Call for Entries: Accessible Design Competition
Over the next 25 years, the demand for accessible design solutions is expected to skyrocket.by Mairi BeautymanInterior Design · November 30, 2005
Paralyzed Veterans of America is seeking nominations for the 2006 Barrier-Free America Award, recognizing accessible design. The national veterans' service and disability rights organization will honor an individual for the national award, which is a tribute to the sensitivity, as well as the difference a particular project has achieved for barrier-free environments.
Projects can encompass architecture, landscape architecture, construction industry, engineering, facilities management, building development, and public education, in addition to other fields.
Evidence suggests the demand for accessible design solutions will skyrocket in the next 25 years, as the number of Americans over the age of 50 increases to a total of 115 million individuals.
Edward Uhlir received the 2005 Barrier-Free America Award, for his role and influence in the development of Chicago's Millennium Park.
Nomination forms are available online. Entries must include a nomination form and essay, and must be postmarked no later than Friday, January 13, 2006; the award will be bestowed in June 2006.
PVA, with more than 21,000 members in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, is the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of individuals with spinal cord injury or disease.
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