In recent years, the housing crisis in America has caused many people to hotly debate how it is that cities in the United States are actually laid out. The urban planning of many metropolises across the US tends to favor skyscrapers and detached single-family homes, while disregarding any type of housing that lands in between.
This is a major problem for various reasons. The so-called missing middle architecture that could solve the housing crisis in the US is instead ignored, and this creates an urban landscape where people’s livelihoods are shaped by car dependency, rigid zoning laws, and decades of suburban sprawl.
How is missing middle architecture the solution to helping American residents live and thrive? Click through this gallery to find out.