Charles Durrett, Kathryn McCamant

Creating Cohousing (eBook, ePUB)

Building Sustainable Communities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

COHOUSING PUTS THE NEIGHBOR BACK INTO NEIGHBORHOOD

The story of cohousing is not the story of energy conservation at all - it's the story of energy generation, the kind of human energy that we so badly need at this turn in the history of our country .- Bill McKibben, from the foreword

Cohousing offers unparalelled opportunities for building a better life. Whether urban, suburban or rural; senior or intergenerational; retrofit or new, Creating Cohousing shows how these distinctive communities can foster cooperation and a sense of belonging, use resources more efficiently, and make everything from gardening to childcare to socializing simpler and more enjoyable.

Cohousing is perfect for anyone who values their independence but longs for more connection with those around them. Written by the award-winning team that first brought cohousing to North America, this fully illustrated manual combines nuts-and-bolts practical considerations and design ideas with extensive case studies of dozens of diverse communities across North America and Europe. Creating Cohousing is an essential resource for anyone interested in this uniquely rewarding style of environmentally and socially sustainable living.

A must-read for anybody who wants or needs to know about Cohousing .-- Craig Ragland, Executive Director, Cohousing Association of the United States

Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant are the award-winning architects who introduced the concept of cohousing to the US with their book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves . They have designed and developed over fifty cohousing communities in the United States and consulted on many more around the world. Charles is also the author of The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781550924657
• Artikelnr.: 49854267

Autorenporträt

Charles Durrett and his wife Kathryn McCamant are award-winning architects who introduced the concept of cohousing to the US. with their book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves . Charles wrote The Senior Cohousing Handbook and, together with Kathryn McCamant, has designed over fifty cohousing communities in the United States and consulted on many more around the world.

Kathryn McCamant , and her husband Charles Durrett co-authored Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves and founded McCamant & Durrett Architects and The CoHousing Company. They coined the term "cohousing" for which they are credited in the Oxford English Dictionary. Kathryn has designed and developed dozens of cohousing communities and founded Cohousing Partners in 2006 with developer Jim Leach.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Bill McKibben
Preface
Part One: Introducing Cohousing
Chapter 1 Addressing Our Changing Lifestyles
Chapter 2 How Cohousing Works
Chapter 3 An Old Idea ¿ A Contemporary Approach
Part Two: Cohousing Communities in Europe: An Inside Look
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Cohousing in Europe
Chapter 5 Trudeslund
Chapter 6 Sun and Wind + Overdrevet
Chapter 7 Jerngarden
Chapter 8 Jystrup Savvaerket
Chapter 9 Tornevangsgarden
Chapter 10 Bondebjerget
Chapter 11 Drejerbanken
Part Three: Two Decades of Cohousing in North America
Chapter 12 FrogSong Cohousing
Chapter 13 Hearthstone Cohousing
Chapter 14 Bellingham Cohousing & Pleasant Hill Cohousing
Chapter 15 Muir Commons
Chapter 16 Doyle Street
Chapter 17 Southside Park Cohousing
Chapter 18 Jamaica Plain Cohousing
Chapter 19 Berkeley Cohousing
Chapter 20 Temescal Commons and Temescal Creek
Chapter 21 Swan's Market Cohousing
Chapter 22 WindSong Cohousing
Chapter 23 Quayside Village Cohousing
Chapter 24 Fresno Cohousing
Chapter 25 Belfast Cohousing and Ecovillage
Chapter 26 Yarrow Ecovillage
Part Four: Creating Cohousing
Chapter 27 From Dream to Reality
Chapter 28 The Participatory Design Process
Chapter 29 Cohousing Design
Part Five: Sustainability, Longevity, and the Cohousing Legacy
Chapter 30 Cohousing and Community
Chapter 31 Happily Ever Aftering in Cohousing
Chapter 32 The Legacy of Cohousing
Afterword
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Authors