclusive design process and its application. Inclusive design is applicable in all fields of design and therefore this list covers a wide range of design disciplines. Inclusive Design is a way of designing products and environments so that they are usable and appealing to everyone regardless of age, ability or circumstance by working with users to remove barriers in the social, technical, political and economic processes underpinning design.

If people are excluded from products and facilities that provide homes, education, employment, leisure, entertainment, services and amenities then not only does discrimination occur but also opportunities for integration are lost. An inclusively designed environment considers people's diversity and removes unnecessary barriers and exclusions in a way that benefits us all.

To access the list and its archives, see: 
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/INCLUSIVE-DESIGN.html

Misha Black 2004 Medal Awarded to Elaine Ostroff

Elaine Ostroff, one of the founders of the Universal Design movement in the USA, has been awarded the 2004 Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education. Elaine is only the third American honored since 1978 when the Misha Black Medal was created by the Royal College of Art, the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry of the RSA, The Design and Industries Association and The Chartered Society of Designers. They were joined by the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1996. The medal was instituted as a memorial after Sir Misha Black died in 1977. He was the first Professor of Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art, founded the Design Research Unit and was an advocate for socially conscious design. The medal is the only major award in design education.

Mary Mullin, Chairman, of the Sir Misha Black Memorial Medal Committee commented: Elaine Ostroff has been a persuasive influence on design education at all levels and an indefatigable champion of design that respects the needs and capabilities of older and disabled people, reflecting their aspirations and potential. Importantly it is teaching those who legislate, finance, commission and produce, that thoughtful design can create a more inclusive and better world.' 

For more information, see: 
http://www.adaptiveenvironments.org/index.php?option=Content&Itemid=185

UNITED STATES

2004 daVinci Awards

The nomination deadline is May 28, 2004 and The da Vinci Awards will be presented during Dinner with da Vinci that will be held on October 29, 2004. For more information and a nomination form, see: http://www.esd.org/davinci/

Access Board Updates from Access Currents

Accessibility Highlighted in U.S. Aid Program for Afghanistan

A recent appropriations bill passed by Congress and signed into law includes a provision that calls attention to the needs of people with disabilities in Afghanistan in the delivery of U.S. assistance.  The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) operates programs and services in over 100 countries to help improve economic growth, agriculture, trade, governance, education, and health. arious USAID assistance packages are being directed to Afghanistan to help rebuild its infrastructure and economy after decades of war and civil strife. The approved bill directs USAID to consult with the Access Board and other agencies and organizations on implementing accessibility standards within six months for the construction projects it funds.  USAID is also responsible for submitting a report by the end of the year on how the needs of Afghanis with disabilities have been met through USAID programs, projects, and activities in Afghanistan.  The Board will soon be meeting with USAID to discuss the development of these accessibility standards. 

Project Panel Convenes on Improving Indoor Air Quality

A panel organized to oversee an Access Board sponsored project on improving indoor environmental quality held its first meeting in January in the Washington, D.C. area.  This project, which is being conducted for the Board by the National Institute of Building Sciences, will bring together various stakeholders to examine the effects of building and construction practices on indoor environments. 

Indoor air quality has become a major concern as a result of a growing number of people who suffer a range of debilitating physical reactions from low-level exposures to everyday materials and chemicals found in building products, floor coverings, cleaning products, and fragrances, among others.  These include individuals who have developed an acute sensitivity to various types of chemicals, a condition known as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).  The range and severity of reactions are as varied as the potential triggering agents.  In addition, there are those who report reactions from exposures to electrical devices and frequencies, a condition referred to as Electro-Magnetic Sensitivity (EMS).

The Board's project is focused on how building products, materials, ventilation, and maintenance can impact the quality of indoor environments for people who suffer from MCS and EMS.  The panel, which functions as a steering committee for the project, includes representatives from MCS and EMS organizations, experts on indoor environmental quality, and representatives from the building industry.  At its initial meeting, members discussed various strategies for collecting and disseminating information, selecting focus areas, increasing awareness of the issues involved, broadening participation in the project, developing recommendations for best practices, and identifying potential partners for further study and outreach.

A public website will be set up to disseminate information collected by this project. The above items are from the January-February Access Currents, a free newsletter of the US Access Board. For more news, see: www.access-board.gov.

ADA Document Portal

A new on-line library of ADA documents is now available on the Internet.  Developed by Meeting the Challenge Inc. of Colorado Springs with funding from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, this website makes available more than 3,400 documents related to the ADA, including those issued by Federal agencies with responsibilities under the law.  It also offers extensive document collections on other disability rights laws and issues. 

See: www.ADAportal.org

Diversity in Design - New Journal

The Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA) at the University at Buffalo is sponsoring a new academic journal entitled Diversity in Design: The Journal of Inclusive Design Education. This journal is a forum for in-depth and timely analysis of scholarly issues related to diversity, and, particularly, issues related to inclusive design. It focuses on the changing roles of the designer in increasingly diverse societies. Through peer-reviewed articles that examine diversity issues in design education and interviews with leading scholars/educators, the journal encourages a global community of designers and educators to create new knowledge and partnerships in inclusive design education. 

It will challenge the meanings of design and will advance the critical examination of who is doing the designing; what is being designed; where 'design' is taking place; why certain types of design are being promoted; and how these images, products, and environments are designed, produced and consumed. It will explore the ways that various diversity groups have affected the design disciplines and, in turn, the ways that these disciplines have affected various diversity groups. 

Articles will be reviewed and posted on a monthly basis. The first posting will be April 15, 2004. Please contact Beth Tauke tauke@arch.buffalo.edu or Alex Bitterman at aeb1@ap.buffalo.edu if you are interested in submitting your work for review.

