Design with Love: At Home in America

Over the last 20 years, Jonathan Rose Fellows - a program of Enterprise Community Partners - have gained a deep understanding of the conditions that cause housing insecurity, poverty, and injustice by embedding themselves in the communities where they work. By employing proven design processes, artistic practices, and community engagement principles, and committing to long-term collaborations with residents, they have drastically improved the quality of life in vulnerable communities. Simply put, they have changed lives. This collection of character-driven stories and intimate documentary photographs from 10 locations delivers lessons in how we can work together to improve the lives of people with very low incomes. On the US-Mexico border, in farm country in Rust Belt cities, and in pockets of blight and abandonment, the examples show that architecture is about human relationships and shared ambitions, and how buildings can support and embody them. AUTHORS: Katie Swenson is a nationally recognised design leader, researcher, writer, and educator. Katie was formerly vice president of design & sustainability at Enterprise Community Partners, a national nonprofit that invests over $1 billion annually in community development. Harry Connolly is a photographer whose work takes him across the USA and occasionally overseas. He is the author of Fighting Chance: Journeys through Childhood Cancer, 1993-1998 and Heading Home: Growing Up in Baseball. 150 colour images

Katie Swenson is a nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer, and educator. Katie was formerly vice president of design & sustainability at Enterprise Community Partners, a national nonprofit that invests over $1 billion annually in community development. Harry Connolly is a photographer whose work takes him across the USA and occasionally overseas. He is the author of Fighting Chance: Journeys through Childhood Cancer, 1993-1998 and Heading Home: Growing Up in Baseball.