Profile

McCamant & Durrett Architects is an architecture and development consulting firm with offices in Berkeley and Nevada City, California. Founded by architects Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett, the firm is well known internationally for the design of cohousing communities, childcare facilities, pedestrian-friendly town planning, housing and mixed use, and development consulting. We believe that the fundamental blending of art, physical and social science, and architecture is achieved with formal knowledge, experience, critical thinking, and critical judgment and experience. Our practice reflects strong values for community, cooperation, and sustainability. Since 1987, the firm has provided complete architectural services for a wide range of clients.

Kathryn McCamant and Jim Leach, of Wonderland Hill Development Company, have recently launched CoHousing Partners, a cohousing development firm in California. To learn more, visit
www.cohousingpartners.com

News & Events

Charles Durrett is keynote speaker at the Organization Design Forum 2008 Annual Conference: Designing for Impact: Our Changing Organizations, Community and World, April 22-24, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA. Additional information.

Fresno Cohousing is almost ready for move-in. Are YOU ready? Watch an ABC newsbrief about this community. Fresno Cohousing

Come hear Charles Durrett speak at THE COHOUSING CONFERENCE. " Traditional forms of housing no longer address the needs of many older Americans. Nor are baby-boomers going to accept what our parents had. Most of the current options for "retirement living" are inadequate, both socially and healthwise. Cohousing opens up new alternatives for seniors to take control of the inevitable, to live as independently as possible, as long as possible. Cohousing offers aging adults a way to live among poeple with whom they share a common bond of age and experience - an entirely new way to house themselves with dignity, independence, safety, mutual concern, and fun." The Conference is held at Waltham, MA (June 12-15, 2008). Details

Also at this year's Conference, Brad Gunkel (Architect and M&D Associate) will present "Affordable Rental Cohousing," a discussion about working with non-profit developers to create affordable cohousing communities. Details

Free Introductory Slideshow in Berkeley on May 21 from 7-9 pm by Kathryn McCamant - co-author of the book CoHousing, A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. Learn more about the cohousing movement and the California communities in development. Location: M&D office at 1250 Addison Street #113 (corner Bonar Street). RSVP CoHousing Partners at 530-478-1970.

"Getting It Built" at Esalen (CA) – A hands-on workshop offering practical information about organizing, planning, and designing a cohousing community. Taught by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett on September 26-28, 2008. More information to be found at Esalen (831-667-3005).

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