Was Universal Design Achieved? The architecture student Kjersti Kværner Hestetun followed the process of the restoration of the Eidsvoll Manor. Her master th...

Should, and Could, the Building be Universally Remodelled? Even before the renovation, the manor house had an accessible entrance to the first floor Billiard...

How Napoleon’s Defeat in the 1813 Battle of Leipzig Came to Challenge Universal Design’s Innovative Properties - By Olav Rand Bringa, Senior Adviser in The N...

This wide-ranging article points out many of the causes and effects of social isolation. It has, of course, become much worse over the past month with our na...

As many of us stay safe at home or shelter in place, we might be getting too much of each other, or maybe not enough. For those who are already living alone,...

Last month's reader poll asked, "Pocket Doors, Yay or Nay?" We are delighted to see that you had experience with pocket doors and ideas to share about this ...

Good ideas from this article include: 1. At a certain point, downsizing might be beneficial and viable. 2. Consider repurposing a portion of your existing ...

We all wish we can live like the rich and famous, don’t we? It would be incredible to have the budget to makeover our bathrooms like these celebs, but would ...

We acknowledge that some 50+ aged households may opt for apartment living, in part as an affordable option compared to LIfe Care communities or maybe with an...

The Turning Diameter of 1.5 Meters Was Retained, But Not for All Dwellings Research at the Norwegian Universal Design Research Laboratory at the Norwegian Un...

Universal Design of Dwellings Required in the 2010 Version of The National Building Regulations After the turn of the century, the building authorities’ pati...

The private dwelling is in many respects the last frontier for the general regulation of universal design in buildings. There is an appropriate reluctance to...

Two more in-process BLD projects, both renovations. One is a kitchen renovation in Missouri. The other image is an existing bathroom that is part of a substa...

We are so grateful to all those who have signed up with Amazon Smile and chosen to support UDI and BLD initiatives. We wanted to pass along some directions t...

AARP has long been an important advocate for better home design, better home features, and helpful products that can maintain our lifestyle and enhance our s...

Construction continues, with deck footings going down, and interior walls going up. We will finish later in 2019, so stay tuned to see how this home for a li...

We are very aware of the problem of housing affordability and these approaches may be replicable. Other than ADU’s, we’re not sure how much of a future singl...

We’ve known about our aging society for many years. We’ve seen this coming. Builders and developers need to incorporate more long-term utility, allowing resi...

A BLD home isn’t difficult to achieve. The program gives people lots of flexibility in how to integrate these features into a new home or remodeling project....