Architect Still Designing A Decade After Going Blind

July 06, 2020

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At age 45, Chris Downey had pretty much constructed the life he'd always wanted. An architect with a good job at a small housing firm outside San Francisco, he was happily married, with a 10-year-old son. He was an assistant little league coach and avid cyclist. And then - doctors discovered a tumor in his brain. He had surgery, and the tumor was safely gone, but Downey was left completely blind.

As we first reported in 2019, what he has done in the decade since losing his sight, as a person and as an architect, can only be described as a different kind of vision.

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How to Avoid Foggy Eyeglasses When Wearing A Face Mask

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