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Universal Design Handbook

McGraw-Hill has just published the Universal Design Handbook. Wolf Preiser and Elaine Ostroff are the editors of this unique compilation that brings together the rich international experience of what we call universal design. Universal design is not a trend but an enduring design approach that assumes that the range of human ability is ordinary, not special. This 1216 page book, with 688 illustrations, describes and documents the extraordinary growth in the international movement to create environments and products for all people. During the past 15 years, the approach to design that accommodates people with functional limitations has been changing from narrow code compliance to meet the specialized needs of a few to a more inclusive design process for everybody.

The Universal Design Handbook is a global reference work on the state-of-the-art of this emerging new field and paradigm for design. As such, it addresses both creative responses to civil rights and accessibility legislation as well as the market driven responses to the design needs of a rapidly aging and style conscious population – especially the Baby Boomers around the world. It provides a framework for design that is inclusive, non-discriminatory, and which accommodates a majority of people, regardless of their age, limitations or abilities.

With internationally respected contributors from 18 countries, the 69 author teams provided comprehensive and in-depth coverage of topics ranging in scale from urban planning to the design of cell phones, from United Nations policies to local school districts, from children’s play grounds to Alzheimer’s residential care settings. The book includes: Premises and perspectives in universal design; universal design guidelines and accessibility standards; public policies, systems and issues; residential environments; universal design practices; education and research; case studies; information technology; and, the future of universal design. Robert Ivy, FAIA, Editor-in Chief, Architectural Record, has written the Foreword.

The flyer detailing the 69 chapters, and ordering information is on the pdf that can be downloaded here. The book can be ordered from McGraw-Hill here.

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