Affordable Housing for Livable Cities

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The book addresses current housing affordability challenges and presents innovative planning and design strategies for contemporary communities and homes that are both livable and affordable. Written by a team of a planner and an architect, each of the book's chapters stands for a subject in the design process moving from urban scale to that of a home and includes richly illustrated case studies that inspire and inform the design. By exploring the role of livability in the design process, the book presents methods of fostering community resilience and opportunity.

Author Bio

Avi Friedman is a Full Professor at McGill's Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture where he directs the Affordable Homes Research Group. Friedman researches and develops innovative housing prototypes and he is the Principal of Avi Friedman Consultants Inc..
obtained a Master of Urban and Regional Planning at Queen's University. Her research interests center on affordable housing and neighbourhoods.