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  • rosa gardens, palm springs, calif.

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

     
  • Another view of the landscaped courtyard, which is accessible from each of the building's 42 units.

    West Hollywood Housing, West Hollywood, Calif.

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

     
  • downtime on the farm

    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

     
  • spec lightly

    After graduating from architecture school, John Smith cast off for Germany to build prototype houses from discarded shipping containers. Now back on native soil in Houston and toiling for a commercial firm, Smith has a similar goal of creating compact, yet nicely detailed housing stateside.

     
 
 
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