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...
First Kids' Book on Visitability
A children's book on Visitability has just been launched. This is the first book of its kind and will help educate children on how to...
LiveSmart Design Appearing in New Book
Ashley Rooney (author of 22 coffee table books ranging in topics from Shingle Style Homes, Old Barns - New Homes, Fences, Gates and...
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...
Proper Lighting for Fall Prevention
Falls are not a part of the normal aging process, but chances of falling in a dimly lit home are 2-4 times greater than a home that's...
ADA Doesn't Go Far Enough
While working as an interior designer for the Albany Stratton Veterans Hospital in upstate NY, I befriended a paraplegic Vietnam veteran...
Certified Retirement Communities
In 2008, the North Carolina General Assembly created a Certified Retirement Community Program to be administered by the NC Department of...
Universal Design Doesn't Have to be Ugly
AARP has provided us with many wonderful Universal Design videos and this is one shows how a Universal Design home doesn't have to be...
