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New design guidance for museums and art galleries

CAE and RIBA Publishing has launched a new publications entitled Museums and Art Galleries: making Existing Buildings Accessible. The book offers a fascinating and absorbing review of 14 museums and art galleries, all of which are set in historic buildings where alterations have been made to improve accessibility for disabled people. Six of the schemes are described in detail by members of the project team, and the remaining eight are described with a short project summary.

New CAE Access Lab Workshops

CAE's exciting new programme of workshops offers topical and informed discussion on a range of issues relating to inclusive design and access to the built environment. The workshops will be held in the new CAE Access Lab. These Continuing Professional Development (CPD) workshops will facilitate constructive dialogue between users and providers of the built environment. This represents an ideal opportunity for all those involved in access and inclusive design who wish to develop their knowledge and understanding of key issues in the field and to help further the inclusive design agenda. Each workshop will feature two to four acknowledged experts in their respective fields and delegates will be encouraged to participate as much as possible. Topics include:

  • User Consultation and the HRP Access Forum
  • Inclusion and Building Schools for the Future
  • Shared Space, Shared Surfaces and Inclusive Design
  • Access to the Arts
  • The Disability Equality Duty and Disability Equality Schemes

New design guides

CAE and RIBA Publishing are pleased to announce the publication of two new titles in the popular Specifiers’ Handbooks for Inclusive Design series.

  • Specifiers’ Handbooks for Inclusive Design: Internal Floor Finishes
  • Specifiers’ Handbooks for Inclusive Design: Glass in Buildings

Virtual Museum Tours

Earlier this year, CAE played host to a group of research students from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Massachusetts, USA. Their project involved creating a tool to assist small to medium-sized museums with limited resources design a virtual tour of their exhibits.

ITAAL micosite

The new Is There An Accessible Loo? (ITAAL) microsite has now been launched. For further information on Accessible WCs and ITAAL's legacy click on the link above.

Launch of the new CAE website

The new CAE website has been launched. The site conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG) Level A and AA and aims to meet as many Level AAA guidelines as possible. Read more on the accessibility page. We welcome any comments that you may have about the new site, please email info@cae.org.uk

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