Live-Work Planning and Design: Zero-Commute Housing (Hardcover)

Although the live-work concept is now accepted among progressive urban design and planning professionals the specifics that define the term and its application remain sketchy. This encyclopedic work is sure to change that providing the critical information that is needed by architects planners and citizens. -Peter Katz Author The New Urbanism and Planning Director Arlington County Virginia Live-Work Planning and Design is the only comprehensive guide to the design and planning of live-work spaces for architects designers and urban planners. Readers will learn from built examples of live-work both new construction and renovation in a variety of locations. Urban planners developers and economic development staff will learn how various municipalities have developed and incorporated live-work within building codes and city plans. The author whose pioneering website www.live-work.com has been guiding practitioners and users of live-work since 1998 is the United States leading expert on the subject.