Dan Parolek
Dan Parolek is principal of Opticos Design, an architecture and urban design firm with a passion for vibrant, sustainable, walkable urban places.
An agile approach to multifamily in the pandemic
A unique missing middle housing development in Papillion, Nebraska, shows how smaller increments of multifamily are beneficial in economically uncertain times.
The missing middle response to urban housing demand
The mismatch between current US housing stock and shifting demographics, combined with the growing demand for walkable urban living, has been poignantly defined by recent research and publications by the likes of Christopher Nelson and Chris...
What's right for the site: Analyzing the missing middle
The options for missing middle housing on a small redevelopment site are many, so here's a process to decide what choices make sense. Part 1.