Containing Multitudes.

O'Looney credits Dan Parolek, AIA, an urban designer and architect at California-based Opticos Design, with coining the term. From the curb, "missing middle" housing might not look much different from its single-family counterparts-and that's the point. Younger generations are struggling to afford and access this type of housing, making the innovation of alternative housing types essential. [Extracted from the article]