Multifamily Housing Academy
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4 AIA LU/HSW; 4 AIA LU/Elective
As the demand and desire for distinctive multifamily housing continue to expand, architects and designers are incorporating a range of innovative practices, strategies, and material trends to create spaces that rise to the occasion. The Multifamily Housing Academy puts the spotlight on multifamily housing projects—from affordable and inclusive to high-end luxury, while also addressing community, sustainability, resiliency, connectivity, and aesthetics.
Academy Resources
Editorial Resources
City Mayors reports on and discusses urban development issues in developed and developing countries
Descriptions of housing designed by different architects in different historic periods, countries, and cities. Projects range in scale from single buildings to examples of large social housing projects containing thousands of dwellings.
Design strategies that can enhance any housing, whether affordable or market rate.
US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual Housing and Community Design Awards summaries. Years 2000 – 2016.
Focuses on how design and policy affect the form, funding, and lived experience of housing
This short document has a very simple aim. It draws together key research from the UK and abroad to show that investment in good design generates economic and social value.
A review of projects at the local architecture department. One half of the projects dealt with a dis-invested community in Baltimore with most of the design task involving housing. The other half of the projects were part of a design competition in a community in Los Angeles around a museum and a community center.
