Growing Urban Habitats
Seeking A New Housing Development Model


William R. Morrish, Susanne Schindler, Katie Swenson

Based on the goals of “Urban Habitats,” a design competition held in 2005 by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville and the Charlottesville Community Design Center for the redevelopment of a local trailer park, this book frames sixteen design opportunities for affordable, dense, compact, and sustainable housing. Case studies selected from the Urban Habitats proposals and contemporary work, by innovative designers such as Anderson Anderson, Koning Eizenberg, Onion Flats, or Zoka Zola


7.2” x 9.25” paper, 256 pp., 2009;

0-9795508-4-x

$40