MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DESIGN IN THE 21ST CENTURY The production of housing is an integral part of American culture, reflecting all of its social, economic and political complexities as they vary from region to region. This rich texture of the U.S. cultural landscape is probably the reason its housing industry has never succeeded in establishing a system of centralized production. Housing production in the U.S. is highly fragmented among about 55,000 builder/developers, of whom nearly 80 percent produce less than 20 units a year, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Some see this as inefficient, with production each year falling behind the growing need. Others see fragmentation as a blessing,possessing the potential to respond to the unique mixture of local demographic preferences, history, climate, and available labor and material resources.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

BAY BRIDGE HOUSING

Pyatok Architects

MIRO PLACE

Ron Wommack Architect

DISTRICT LOFTS

architects Alliance

ATHERTON PLACE

Seidel/Holzman Architecture

BLOCK X

Pappageorge/Haymes Architects

SANTA MONICA ART COLONY

David Forbes Hibbert, AIA

ELLEN WILSON PLACE

Weinstein Associates Architects

SlLVERCREST SENIOR HOUSING

Pyatok Architects

PIERCE ELEVATED

RTKL

RUSSELLVlLLE COMMONS

MCM Architects

RESIDENCE HALLS AND COURT

William Rawn Associates, Architects

CUPERTINO PARK CENTER

Seidel/Holzman Architecture

OLD TOWN LOFTS

Robertson, Merryman, Barnes Architects

LAKEVlEW COMMONS

Pappageorge/Haymes Architects

BERNAL GATEWAY

Pyatok Architects

BALLPARK

Sergio Guardia Architects

METRO CENTER - CITYPARK

Seidel/Holzman Architecture

SUMMIT AT BRIGHTON

DiMella Shaffer Associates

WILLOW COURT

Pappageorge/Haymes Architects

TWENTY NIAGRA

architects Alliance

AUSTIN SHOAL CREEK

RTKL

HILLTOP SUITES

Herbert S, Newman and Partners

PARK PLACE SOUTH

Seidel/Holzman Architecture

Sandy & Babcock International

PARK WEST

David Furman Architecture

GATEWAY COMMONS

Pyatok Architects

15 WADDELL

Brock Green Architects

RIVERWATCH

Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates

1500 ORANGE PLACE

Studio E Architects

KING FARM APARTMENTS

Torti Gallas and Partners

PARKVIEW SENIOR APARTMENTS

Sandy & Babcock International

BLOCK

RTKL

CITY LIFE COURTYARD HOUSING

Ellen Fortin and Michael Tingley

Robertson, Merryman, Barnes Architects

SWANS MARKET

Pyatok Architects

POST UPTOWN PLACE

David Furman Architecture

MONTAGE

Seidel/Holzman Architecture

VICTORIA TOWNHOMES

           Mithun Architects

ARMITAGE/LEAVITT

Pappageorge/Haymes Architects

5TH STREET FAMILY HOUSING

Koning Eizenberg Architecture

JOHNSON STREET TOWNHOMES

Mithun Architects

TATE MASON HOUSE

GGLO Architecture

THE SIENA

Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates

MOCKINGBIRD STATION

RTKL

HIGHLAND GARDENS - KLAHANIE

Pyatok Architects

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