TOO MANY ARCHITECTS, PLANNERS, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS AND URBAN DESIGNERS REDUCE THE ADA TO SOME KIND OF ONEROUS HURDLE THAT MUST BE LEAPED
Expense is often cited as a reason to shun Universal Design.
This is odd.
The up-front
cost of building LEED sustainable is more than conventional/wasteful
building—but the value, both in operations and when large institutional
investors buy huge office or apartment buildings, is recouped and then some.
I would
argue that Universal Design is the most efficient, durable, sustainable and
flexible approach to town design.
Aging in
place is one of the biggest topics today, as America not only is aging but also
has tens of millions of well-heeled, newly-retired Baby Boomers trying to
figure out whether to age in place, downsize, or move to a senior community.
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