Category: Housing

Designing for Everyone and Designing for Someone

by Hazel Ryerson, CAPS | Job Caption/Project Designer One of the challenges I’ve run into at the KMA Design Studio is how to balance the

Creating Lively Spaces

by Hazel Ryerson, CAPS | Job Caption/Project Designer I’ve been a fan of Lawrence Halprin since coming across, “Cities” in grad school. “Cities”, written in

Micro-units and Accessibility

by Kathryn Denis | Access Planner I recently took part in a panel discussion at the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) on micro-units and accessibility.

The Dog Spa: What is required to be Accessible?

Within residential facilities, there is a growing trend to provide pet-friendly amenities such as dog washing areas. Like pets, they come in a variety of

Multifamily FHA Litigation

Expert Witness: Lessons Learned KMA serves as an expert witness for a national developer of multifamily housing in its defense of an FHA discrimination case

Aging in Community

The United States is facing an aging crisis of unprecedented proportions. Advances in health care and medicine continue to increase our longevity, such that by

A117.1-2009: Impact for Type A Multifamily Units

As states adopt IBC 2012, the referenced accessibility standard will be A117.1-2009. Below are some of the requirements for Type A units that differ from

A117.1-2009: Impact for Type B Multifamily Units

The 2012 IBC references A117.1-2009 for accessibility. If you have been working with the 2003 A117.1 on multifamily housing projects, here are some of the

Accessible, Affordable Micro-Housing: An Oxymoron?

“Micro-housing” is one of the biggest trends in multi-family housing today, particularly in Boston where the first units have now opened in the Innovation District.

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