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Abstract
In the next 20 years, increasing numbers of American families will choose to live in urban areas for reasons such as proximity to work and cultural amenities. In light of that trend, this article reported on a model of a service-oriented building industry to help produce housing suited to individual household preferences in environments where the detached house is not possible. It specifically addressed the critical need to achieve autonomy of the individual dwelling in mulit-unit buildings to reduce social and technical conflict under conditions of change and distributed control.
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Stephen Kendall
Stephen Kendall is on the faculty in the Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Planning, Ball State University, where he directs the Building Futures Institute in Muncie, IN. He is a registered architect and Joint Coordinator of the CIB Commission W104 Open Building Implementation, an international network of experts who work regionally to develop theories, methods, and practices aimed at implementing open building.
