02995nam a2200385Ia 4500 pucpr 20220818215907.0 052010s1995 caua b 001 0 eng 94007469 9780520208858 0520208854 0520087585 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET NA7540 D38 1995 728/.1/0973 22 Davis, Sam 1946- 215854 The architecture of affordable housing. Sam Davis. txt Berkeley : University of California Press , 1995. ix, 208 p. ill.; plans. 27 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Include index Include Bibliography 1. Architect and Affordable Housing -- 2. Process: The Long and Winding Road -- 3. Why Affordable Housing Isn't -- 4. Design: Things Big and Small, Far and Near -- 5. Is Affordable Housing Significant Architecture? -- That a country of wealth cannot provide sound housing for those in need is a national embarrassment. This book is about the design of dignified, affordable housing for those not served by the private sector, and how that housing fits comfortably into our communities. Sam Davis has written an accessible, non-technical analysis for everyone interested in the creation of affordable housing. Through discussions of cost, politics, and design concepts, as well as case studies of completed projects, he gives solutions to the dilemmas posed by the development process. Good housing design is a delicate balance of community values, individual needs, esthetic judgments, and technical requirements. Good design can save money--seventy percent of the cost of a new dwelling is affected by planning and design. As a key ingredient in community building, housing should bestow on its inhabitants a sense of dignity, says Davis. To view this as a privilege for those who can afford market-rate housing invites both social and financial disaster. He also considers our national obsession with the single-family house and our historical ambivalence toward subsidized housing--attitudes that have often led to the stigmatization of low-income groups. This book will be indispensable to community and volunteer groups, local governments, financial backers, architects, planners, and students in related fields. Architecture Domestic United States 54087 Local Public housing United States 154896 Local Architecture Domestic California. 54087 Local Public housing California. 154896 Local Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal051/94007469.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/94007469.html lcc 6 NA7540 General D38 1995 216610 216610 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2010-03-01 Amazon 28.59 449077 0 General NA7540 D38 1995 91000000011296 2016-05-27 00:00:00 1 38.59 2010-03-01 6