Low vision affects health and safety in an increasing percentage of the population as it ages. Since 2011, a Rothschild Foundation Task Force has been working with the National Institute for Building Sciences to develop a set of low vision standards for the design and operational procedures for...
DFA Breakfast 2017 - NIBS Low Vision Committee.pptx
Article written by Alain Fournier, Architect, OAQ, OAA, ALBNL, FRAIC for the DFA Blueprints 2015 Q2 edition on Resiliency. Inuit populations across Inuit Nunangat (all Inuit Territories in the Canadian Arctic) have suffered for decades through severe housing shortage and overcrowding...
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Geberit CEU Lunch & Learn invitation from Metropolitan Home Hardware & Bath. Lunch & Learns are presented in your office. Other CEU courses are also available. #CEU #CommitteeonArchitectureforEducation #sustainability #LUNCHANDLEARN #TechnicalDesignforBuildingPerformance ...
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MERIT AWARD RECIPIENT Atria Tamalpias Creek Assisted Living GGLO Each of the four wings creates a neighborhood on each floor. One emphasis of this total building renovation was to create more meaningful gathering spaces in the neighborhoods by re-purposing the underutilized common spaces...
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CITATION AWARD RECIPIENT Landis Homes: Hybrid Homes RLPS Architects Hybrid homes provide seniors with a new housing option that combines the best of both worlds. Multiple exposures, sheltered parking, outdoor living spaces and an absence of corridors are among the cottage-like benefits. ...
MERIT AWARD RECIPIENT Mabuhay Court Senior Housing and Northside Community Center Architect: David Baker + Partners Architect Full Circle Architecture This project combines 96 affordable rental units for low- and very-low-income independent-living seniors with a 15,000 sf community center...
MERIT AWARD RECIPIENT Armstrong Place Senior Housing Architect: David Baker + Partners Architect | Full Circle Architecture This dynamic senior housing creates a new icon and brings life and diversity to San Francisco’s developing Third Street Corridor. A 116-unit affordable senior...