16 houses
Subtitle: designing the public's private house
By: [edited by] Michael Bell
Contributors: Bell, Michael
Publisher: Monacelli Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Low-income housing -- Texas -- Houston; Housing subsidies -- Texas -- Houston; Architecture, Domestic -- Texas -- Houston
Other titles: Designing the public's private house; Sixteen houses
Description: "In April 1998, sixteen teams of architects were invited to design single-family houses for the Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation in Houston, Texas. The architects took on the mission of developing high-quality affordable housing, producing designs that were innovative not only aesthetically, but also in terms of financing and production. 16 Houses documents their proposals in striking renderings and photographs, offering a unique way of looking at affordable housing both locally and nationally. Most important, it provides a new model for collaboration between academic and community organizations, developers, and government agencies that may well be the future of low-income housing in the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references