ARTICLES
Building Community with Cohousing
April 28, 2023 – Urban Land Institute on how developers and cohousers are creating new models for multi-family housing
We’ve Built Our World for Loneliness. We Could Rebuild for Community.
April 18, 2023 – Transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show” interviewing Sheila Liming, discussing the structural underpinnings of America’s loneliness crisis, and the art of hanging out
‘I don’t want to live alone’: co-living, community and affordable housing
April 22, 2022 – The Guardian on reinvention of communal living picking up steam in Australia
Opinion | Does Co-Housing Provide a Path to Happiness for Modern Parents?
Oct 22, 2021 – New York Times on cohousing as alternative to single family housing, countering isolation and undersupported parenthood.
Innovative housing can help tackle loneliness
Nov 30, 2021 – LSE summary of report on people’s sense of belonging living in Community Led Housing, with link to download 80 page report
These Families Wanted a Village, So They Built Their Own
June 23, 2021 – Bloomberg CityLab on cohousing development in Madrid where impromptu gatherings of kids and families are by design
These architects believe communal living is the way of the future
May 27, 2021 – CNN on Nordic exhibit showcasing cohousing at 2021 Venice Biennale, addressing isolation and ways of living more efficiently and sustainably in proximity and by sharing resources
What Happens When You Design A Home With Community In Mind?
April 24, 2020 – Architect Grace Kim describes how she built a home and community–-cohousing as an antidote to isolation–-by designing an apartment building for her family and eight other families
BOOKS
Together by Design, by William Richards
The Unexpected Satisfaction of Leaving Behind the American Dream
A Solution to Homelessness in Your Town, by Charles Durrett with Jinglin Yang
A guide to creating non-institutional, more humane building solutions for activists, architects, community organizers, housing developers, and government officials
How We Live Now by Bella DePaulo
A close-up examination and exploration that challenges our old concepts of what it means to be a family and have a home
True Stories of an Aging Do-Gooder, by Alan O’Hashi
Part memoir / part how-to manual that explores how cohousing can evolve from a social movement into a social norm
FILMS
The Infinite Happiness
Conceived as a personal video diary–an architectural experience–the documentary explores a contemporary housing development in the suburbs of Copenhagen
