• Alexander’s Oregon patterns: Campus design, part 2

    This is the second in a series of ten essays that present innovative techniques for designing and repairing a corporate or university campus. These tools combine New Urbanist principles with Alexandrian design methods. Even though Christopher Alexander is widely known for his “Pattern Language”, an...Read more

  • Welcoming open spaces: Campus design, part 1

    Author's note: I will present innovative techniques for designing a campus, in a series of ten essays. The most human campuses (corporate, or university) combine adaptive geometric typologies acting in partnership. This is the secret to creating great urban spaces that invite use, above and beyond...Read more

  • An innovative missing middle design

    Mews homes are an affordable and flexible model for mid-block family housing.
    Note: Missing middle housing will be a topic at many sessions in CNU 26.Savannah , May 15-19. The Mews Homes are a prime example of what architect Daniel Parolek calls “missing middle housing”—a range of multi-unit or clustered housing types, compatible in scale with detached single-family homes,...Read more

  • The Swiss Army knife house

    The Side Hustle House has been designed to supplement primary income and evolve as household needs change.
    Note: Missing middle housing will be a topic at many sessions in CNU 26.Savannah , May 15-19. High housing costs and lack of new market rate workforce housing development has led to a serious dearth of housing options for young professionals and families on Cape Cod in southeastern Massachusetts...Read more