Let’s talk. In this episode of The Golden Years, special guest Colin Healy, joins Phyllis Ayman to discuss all the ways a house could be adjusted for an elderly individual; and the importance of making a home elder friendly. Colin …
Architect Louis Kahn is famous for designing the Yale University Art Gallery, yet we know now his assistant and lover Anne Tyng played a much larger role than previously recognized. When I visited the gallery last week, it struck me …
I recently collaborated on a series of 3 articles for McKnight’s Senior Living, the pre-eminent national media brand for owners, operators and senior living professionals working in independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care retirement / life plan …
Design is the last thing you want to economize on when it comes to Aging in Place Remodeling. We often react to mobility and safety issues only when they become acute and throw up the first grab bar you find …
My first architecture adventures were in designing and building Solar Greenhouses and Passive Solar Homes. Three decades later, my enthusiasm for eco-friendly design continues. Now, I’m also designing renovations for “aging in place”. At this time in my clients’ lives, …
It has been a little over a year since my mother, Evelyn Healy, passed away after a brief illness. I’d like to share again my reflections from one of her last nights of clarity where we sat together as the …
This small bedroom in an antique post and beam house presented lots of design and construction challenges. Beyond the uneven floors, sagging roof and low ceilings that you would expect in a house that had weathered more than a century …
Seattle City Council Member Mike O’Brien tours a backyard cottage in 2016. I am currently running into a problem with a project in Connecticut that imposes a “high bar” to be able to create a legal accessory apartment. Accessory apartments …
I was published in Architect News recently! An excerpt is below, click the read more link at the end to read the full article. Colin Healy believes that our homes reflect our values, and that living our values later in …
My Mom could not visit my 1920’s home for the last 3 years of her life because of too many stairs and no first floor accessible bath. Don’t let this happen to you! Here is a shot of the …