• 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

  • Designing missing middle for a small infill site

    A balanced project with placemaking that meets the market and gets public approval requires patience and understanding of building types.
    Note: This is Part 2. In our previous post showing how we design Missing Middle Housing for small sites, we reviewed some initial steps, including conceptual studies for a small site master plan in Novato, California. Now, we’re going to look at the steps we took to refine the preferred alternative...Read more