A Past and Future Vision for Aging in Place

The last chapter of Making Room: Housing for a Changing America — a publication by AARP and the National Building Museum — looks at two innovative homes, one from 1961, the other as imagined in the 2010s for the future.

Created by AARP and presented at the first-ever White House Conference on Aging, the House of Freedom introduced "universal design" features that help people safely and independently age in place. 

• Read about and watch a video of the House of Freedom

Skyler, a housing concept envisioned by architect and innovator Matthias Hollwich as a "New Aging Tower," provides a home and community for all of life's stages.

• See a floor-by-floor map of Skyler: A New Aging Tower

Make Room for Making Room

• Get this free publication by AARP and the National Building Museum

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