Pocket community

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.

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.

In Arkansas, a group of forward thinking folks are turning to design to build a community. One pocket at a time. Click to read the full story.

A pocket neighborhood is an identifiable cluster of houses around shared outdoor commons and infrastructure.

Arneson keeps Evergreen at the forefront of the Oshkosh senior living market with the development of a pocket neighborhood.

Oddly, the city has proposed not to encourage a popular concept: handfuls of cottages that surround a common yard

Pocket neighborhoods are the next little thing in development and design. See the benefits of going small to see if it's the right choice for your family.

Oddly, the city has proposed not to encourage a popular concept: handfuls of cottages that surround a common yard

The neighborhood emphasizes traditional Ozark architecture as well as a friendlier way of living.