Dan Parolek
Dan Parolek is principal of Opticos Design, an architecture and urban design firm with a passion for vibrant, sustainable, walkable urban places.
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.
Designing missing middle for a small infill site
A balanced project with placemaking that meets the market and gets public approval requires patience and understanding of building types.
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.