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...Elder Cohousing Network in Boulder, Colo. "There have been no models before about how to grow old and stay in your home but be surrounded by a group of neighbors with a connection. This is something people are craving." Interest in the elder-cohousing movement is spreading. Charles Durrett, who brought the housing concept to the U.S. and is the author of Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living, says he receives calls daily inquiring about the idea. Durrett and his wife Kathryn McCamant are the architects of Silver Sage and are also designing projects in the Sierra foothills...
Silver Sage is still in the planning stage. The Boulder community's 16 homes will range in size from 800 to 2,000 sq. ft. and cost from $100,000 to $695,000. All the porches will open onto a courtyard with an amphitheater. Architecturally, says Durrett, "it is embracing. You can almost draw a pair of arms and say, 'We're all in this place together, and we're going to solve common problems together...
Christine A. Durrett...
Then in 1988 she paired up with David Mandel, who had once lived on an Israeli kibbutz and shared her longing for the collective lifestyle. That same year the two attended a slide show by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett. The Berkeley, Calif., architects are the principal American evangelists for cohousing--a type of intentional community in which buildings are designed to encourage social contact while preserving private space. "You have the choice between privacy and community," Durrett says. "It's a 21st century housing solution." Instant converts Scott, Mandel and a few dozen like-minded families set about designing...
After he shifted to the dry side, Durrett discovered its social benefits...