Multi-Family Design Topics

Randy Rhoads, an architect and the executive director of affordable housing for Cushing Terrell, says the affordable housing of yesteryear cut residents off from their communities, often making the most important resources inaccessible. As the field has worked to correct course, the resulting homes have made major strides in a number of areas — including the health of residents. Now, these affordable housing developments consider what it means to design for inclusivity, for personal wellbeing, and for the entire community’s physical and mental health.

Affordable Housing with Randy Rhoads

In the second of our two-part series on affordable housing with Randy Rhoads, an architect and the executive director of affordable housing for Cushing Terrell, we'll discuss the wide-ranging effects of having an affordable place to live. This creates a strong foundation on which to build — in both an individual and a community sense.

Affordable Housing with Randy Rhoads, Part 2

Another episode featuring have podcast favorite Randy Rhoads, architect and executive director of affordable housing for Cushing Terrell. We discuss universal design: what it is, how it helps everyone, and the seven guiding principles. We'll also talk about an apartment project in St. Louis that changed one family's life just by making mindful adjustments.

More resources:
7 Principles of Universal Design:
https://www.udinstitute.org/_files/ugd/634d48_3139cce3918548a58619252b8a6401d9.pdf

RL Mace Universal Design Institute at North Carolina State University:
https://www.udinstitute.org/

New York Times article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/realestate/07nati.html

Universal Design with Randy Rhoads

On Good, Thoughtful Hosts, Sarah Steimer explores the built environment on the notion that a designer’s role is to anticipate the needs of their guests. Join us to dig into the ways in which the built world can influence people’s feelings and experiences — and how. Beyond the traditional requisites of form and function, hear firsthand from architects, engineers, planners, and more on how they imbue designs with health, well-being, user experience, and other modern priorities. Interviews and discussions will include project case studies, profiles of designers, trend reports, and much, much more.