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About the Book

Design for All – The Best Path Forward is a user friendly guide intended for planning and design professionals, building code officials, educators, and individuals interested in providing designs that work well for all people. The book was written to help everyone who advocates accommodating the needs of all people to the maximum extent possible in designing, constructing, and maintaining safe and accessible buildings and sites. The author presents safety and accessibility issues and solutions in a format that is easy to understand, quick to grasp, and accurate.

Design for All represents a 30 + year evolution of thinking and attitudes about accessibility standards and requirements expressed in previous editions of Access for Everyone. Color has been added to drawings that emphasize ‘preferred’ dimensions instead of ADA minimum dimensions, and hundreds of the author’s recommendations and photographs are now included.

Whether you are a design professional evaluating accessibility for a multi-million dollar project, a small business owner remodeling a store or office, or a citizen advocating increasing accessibility, Design for All is a resource companion to existing standards and technical materials.

About the Author

Dr. Arvid E. Osterberg is a nationally recognized expert on safety and design standards for buildings and sites. He is a registered architect with a Doctor of Architecture degree from the University of Michigan, a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois. He was awarded and holds the honorary position of University Professor at Iowa State University where he has been teaching for forty-eight years. He developed and continues to teach courses entitled Design for All People and Historic Preservationand was Co-Founder of the Preservation and Cultural Heritage Program in the College of Design.

Dr. Osterberg has completed accessibility reviews for two hundred plus projects on campus, including new buildings, additions, renovations, and site improvements. He is author of two other books published by Culicidae Press: Staying Vertical in a Hazardous World, and Dream House On the Prairie.

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