Residential Architect Magazine: Affordable

Shelter Lab: El Dorado's Habitat Prototype

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:40:18 EST

Outdoor rooms grace El Dorado's prototype for Heartland Habitat for Humanity.

Esto Gallery: Make It Right Houses

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:17:30 EST

Photographer Jeff Goldberg’s images of the Two Family Home by Gehry Partners, and other houses in the Lower 9th Ward.

EHDA Merit Award: Killingsworth Station

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:26:25 EST

Portland, Ore., infill project for both market-rate and low-income buyers promotes low-income affordable housing along light-rail line.

EHDA Grand Award: South Hills Retirement Residence

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:34:16 EST

After sitting vacant for 35 years, the old South Hills High School has been transformed into energy-efficient seniors housing.

EHDA Merit Award: Salishan - Sal 7

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:37:33 EST

Phase seven of Tacoma Housing Authority's Salishan redevelopment achieves LEED-Platinum.

EHDA Merit Award: Main Street Village Apartments

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:25:36 EST

This transit-oriented development in Fremont, Calif., provides energy-efficient housing for low-income residents.

drs. julian and raye richardson apartments, san francisco

Tue, 8 May 2012 11:43:37 EST

David Baker + Partners brings transparency and light to a low-income project.

Pettaway Pocket Neighborhood, Little Rock, Ark.

Tue, 8 May 2012 11:44:47 EST

Our judges were impressed with the thoughtful design behind this affordable pocket community.

echo ridge duplexes, topeka, kan.

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:45:43 EST

El dorado applies a creative approach to a pair of affordable duplexes.

rosa gardens, palm springs, calif.

Tue, 8 May 2012 11:44:59 EST

A LEED-Gold affordable housing community suits its hot, dry environment.

Rosa Parks Apartments, Chicago

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:44:02 EST

Rosa Parks Apartments is not your typical affordable project.

West Hollywood Housing, West Hollywood, Calif.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:30:47 EST

West Hollywood Housing creates a supportive environment for special-needs residents.

Prototype Housing for Modest Means: Reverse Engineering the Rent, Dallas

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:30:05 EST

A scalable site plan of four-plex units offers renters the promise of home ownership.

Lolomas, Clovis, N.M.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:28:28 EST

Dan Rockhill's portfolio contains historic restoration projects, public art pieces, high-design custom homes, and not much affordable housing.

tesoro grove family housing, san diego, calif.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:12:11 EST

It's hard to imagine a less desirable site than the one Studio E Architects faced in designing Tesoro Grove Family Housing, south of San Diego.

homesafe, san jose, calif.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:24 EST

The judges called HomeSafe "a friendly, welcoming place"—exactly the type of reaction Studio E Architects hoped to evoke.

harold way apartments, hollywood, calif.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:27 EST

The judges admired the way this Hollywood, Calif., affordable housing engages the street. This effect results from much wrangling by Koning Eizenberg Architecture, which won several plan exceptions from the local zoning board.

downtime on the farm

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:14:09 EST

Imagine a cluster of 30 or so diminutive homes set on the edge of a large field, their compact rectangles topped with tilted roofs and punctuated with bright apple-green or ochre siding. This new crop of farmworker housing, designed by the Seattle firm Mi

paseo senter at coyote creek, san jose, calif.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:09:59 EST

David Baker, FAIA, LEED AP, and Kevin Wilcock, AIA, created a pedestrian-friendly main street through the middle of this affordable housing community—a move the judges applauded.

casas las granadas, santa barbara, calif.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:09:20 EST

Peikert Group Architects, Santa Barbara. Detlev Peikert, AIA, squeezed a long list of “must-haves” onto a tiny piece of land.