https://mail.dhd752groupproject.digital.uic.edu/files/original/ed251b05ed6257db83611c734cebeb6a.jpeg 100615083d6fcb5c90e631ca93e89078 https://mail.dhd752groupproject.digital.uic.edu/files/original/0ba27eee3698b844e6d116f8659f3065.jpeg a319f73a18eeaba8c5a4c03522de54aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Architects and Universal Design Description An account of the resource This collection explores early pioneers as well as current architects and advocates of Universal Design in relation to architecture and the built environment. Person An individual. Birth Date 1932 Birthplace Newark, Nottinghamshire Death Date 2011 Occupation Architect Biographical Text Selwyn Goldsmith was a disabled British architect and urban planner. Goldsmith was educated at Abbotsholme school, Staffordshire, and read architecture at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, completing his qualification at the Bartlett School, University College London, in 1956. He contracted polio immediately afterwards, which resulted in his being paralysed on one side of his body. In 1963, he authored Designing for the Disabled, a comprehensive architectural planning manual providing guidance on access for disabled people to facilities and buildings. This was a entirely new concept for the United Kingdom. In 1967, he was commissioned to write the second, expanded, revised version of the text. He studied the local population of Norwich, and based his findings on their experiences (in total, he interviewed 284 wheelchair users). From this research, he developed the dropped curb, now a standard in accessibility practices. After a brief stint as the buildings editor at the Architects' Journal, Goldsmith joined the Department of the Environment (DOE). In 1981, he produced reports on mobility housing, and was a key figure in the international year of disabled people. In 1982, he became the first architect to receive the prestigious Harding award, for his services to disabled people. In 1992, Goldsmith retired from the DOE, and set about writing a new book, Designing for the Disabled – The New Paradigm. Partly autobiographical, this work focused on the needs of wheelchair users, ambulant disabled people, children and families with pushchairs. In 2000, he published his last book, Universal Design. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Selwyn Goldsmith Description An account of the resource Profile and biography of Selwyn Goldsmith.