Cohousing-L Mailing List: Common House Design book

[Glenn Fisher (gfisher]

Grace Kim recently announced availability of her book on Common House  
Design (12 Aug 2009) from Schemata Workshop.   As part of a group with  
recently acquired land about to begin design, I purchased the book.

I've just finished reading the book - from start to finish.  It's  
readable, succinct, clear, fun, interesting, and insightful.  I found  
myself continually interrupting my wife to read her passages from the  
book.  And I was surprised to find that my initial intent to browse it  
for a few minutes turned into a solid reading from beginning to end.   
I can't imagine how we would have planned our common house without  
this resource.  Grace's comments on the role of the community house  
and its use hold insights and warnings for those planning cohousing -  
like our group.  I'm recommending that all members of our planning  
group read this prior to our design workshops.

(If you already are in a community, you may find this a useful  
resource if you're rethinking your common house use, as many of the  
communities she interviewed were doing.)

The book is available for $45 plus shipping from Schemata Workshop,  
1720 12th ave #3  seattle wa 98122  v 206 285 1589,  Grace can be  
reached for questions about the book and bulk availability at grace [at] schemataworkshop.com 
.