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Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World

Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World Hardcover - 2011

by Chapin, Ross, and Susasnka, Sarah (Foreword by)

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This book by architect and author Chapin describes existing pocket neighborhoods and co-housing communities--and provides inspiration for creating new ones.

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  • Title Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World
  • Author Chapin, Ross, and Susasnka, Sarah (Foreword by)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good+
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Taunton Press Inc, Newtown, CT
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 13606PAL
  • ISBN 9781600851070 / 160085107X
  • Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.75 x 9.31 x 0.75 in (24.77 x 23.65 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Community development - United States, Neighborhood planning - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010040242
  • Dewey Decimal Code 307.336

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About the author

Ross Chapin, AIA, is the principal of Ross Chapin Architects, located on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle. He has focused on "sensibly sized" custom residences, "pocket neighborhood" developments, and mixed-use projects since 1982. His partnerships with developers, city planners, and builders have created innovative housing and neighborhood prototypes that have received significant national attention and are shifting the way we think about our homes and communities. His projects have won numerous design awards, including the 2005, 2007, and 2009 AIA Housing awards, and have been published in "Architectural Record," " Builder magazine," " The New York Times," " Boston Globe," " Fine Homebuilding," "Metropolitan Home," " This Old House," " Sunset," ""and more than 25 books, including "Creating the Not So Big House," " Home By Design," " Patterns of Home," " The Good Green Home," " The New Cottage Home," ""and" Blueprint Small. "Ross lectures on housing at conferences and universities throughout the country. Visit his website at www.rosschapin.com.