Accessible design gives everyone the same choices for using our built environment. Thoughtful design of buildings and spaces provide easier universal access and for easier design of future changes, additions or adaptations.

Accessibility means choice

We know that, through the strategic placement of the functions, activities and elements that make up a building and through the manipulation of space, light, colour, texture and materials, architecture helps all users to make positive and purposeful choices for independent movement.

For more information on renovating for accessibility, check out the following fact sheets:

• Bathrooms
• Building Circulation
• Building Entrances
• Kitchens
• Other Building Features
• Site Design