2024-11-21T17:23:29-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150089669/jacoby-architects-discusses-their-design-for-an-educational-facility-catering-to-the-deaf-and-blind Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-10-08T13:50:00-04:00 >2018-10-09T14:00:15-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/98/98f6a9caa51a6a62e8b14a937a5528ea.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A year ago, Joe Jacoby took over his father's <a href="https://archinect.com/JacobyArchitects" target="_blank">Utah-based architecture firm</a>, but the small practice is still churning out the kind of large-scale, passionate projects they've become known for. For example, the team recently completed the <a href="https://archinect.com/JacobyArchitects/project/school-for-the-deaf-and-blind-salt-lake-center2" target="_blank">C. Mark Openshaw Education Center</a>, an educational facility for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind that caters to blind and visually impaired, deaf-blind, and deaf and hard of hearing students.&nbsp;<br></p> <p>Despite a sizable portion of our population reporting visual and hearing impairments, our <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/370527/accessibility" target="_blank">buildings and urban spaces</a> typically aren't designed for them. To look at the alternative to this, we talked with Joe to see how his firm rendered accessibility through their architectural work, bringing a new perspective to the meaning of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150051873/apple-s-impressive-approach-to-architectural-accessibility" target="_blank">good design</a>.</p>