Cottage neighborhood

Built Green Homes, Conover Commons, New Craftsman style cottages, by the Cottage Company, Linda Pruitt, Developer, Ross Chapin, Architect, Seattle area, Redmond, Washington State, Pacific Northwest, USA,.

This is a 493 sq. ft. studio style cottage with a first-floor bedroom designed by Our Town Plans. When you go inside, you'll find a one-level floor plan (no sleeping loft) with a bedroom, reading nook,

Pocket neighborhoods are a growing trend across the United States and Canada. They create a friendly supportive community for people in many different stages of their life. Ross Chapin, an architect in Washington first coined the term pocket neighborhoods. Several of those are profiled here.

As single-family houses become increasingly self-contained units connected to their neighbors solely by well-driven, and rarely walked, streets, Ross Chapin, FAIA author of Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World, looks at the ways in which emerging trends in neighborhood design can help rebuild the bonds of community.

Umatilla Hill - a pocket community in the Pacific Northwest