"An indispensable reference for anyone involved in multi-family housing. . . . This book demonstrates not only how research findings can be brought to bear on general and specific design problems but also how it can be done with exemplary clarity, utter disregard of jargon, and absence of esoteric formulations. With the publication of this work, ignorance of the lessons derived from empirical research in housing environments can no longer be claimed by anyone. I recommend it highly to planners, architects, landscape architects, managers, and anyone else involved in multi-family housing." —Guido Francescato, Environment and Behavior

"[Housing as If People Mattered] contains 254 guidelines that are well written, amply illustrated, and easily used, with listing of the various responses a designer might make to each recommendation. The guidelines deal with everything from the form, image, and orientation of buildings to the use of open space by children and adults of various age groups." —Thomas Fisher, Progressive Architecture

"In contrast to other guidelines, which typically represent either an aesthetic or technical emphasis, those offered by this book take the form of suggestions or opportunities for design that support activities, values and needs of the users—the and by any group who concern is the improvement of housing environments."—Sue Weidermann, Landscape Architecture

"Essential reading for anyone involved in housing design. . . . written so as to liberate creative interpretations of the guidelines, not to provide ready made solutions to copy. . . . The sections on play are full of wisdom, the profound concern for children's real needs contrasting with the desultory provision common in housing schemes."—Jane Darke, Architects' Journal