The North Carolina State University, College of Design, Center for Universal Design Records include drawings and plans of houses and commercial buildings illustrating the concepts of accessible or universal design. There are also some drawings of appliances as well as some materials published by the Center. Materials range in date from 1985 to 2001.
The Center for Universal Design was founded to promote and to research accessible or universal design in the home, in commercial and public facilities, in the built environment, and in products. The Center accomplished this goal through education and training, research projects, and its publications. Originally called the Center for Accessible Design, it was founded in 1989 by Ronald L. Mace, a pioneer in the field, who coined the term "universal design." By about 2008, the Center was no longer functioning.
The Center for Universal Design was founded to promote and to research accessible or universal design in the home, in commercial and public facilities, in the built environment, and in products. The Center accomplished this goal through education and training, research projects, and its publications. It was established in 1989 through a National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research grant and continued with a second grant in 1994. In 1996, its name was officially changed from the Center for Accessible Design to the Center for Universal Design.
The Center was founded by Ronald L. Mace, a pioneer in the field, who coined the term "universal design." Ron Mace, himself disabled from polio, was an internationally known architect, product designer, and educator in the field of barrier-free design. After his death in 1998, the Center continued under funding from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. By about 2008, the Center was no longer functioning.
The North Carolina State University, College of Design, Center for Universal Design Records include drawings and plans of houses and commercial buildings illustrating the concepts of accessible or universal design. There are also some drawings of appliances as well as some materials published by the Center. Materials range in date from 1985 to 2001.
This collection has not yet received full archival processing. Materials are arranged in the order received.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Design, Center for Universal Design Records, UA 110.052, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred from North Carolina State University, College of Design
Processed by: Cathy Dorin-Black, 2014 September; Finding aid written by: Cathy Dorin-Black, 2014 September, Oliver Robinson, 2019 August; web content processed and finding aid updated by Gevorg Vardanyan, 2023 June.
Includes CD-ROM.
This is the official website of College of Design's Center for Universal Design at NC State. The NC State University Libraries has scheduled this website to be captured quarterly since August 2016. Also included here are prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to March 2000.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Design, Center for Universal Design Records, UA 110.052, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.