DESIGN | Building for the Multicultural Community

Modern home design should acknowledge that not all American dreams look alike.

I built 24 homes on one square block designed for first-generation immigrants with architect Geoffrey Childs, a student of John Howe. Twenty languages were spoken in the development once all the families had moved in. For opening day, we placed two flags on each front porch, one for the United States and another for each occupant’s country of origin. Wh…