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Ross Chapin

Ross Chapin, FAIA, is an architect based on Whidbey Island, WA and author of Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small Scale Community in a Large Scale World (Taunton Press). Over the last 15 years, Ross has designed and partnered in developing six pocket neighborhoods in the Puget Sound region—small groupings of homes around a shared commons—and has designed dozens of communities for developers across the U.S., Canada and the UK.
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Stories

Building Blocks for Vibrant and Resilient Communities

Robert Thompson and Mike Neiss -
Architect, community planner and author Ross Chapin joins Robert Thompson and Mike Neiss to share his passion for pocket neighborhoods, which he considers the building blocks for vibrant and resilient communities. How is a pocket neighborhood different than a regular...
Stories

Making Space for Community

John McKnight -
  Conversation with John, Peter and Ross Chapin: Making Space for Community Download or listen to John and Peter's conversation with architect, community planner and author Ross Chapin, the leader in defining and designing pocket neighborhoods. Ross believes that scale and design...
Friends & Neighbors

10 Ways to Create Community Where You Live

Ross Chapin -
Community is not just for extroverts. For thousands of years, our ancestors lived in barrios, hamlets, neighborhoods, and villages. Yet in the time since our parents and grandparents were young, privacy has become so valued that many neighborhoods are not...
Abundant Community
Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods

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