Universal Design Handbook

Preiser, Wolfgang; Ostroff, Elaine

ISBN 10: 0071376054 / ISBN 13: 9780071376051

Published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001

About this Item

The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Universal Design Handbook
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071376054
• ISBN 13: 9780071376051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

*One-stop reference to both American and international universal design standards *CD-ROM includes new American with Disabilities Act code requirements, illustrated standards, checklists, and technical fact sheets, ready for downloading *Covers guidelines from buildings to telecommunications

About the Author

WOLFGANG F.E. PREISER is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Cincinnati and a consultant in building performance evaluation. He is published widely, with 12 books on topics ranging from postoccupancy evolution to facility programming and design research in general. He has lectured worldwide and won numerous awards and honors, including the Fulbright Fellowship, Progressive Architecture Annual Award for Applied Research, Rieveschl Award for Scholarly and Creative Works at the University of Cincinnati, EDRA Career Achievement Award, and others. ELAINE OSTROFF, Ed. M. is the Founding Director of the Adaptive Environments Center and an international consultant on universal design education. She is the Program Chair for Designing in the 21st Century II: An International Conference on Universal Design, and is director of the Global Universal Design Education Project. She lectures on universal design worldwide and has authored numerous publications on universal design as well as the ADA. She has been honored by EDRA, Brandeis University, the Council for Exceptional Children, the ADA National Technical Assistance Network, and the Radcliffe Institute.