This compendium makes an important contribution to the discussion of the many strategies architects are using to help deal with the global housing crisis. Edited by housing specialist Karen Kubey, who trained as an architect and teaches at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, it brings together 16 essays on housing in the U.S., UK, and Europe with excursions to Africa and China. (Because of the time lag in book publishing, none address new housing policy under the Trump administration.)
But what it reveals, despite architects’ noble intentions, are the limitations on what they can actually do to solve the housing crisis. The architect is often called upon to fix problems in the realm of public policy, politics, and finance. This expectation gives short shrift to what they do best, which is to design.
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