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    Universal Design

    By kmaccess
    In inclusive play, Conference Speaker, Universal Design
    Posted May 14, 2019

    Don’t miss “Designing for Inclusive Play”

    KMA principal, Josh Safdie, will present with Ken Dobyns, KOMPAN North America; Dawn Oates, The Play Brigade; and Cheri Ruane, Weston & Sampson at this year’s Boston Society of [...]

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    By kmaccess
    In Universal Design
    Posted June 27, 2018

    Access in a Split Level Ranch

    KMA recently finished a project installing a 3-stop vertical platform lift in a split-level ranch style home in Wellesley MA. The lift was necessary as one member of the family has MS. The [...]

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    By kmaccess
    In Universal Design
    Posted March 26, 2018

    Sitting Pretty

    by J Garofalo | Intern Architect / Access Planner The first time I came across an oversized chair was during my bariatric consultation appointment in 2013. At the time I weighed 300 lbs and was [...]

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    By kmaccess
    In Accessibility, Universal Design
    Posted August 30, 2017

    The Essence of Universal Design

    by Julia Garofalo | Intern Architect / Access Planner As an undergraduate student, I initially majored in Deaf Studies to be a sign language interpreter. Each semester, ASL students had to attend [...]

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    By kmaccess
    In Universal Design, Accessibility, FHA, Housing
    Posted August 17, 2017

    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 regulatory accessibility requirements for multifamily [...]

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    By kmaccess
    In Universal Design
    Posted February 4, 2016

    KMA Welcomes a New Principal

    Kessler McGuinness & Associates, LLC (KMA) is pleased to announce that Josh Safdie, Associate AIA, has joined founders Katherine McGuinness and David Kessler as a Principal. Mr. Safdie has [...]

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    By kmaccess
    In Pathways, Travel, Universal Design
    Posted December 23, 2015

    Millennium Park – Chicago

    by Katie Denis | Access Planner Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois is an embodiment of great design. There are many architectural and landscape features that attract both Chicago-natives and [...]

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    By kmaccess
    In Aging in Place, Housing, Universal Design
    Posted October 8, 2015

    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 2050 the number of US residents [...]

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    By katiemcguinness
    In Universal Design
    Posted August 4, 2015

    Accessibility and Historic Properties

    Although we have been improving accessibility to historic places throughout New England for many years, a little inspiration from England never hurts.  I took this photo at the Royal Institute of [...]

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    By kmaccess
    In Lecture, Universal Design
    Posted May 8, 2015

    In Case You Missed It….

    Josh Safdie, Associate Principal at KMA, recently spoke at the  Savannah College of Art and Design on the topic of universal design and historic preservation. “(Non)Competing Agendas: Identifying [...]

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