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Architecture: Codes & Ordinances

This guide will help you find materials in the field of architecture.

Kentucky Building Code

Effective January 2014, the Kentucky Building Code will be based on the 2012 International Code Council Building Code as amended in 2013 in the links below.

The design collection holds the full set of building codes for 2012 issued by the International Code Council. These are located in the Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Special Collections-  KFN 5035 .A24 2012.

Also helpful may be:  Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2012 International Building Code - Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Library TH420 .C49 2012

ADA Guidelines

ADA Standards for Accessible Design

Institute for Human Centered Design

Center for Universal Design - Examples of universal design, publications and helpful links to organizations.

Fayette County Zoning Ordinances

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