Dan Parolek

Dan Parolek is principal of Opticos Design, an architecture and urban design firm with a passion for vibrant, sustainable, walkable urban places.

FOLLOW:
Article image for The missing middle response to urban housing demand Development

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...
DAN PAROLEKJUN. 23, 2016
Article image for The missing middle response to urban housing demand Development

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...
DAN PAROLEKJUN. 23, 2016
Article image for An agile approach to multifamily in the pandemic Missing middle

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.
DAN PAROLEKSEP. 21, 2020