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Credits and Kudos
  • The Design Advisor was created by Deane M. Evans, FAIA, under contract to the National Institute of Building Sciences, Washington, DC - William Brenner, AIA, VP, project manager.

  • The Design Advisor was created for the Office of Policy Development and Research of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

  • Web design and development by Aspen Systems Corporation, Rockville, MD - Chris Thompson, Team Leader, David Schmidt, Web and Multimedia Manager, Way Wan, Internet Specialist, Danny Hart, Multimedia Specialist, Jennifer Cassou, Web Designer, and Ellen Burchill, Editor.

  • Many of the photographs and case studies in the Design Advisor are derived from the book, Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing, and are reproduced with the kind permission of the publishers Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd and the McGraw-Hill Companies.

  • Special thanks to:
         Kathy Dorgan, AIA, Storrs, Connecticut
         Tom Jones, AIA, San Francisco, California
         Willie Pettus, AIA, Oakland, California
    who provided invaluable guidance and technical advice throughout the development of the Design Advisor.

  • Additional thanks to the following experts for their much appreciated input over the course of the project:

      Leslie Adler, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Albany, NY
      Kathryn Anthony, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
      Richard Bradfield, Bradfield Richards Architects, Atlanta, GA
      Joan Byron, Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development, Brooklyn, NY
      Stephanie Bothwell, American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC
      Don Carter, Urban Design Associates, Pittsburgh, PA
      Monica Chadha, Archeworks, Chicago, IL
      Blake Chambliss, Rural Community Assistance Corporation, Denver, CO
      Rex Curry, Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development, Brooklyn, NY
      Diane Dorius, Federal Housing Finance Board, Washington, DC
      Ena Dubnoff, One Company Architecture, Santa Monica, CA
      Roberta Feldman, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL
      Maureen Friar, Supportive Housing Network of New York, New York, NY
      Susan Friedland, Fifth Avenue Committee, Brooklyn, NY
      Diane Georgopulos, Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Boston, MA
      Ray Gindroz, Urban Design Associates, Pittsburgh, PA
      Cindy Harden, Harden Van Arnam Architects, Brooklyn, NY
      William Huang, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Pasadena, CA
      Catherine Kearney, Metro Mayors Caucus, Denver, CO
      Peter Keyes, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
      Wade Killefur, Killefur, Flammang, Purtill, Architects, Santa Monica, CA
      Robert Koester, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
      Howard Lebold, McGillen Architecture, Bala Cynwyd, PA
      David Lee, Stull and Lee, Boston, MA
      Jeffrey Levine, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Richmond, VA
      Vincent Localio, Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles, CA
      Leslie Marcus, Episcopal Power and Light, Woodland, CA
      Orlando Marin, Housing Partnership Development Corporation, New York, NY
      Cassandra Matthews, American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC
      Rose McNulty, Asian Neighborhood Design, San Francisco, CA
      Ralph Mechur, Ralph Mechur Architects, Santa Monica, CA
      Mark Minnerly, HUD Community Builder, Pittsburgh, PA
      Jennifer Moulton, Community Planning and Development Agency, Denver, CO
      Michel Mounayar, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
      Sr. Lillian Murphy, Mercy Housing, Inc., Denver, CO
      John Parr, Center for Regional and Neighborhood Action, Denver, CO
      Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, DPZ Architects, Miami, FL
      Michael Pyatok, Pyatok Associates Architects, Oakland, CA
      Henry Sanoff, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
      Robert Santucci, URC Inc., Beaufort, NC
      Ron Schiffman, Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development, Brooklyn, NY
      Roz Schneider, Barker, Rinker, Seacat, Architects, Denver, CO
      Richard St. John, Community Design Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
      Donna Stites, Urban Edge Housing, Roxbury, MA
      Harris Steinberg, Steinberg & Stevens Architects, Philadelphia, PA
      Scott Truex, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
      Mary-Jane Wagle, One Company, Westwood, CA
      Sharron Welsh, Santa Fe Community Housing Truse, Santa Fe, NM
      Peter Wilcox, Portland Community Design, Portland, OR
      Perry Winston, Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development, Brooklyn, NY