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Excellence in Universal Design, Great Places Fit for People Design Awards
This is a new design awards program sponsored by the Institute for Human Centered Design in collaboration with the Boston Society of Architects and the AIA New York Chapter. The awards program celebrates the Institute for Human Centered Design's 25th anniversary. This 2003 Awards Program will recognize design that exemplifies a commitment to making places that work for the ordinary realities of being human. Winning projects will demonstrate excellence in fit - a balance between design and user experience. Particular consideration will be given to projects that demonstrate attention to the aspects of the built environment that reflect the principles of universal design, that anticipate human needs (e.g., indoor air quality, lighting, acoustics, navigation) and that both integrate and exceed minimal US accessibility requirements.
Built projects anywhere in the world completed after December 31, 1991 and designed by any design professional anywhere in the world. Submittals may be made by clients (owners and/or users), architects, designers, organizations, public agencies, others. There is no limit to the number of submittals.
Deadline for entry this year closed on May 30th and winners were selected by the jury in September. Awards were presented on November 19th in Boston at the BSA's annual Build Boston.
For more information, go to the Excellence in Universal Design, Great Places Fit for People Design Awards page.
Architecture for Social Justice Awards Program: Partnerships in Teaching
The Access to Design Professions Project at the Institute for Human Centered Design invites faculty applications for a new awards program for teaching during the academic year 2003-2004. Ten faculty will be awarded $1000 stipends to support design studios that address issues of social justice - both for students as well as users of the built environment. The deadline for applications was August 1, 2003.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. For more detailed information, see: Architecture for Social Justice Awards Program: Partnerships in Teaching.
Ron Mace Designing for the 21st Century Awards 2000
The first Ron Mace Designing for the 21st Century Awards in 2000 honored visionary leadership that had succeeded in converting vision to reality.
Organizational Award Recipients
- American Association of Retired People (AARP)
- Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
- European Institute for Design and Disability (EIDD)
- Media Access Group/WGBH Educational Foundation
- Microsoft Corporation
- Moore Iacofano Goltsman (MIG)
- Universal Design Newsletter
Individual Award Recipients
- Maria Benkzon of the Ergonomi Design Gruppen, Sweden
- Roger Coleman of the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, Royal College of Art, London
- Sam and Betsey Farber of OXO Good Grips, USA
- Yoshihiko Kawauchi of Access Project, Japan
- William Kennard of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
- Satoshi Kose of the Building Research Institute, Japan
- Patti Moore of Patti Moore Designs, USA
- Jim Sandhu of Special Needs Research Unit, University of Northumbria, UK
- Gregg Vanderheiden of Trace Research and Development Center, USA
