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Creating Cohousing

Building Sustainable Communities
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Creating Cohousing by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett is the definitive guide to the cohousing movement, originating in the United States. The authors, who helped pioneer cohousing, provide insights into the design, development, and benefits of this collaborative living model.
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Ideal for readers interested in innovative housing solutions, community living, and sustainable design within the arts and culture sphere.

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Cohousing balances privacy and independence with the benefits of living in community. This new book by the authors who brought you the "cohousing bible" invites readers into these sustainable neighborhoods, and provides practical tools for developing their own.

The cohousing "bible" by the US originators of the concept.

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The cohousing "bible" by the US originators of the concept.

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ISBN: 9780865716728

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 February 2011

Country: United States

Imprint: New Society Publishers

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 675g

Pages: 336

About the Author

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.

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