June 22, 2006

Earth-Sheltered, Elegant Universal Design

Look out from Route 90 along Cayuga Lake in Upstate New York and you won't see the magnificent retirement home that Linda martin has spent years designingand construction there. That's because it's five feet underground!

Since the Rio Declaration on Universal Design we have featured architecture that illustrates the convergence of Green and Universal Design sensibilities. Read Amaris Elliott-Engels' article on the Martin's dream home at "Elegant Efficiency" at Aubrunpub.com

By the way, the area is such a wonderful place - even above ground - that my wife and I started our honeymoon there. The Martin's are fortunate to own their little piece of heaven and we are all fortunate that they are maintaining it as an organically cultivated refuge.

Posted by rollingrains at June 22, 2006 05:04 PM