Description
Habinteg Housing Association and the Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE), with publishers the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) published Inclusive Housing Design Guide, providing guidance on how accessible housing can be designed and built for all. It aims to address misconceptions about accessible, adaptable, and inclusive housing design and:
- Dispels common misunderstandings about Building Regulations Part M Volume 1 M4(2) accessible and adaptable dwellings and M4(3) wheelchair user dwellings
- Provides the rationale for exceeding the minimum requirements through insights into how environments impact on disabled and older peoples’ ability to live well in their own homes
- Updates and builds on Habinteg’s Wheelchair Housing Design Guide by providing guidance on how to meet the minimum requirements of the M4(2) Accessible and adaptable standard, with additional considerations for outside space and connectivity to the local neighbourhood
- Provides standalone sections on strategic site layout and communal outside space, M4(2) accessible and adaptable general homes and M4(3) wheelchair user homes
- Presents the rationale for meeting and exceeding the minimum requirements of Building Regulations Part M Volume 1: Dwellings through detailed technical guidance, bespoke scale drawings, case studies, insights and photos.
| Author/Editor |
The Inclusive Housing Design Guide (IHDG), is brought to you by Habinteg Housing Association and Centre for Accessible Environments- authored by Jacquel Runnalls, and peer reviewed by Marney Walker, both Specialist Housing Occupational Therapists
Publisher: RIBA Publishing
ISBN: 9781915722355
| Pub Date | 01/10/2024 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions (mm) | 297(h) * 210(w) |
