

“Visitability”: a way of thinking about aging and design
As the population ages and faces a greater number of physical disabilities, housing and community development must be re-examined. ...


Steps for Fall Prevention
Change in floor elevations can be unexpected and dangerous. Entry steps, stairs between floors, steps between rooms, steps into tubs...


CMAC 2016 Legislative Breakfast
Carolyn Cook, co-founder of the Charlotte Village Network, was part of a 3-person panel for the CMAC (Charlotte Mecklenburg Aging...
Universal Design Community to the Rescue
Who would have thought that locating 'printable' Universal Design project photos would be so difficult! But I found this to be true when...


Aging-In-Place with Universal Design
Article written by Carolyn Cook for the Town of Davidson's HIA program WHAT IS UNIVERSAL DESIGN? Universal Design is the design of a...


Growing Up with Universal Design
Article written by Carolyn Cook for the Town of Davidson's HIA program WHAT IS UNIVERSAL DESIGN? Universal Design is a design concept...


Public Parks and Universal Design
Article written by Carolyn Cook for the Town of Davidson's HIA program WHAT IS UNIVERSAL DESIGN IN OUR PARKS? A Universally Designed park...


Building with Universal Design
Article written by Carolyn Cook for the Town of Davidson's HIA program WHAT IS UNIVERSAL DESIGN? Universal Design is the design of homes...


Visitability and Universal Design
Article written by Carolyn Cook for the Town of Davidson's HIA program WHAT IS VISITABILITY? Visitability is an affordable, sustainable...


Designing a Home with Tile
Below is an article written for Urban Home Magazine by Tile Collection. The article features a home I designed for Kristin Sullivan...