EDRA 2004

The theme for EDRA 35 is Design with Spirit. EDRA is the Environmental Design Research Association - an international, interdisciplinary organization. The 35th annual meeting celebrates the awareness, passion, oneness, and surrender to higher influences in our creative processes of conceiving, shaping, and evaluating our built and natural environments. Taken in the broadest of connotations, spirit not only infuses us with enthusiasm, connection, and original thought in our process, but also manifests in our products. As we strive to create holistic habitats of power and peace, we account for body, mind, and spirit in our criteria, intentions, and choices, just as our predecessors have done for millennia. The 35th EDRA meeting will bring modern practitioners full-circle, to experience their indigenous roots as students and sages of the human-environment relationship. Several of the workshops, symposia, and paper sessions will address the ancient, the mysterious, and the energetic aspects of the interface between the person, the community, the earth, and resultant architecture. 

For more information on the conference, see: http://home.telepath.com/~edra/home.html

Social xCHANGE

The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Architecture Department is hosting a multi-disciplinary symposium about social change as it relates to architecture on April 9-10, 2004 at RISD. The aim of the conference is to critique architectural representation of social life, and offer a public exchange through presentations and reflective theoretical discussions for a social visionary future. The symposium is free, but people should register on the website at http://departments.risd.edu/depts/socexchange/web/. 

Social xCHANGE will include discourses on ability, ethnicity, gender, race, and sexuality embedded in architecture and landscape environments. Social discourses, whether in the profession or in academia, tend to emphasize aesthetics, technological progress and personal freedom. This has produced both a regression and an advance in contemporary cultural experiences, urban development and technological changes. Conference sponsors include RISD Department of Architecture and Design, the RI Council on the Humanities and Adaptive Environments.

The Universal Package: designing packaging for everyone

This conference takes place June 16-17, 2004 at The James B. Henry Center for Executive Development at Michigan State University. This innovative event is a first for the industry.  Pharmaceutical, personal care, consumer goods, food and beverage packages are being held to a similar standard by consumers: they must have great utility. Packages that save time, thinking, and work, making life easier, are in demand. Although improvements that increase utility may add mere 'convenience' to the life of an 'average' healthy consumer, they can be much more impactful on the lives of elderly and disabled people. We should consider making these people the central concern of designers. 

For more information, see: http://www.universalpackage.msu.edu/welcome/welcome.htm

Universal Approach to Interpretive Planning, Programs and Design

The National Center on Accessibility will conduct this 3-day workshop May 25-27, 2004 in Sacramento.  The course is presented in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and registration is open to professionals from all federal, state and local agencies and individuals from non-profit agencies, private facilities, universities, and advocacy organizations.

This workshop is ideal for interpreters and interpretive planners, educators, accessibility coordinators, program coordinators, curators, and exhibit planners, designers and fabricators. This training program focuses on methods and techniques for developing programs and exhibits that are accessible to people with disabilities.  The workshop will also concentrate on the movement away from minimal accessibility standards and 'specialized' design to the benefits of universal designs that can be utilized by people of all abilities. Educational sessions will provide an understanding of the needs of people with disabilities and the application of the principles of Universal Design to recreation areas, museums, and interpretive programs.  Sessions will highlight the evolving use of accessible technology for multi-media programs while addressing access to exhibits, audiovisual programs, museum and education programs, published materials and communications.  Participants will also gain a greater understanding of the critical use of tactile methods with maps, exhibits and objects.  Local interpretive sites and recreation areas will be used for a field based exercise.

To register or for additional information, please visit the National Center on Accessibility website at www.ncaonline.org

WORLD

World Wide Web Updates

Accessible Layout - The Tension Between Accessibility and Visual Design

This is a workshop to be held at the Thirteenth International World Wide Web Conference. Layout and structure are key to good visual design and the conduit for both the content and the graphics. They are also very important for disabled (e.g. dyslexic users) people and specifically visually impaired users, as they need to be quickly and easily interacted with. This workshop aims to address layout, structure, and presentation from the viewpoint of accessibility and good visual design; where these are in opposition, the workshop aims to facilitate discussion between interested parties so that a solution (or at least the beginners of a solution) can be formulated. The workshop organizers support inclusive design or 'design for all' however how can this be the case if users have differing needs? The organizers also assert that no one should be hindered when interacting with layout. Will making layout accessible hinder sighted or 'conventional' users?  Submissions are due by April 2 and the workshop takes place May 18, 2004 in NYC.

For more on the workshop, see: w4a.man.ac.uk.
For more on the Thirteenth International World Wide Web Conference, see: http://www2004.org/

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, Working Draft Released

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released a Working Draft for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. Version 2.0 widens the range of technologies covered and simplifies wording. Following WCAG checkpoints makes Web content accessible to people with disabilities and to users of a variety of Web-enabled devices.

For the new working draft, see: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-WCAG20-20040311/
For information on the Web Accessibility Initiative, see: http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Design Competition: Integrated Communities: A Society for all Ages

The International Council for Caring Communities (ICCC) is the sponsor of the student design competition in cooperation with the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements and United Nations Aging Unit, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Toyo University and other partners.  The competition was first established in 1995 and winning entries have been exhibited at the United Nations in New York and elsewhere.

The Competition invites architecture students around the world to apply their creative talents toward developing solutions, which integrate older persons seamlessly into the fabric of the community and include them in all social, cultural, and productive activities.  This competition was founded by the late architectural historian Dr. Albert Bush Brown in 1995; it is typically held in conjunction with a concurrent of international conference held at the United Nations in New York dealing with 'Caring Communities for the 21st Century: Imagining the Possible.'

Entry forms are due by October 15, 2004.  For submission guidelines and other details, see: http://www.international-iccc.org/guidelines.htm
 

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