Livable Housing Design Guidelines (LHA) Silver level (SL) vs NCC Livable Housing Design Standards (LHDS) An opinion piece by Farah...
9 of Vista Access projects Finalists in UDIA NSW AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2025
It is a huge honour for a project to be nominated as a Finalist in UDIA NSW AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE...
NDIS SDA Building Type – House vs Villa and Number of permissible Villas clarified
This article is to illustrate NDIA’s general position to interpreting Item 3 (c) of Schedule 1 of the SDA Rules which...
Accessibility study for the 2032 Brisbane Athletes Village for the Office of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
One of our most exciting projects of 2024 was working on a project for the Brisbane Athletes Village for the Office of...
Analysis of the 2024 car parking requirements under SEPP Housing 2021 for Seniors and People with a disability.
Analysis of the 2024 car parking requirements under SEPP Housing 2021 for Seniors and People with a disability. [Class 1 parking...
Updated 2022 NCC Livable Housing Design Standard released
Over the past 2 months, Farah Madon has been working on behalf of ACAA (Association of Consultants in Access Australia) with...
Farah Madon awarded ACAA Fellow Membership
Farah Madon awarded ACAA Fellow Membership Farah Madon was awarded ACAA (Association of Consultants in Access Australia) Fellow membership at the...
AS1428.1-2021- Technical article 2- Luminance Reflectance Value
Bite size technical article on AS1428.1-2021- Luminance contrast where one colour is known and you need to know what the contrasting...
AS1428.1:2021- Technical article 1-Application of 1500mm clear width to Curved walkways/ramps
AS1428.1:2021- Bite size technical article 1 - Application of 1500mm clear width to Curved walkways and ramps AS1428.1:2021 (Desing for Access and...
Refurbishment Cost to qualify as a 'New Build' under the NDIS SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation)
An existing dwelling can be refurbished to qualify as a 'new build' for SDA (Specialist Disability Accomodation) funding. But have you...
2021 Altitude Awards in the Excellence in Inclusion category
It is with great joy that we announce that Vista Access Architects are a finalist in the; 2021 Altitude Awards in...
2021 Project certified for SDA by Vista Access Architects wins 2021Master Builders Queensland Award
Master Builders QLD - Wide Bay Burnett Housing & Construction Awards 2021 It is with immense pleasure that we announce that...
New NSW Housing SEPP to include NSW SEPP Seniors and people with a Disability
The new NSW Housing SEPP will consolidate five existing housing-related NSW SEPPs: 1. State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009...
Farah Madon presents webinar on AS1428.1:2021.
Event Details In this webinar, Farah will be introducing the updated version of AS1428.1:2021 which was released in June 2021. It...
Accessibility Webinar III, Hong Kong 2021
Farah Madon of Vista Access Architects was invited to present a webinar on Universal Design and Housing options for People with...
SDA Tools App for NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation
SDA Tools App has a set of calculators developed to assist with the design and assessment of dwellings developed under the...
Vista Access Architect certifies first Final-as-built dwelling under the new SDA Design Standard
Vista Access Architects are delighted to announce the completion of our very first Final-as-built Certification for an SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation)...
New SDA New Build- Existing Stock- Legacy Stock Calculator.
The NDIS SDA Price Guide 2020-21 has an Appendix B for Annual Base Price per participant for New Builds, Appendix C...
New Build- Existing Stock- Legacy Stock
The NDIS SDA Price Guide 2020-21 has an Appendix B for Annual Base Price per participant for New Builds, Appendix C...
Dwelling types eligible for SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation) funding and OOA
Funding of the types of dwelling eligible for SDA funding are noted in NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) SDA Price Guide....
