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Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 334.109489
EAN: 9780898155396
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 0898155398
Label: Ten Speed Press
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 1993-03
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Studio: Ten Speed Press
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Editorial Review:
Alright, you tried living in a commune in the 1970s, and people kept borrowing your toothbrush and leaving dishes in the sink. Then you set up house by yourself and felt lonely. You got married, started raising a family and ended up feeling isolated from your friends and the rest of the community. You go to work, wave to your neighbors over the fence now and then, and think there must be more to life than this. There is: a whole new concept of building a neighborhood and sense of community. This is the story of how and why cohousing works, and how to go about making it happen for yourself.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Good research material
This is a must read book for anyone interested in being involved with co-housing. The book explains the history of this housing approach, shares experiences of both success and failure in establishing a co-housing community, and provides helpful guidance based on actual experience. Of note is the emphasis on community, and the experience that a successful co-housing community requires the resident's participation from the initial conception of the project. Based on my experiences with commercial ... Read More
Rating:  - Cohousing
This is an excellent book for the individual who would like to consider living in a community that isn't the typical, isolated neighborhood. Reading this book has really opened my eyes to so many of the benefits of cohousing. Originally I thought that it was like an old-fashioned commune but that's not it at all. Kathryn McCamnat, as well as her architect husband, Chuck Durrett, really know what they're talking about.
Rating: - Cohousing the Cure?
A fabulous book which shows the beauty of the european style intentional community, with many enticing photos. It makes me think that even though it is difficult or impossible to utilize the pragmatic wisdom of traditional socialism on a national scale in the United States due to the misinformation and prejudice which has saturated our culture, it may be possible, practical and quite enjoyable to do it in small, intentional communities. While American culture has become infected with a disingenuous ... Read More
Rating: - good start
This book is the perfect place to begin considering if cohousing is for you. Beautifully illustrated it allows the reader to imagine themselves in cohousing. If your ready to make your project happen I recommend THE COHOUSING HANDBOOK by Chris Hanson.
Rating: - Contemporary Urban Design Opinion Leader
How much action can one book trigger? I wonder how many of theprojects can be traced back to readers being inspired by thisbook.
Beautifully illustrated, well researched, the book conveys well the Aha erlebnis these architects must have experienced as they discovered these very liveable Danish communities.
For readers who like architecture and wonder what kind of housing community can deliver homeliness based on both privacy and community.
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