Naomi Cleaver is an interior designer and design consultant, as well as frequent writer and broadcaster, specialising in communal living and working. She has written widely on design and architecture, with columns for the Daily Telegraph and the Times, and is also a frequent conference speaker and awards judge.
Amy Frearson is a writer, editor and speaker specialising in architecture and design. She is editor-at-large for Dezeen and contributes to magazines including Elle Decoration, Grand Designs and Icon. She holds a Masters in architectural history from The Bartlett and a degree in architecture from Kingston University.
A practical and inspirational design guide, this book draws on Naomi Cleaver's own experience as a designer. Featuring detailed and highly illustrated case studies across co-living and co-working typologies, it takes in new builds and conversions of various sizes that have been implemented internationally.
Introduction: A shift towards sharing 1. Our new shared habitats *Coliving and coworking: a lexicon *Benefits and barriers *Forms of sharing *Impact of social distancing 2. Student housing reinvented *The emergence of PBSA *Defining factors *The new frontier of student living Case studies *Chapter King's Cross *Basecamp *The Student Hotel Florence Lavagnini *The Project at Hoxton *Calico 3. Coliving in the mainstream *Living as a service *More than millennials Case studies *The Collective Canary Wharf *The Italian Building *Vivahouse Soho *Cumberland Place *K9 Coliving *LifeX Classen *Flatmates 4. Generations come together *Shared living for families *Multigenerational homes *Developing new models Case studies *3 Generation House *Caring Wood *Angel Gardens *Lange Eng *New Ground Cohousing *Humanitas Deventer *Serenbe 5. Coworking lifestyles *A global movement *Curated communities Case studies *NeueHouse Hollywood *Fosbury & Sons Harmony *Big and Tiny Silver Lake *The Wing Soho *The Department Store 6. The work-life merge *Working from home *Becoming digital nomads Case studies *Garden House *Zoku Amsterdam *Mokrin House *Outpost Ubud Penestanan 7. Design toolkit