Like Habitat for Humanity affiliates themselves, Habitat houses are diverse in their design. When developing house plans, U.S. affiliates try to take the architectural characteristics customary to a particular location into account, as they seek to blend Habitat houses with existing homes. These houses adhere to the "simple, decent" principles of Habitat's housing model. (Go to www.habitat.org/hw/ and click on "More Stories" to read Rebekah Daniel's interview with an architect who does a lot of work with Habitat.)
The Habitat homes on this page illustrate the diverse architecture in various regions across the United States. In the next issue, we'll have a sampling of the diversity of Habitat homes in other countries.
