Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Any urban cohousing architects out there?

[Jenny Guy (jenstermeister]

We had plans for a 4 story urban condominium project, designed by a local
architect with a pretty good sense of designing for community, but hadn't
done cohousing.  We met with him and Chuck Durrett, and Chuck went over the
plans, adding additional community-building features, like places to gather
in the hallways, making sure the front doors opened onto the courtyard, etc.
And of course putting the common house where it would got the most
circulation.  The result was a wonderful community design.  I highly
recommend Chuck for urban coho design.

good luck!

Jenny Guy
North Oakland Cohousing, Calif.

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:08 PM, David Heimann <heimann [at] theworld.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello Diane,
>
>        You can also try Kraus-Fitch Architects (www.krausfitch.com).
> They did our (Jamaica Plain Cohousing) programming -- which is the
> preliminary analysis and design part of a project, and did so very well.
>
>        All the best!
>
> Regards,
> David Heimann
> JP Cohousing
>
>
> >
> > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Diana Fox <Diana.Fox [at] sas.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Our cohousing community has purchased land in downtown Durham, NC and is
> > in the process of evaluating architects, but we're having trouble finding
> > local architects with urban, multi-family cohousing experience.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have recommendations on how best to handle this?
> >>
> >> -Diana
> >>
> >> Durham Central Park Cohousing Community
> >> Durham, NC
> >> www.durhamcoho.com<http://www.durhamcoho.com>
> >>
> >>
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