[from CVille Abode, September 2010]

Design for a New Age

When associate UVA architecture professor Bill Sherman began designing a home for his octogenarian parents—Jean and Bill Sr.—in 2007, his goals were “self-sufficiency” and “low maintenance.” The elderly couple wanted to downsize from their prior residence on Nantucket, address the likelihood of future physical debilitation with more level living, and be closer to their children and grandchildren. Most importantly, they wanted to immerse themselves in the kind of natural beauty to which they’d grown accustomed, living on an island.

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