<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI Leyland Alliance is headed by CNU Board member Steve Maun.<BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 14, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Liz wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"> <DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Sounds like a great project. I would recommend visiting Warwick Grove in <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Warwick</ST1:CITY>, <ST1:STATE w:st="on">NY</ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE> (<A href="http://www.warwick-grove.com/">www.warwick-grove.com</A>). It is a TND project for age 55 and older by the Leyland Alliance. The home styles are very attractive. They have a number of other projects under development as well (<A href="http://www.leylandalliance.com">www.leylandalliance.com</A>).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><ST1:PERSONNAME w:st="on"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Liz Kormos</SPAN></FONT></ST1:PERSONNAME><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Kormos and Company LLC<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt"> <HR size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT size="2" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size="2" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> visitaccess-bounces@cnunext.org [<A href="mailto:visitaccess-bounces@cnunext.org">mailto:visitaccess-bounces@cnunext.org</A>] <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Steinfeld, Edward<BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:09 PM<BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:VisitAccess@cnunext.org">VisitAccess@cnunext.org</A><BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Visitaccess] help with the pattern book on visitable housing</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P> </DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">We have developed a draft table of contents and tentative scope for the Pattern Book that I described in a previous post. </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">We are modeling this book on the pattern book for Habitat for Humanity being developed by the Institute for Classical Architecture, UDA and others. Eric Osth from UDA will be meeting with me in early July to discuss how we can share information and examples. </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Thus summer, I hired three students to work on the layout for the book, the introductory sections and some initial designs. We will do all the 3D illustrations in Sketchup and post them on the web for comment. </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">By the end of the summer, we hope to have the introductory sections drafted, the table of contents and scope finalized, about 4-5 examples of the house designs done and all the examples and styles identified. Then, my Fall graduate design studio will work on the rest of the examples and put selected houses into context using real world sites. We hope to have a complete draft done by the end of the Fall semester.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Since there are endless variations of house forms, we need to narrow the scope to a manageable number. So, we are asking for your help. Please review the attached documents. We would like your input on the styles we should use for the various types of buildings – see the instructions in the scope document. We would like your responses at the end of next week. Please also send along any photos or plans of houses that we can redesign or use in the book. They should be good designs but they don’t have to be accessible because we will redesign and redraft them for the purposes of the book.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">I am going to have my students fan out during a week in October to do field trips to New Urbanist projects. Since it doesn’t cost that much more to visit LA than <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Chicago</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>, they can go anywhere in the country. Please suggest communities that you think they should visit and, if you have information on contacts with the developer, planners or designers, please send them along also. </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Finally, if you are interested in volunteering to meet with a student team and/or help them organize their visit to a project in your neighborhood, please indicate that as well. </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">If you have any additional suggestions or advice of any sort, please let me know or post it to the list. </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Thanks very much for your help. </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Edward Steinfeld, Arch.D., AIA</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Professor of Architecture and Director</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Access</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">School</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE> of Architecture and Planning</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">University at <ST1:CITY w:st="on">Buffalo</ST1:CITY>, State <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">University</ST1:PLACETYPE> of <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">New York</ST1:PLACENAME></ST1:PLACE></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Tel. 716 829 3485 (x327)</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Fax. 716 829 3861</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">email address:<A href="mailto:arced@buffalo.edu">arced@buffalo.edu</A></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">IDEA</SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACENAME><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Center</ST1:PLACETYPE></SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACE><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> website: <A href="http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea">www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea</A> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> </O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Visitaccess mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Visitaccess@cnunext.org">Visitaccess@cnunext.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://mail.cnunext.org/mailman/listinfo/visitaccess_cnunext.org">http://mail.cnunext.org/mailman/listinfo/visitaccess_cnunext.org</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>