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Single-Stair Buildings + Walkable Neighborhoods

June 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us, along with the American Institute of Architects | DC (AIA|DC) and the Congress for the New Urbanism Mid-Atlantic (CNU DC), to explore how smarter housing design can help advance more walkable, inclusive, and resilient neighborhoods across our region.

As we grapple with housing affordability, zoning reform, and the urgent need for more diverse housing options, single-stair multifamily housing has emerged as a key design and policy opportunity. If we combine these kinds of innovations with walkable neighborhoods and great placemaking, we can create more sustainable, inclusive, and in-demand neighborhoods. Join us for this special event.

Single-Stair Multifamily Buildings + Walkable Neighborhoods
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
District Architecture Center
421 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20004

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We are bringing together leaders from advocacy, architecture, and urban design to examine how this innovative housing typology can support more human-scaled, transit-supportive communities while expanding housing choice.

Featured speakers:

  • Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth, who will frame the broader regional imperative for walkability, sustainable growth, and stronger collaboration with the design community;
  • Charles Warren, AIA, Teass\Warren Architects, who will discuss DC’s recently approved One Front Door initiative alongside his firm’s work advancing single-stair multifamily housing; and
  • Thomas Long, Torti Gallas + Partners, representing CNU Mid-Atlantic, who will present two award-winning housing concepts from the 2025 Baltimore CNU Single-Stair Design Competition.

Whether you are an architect, planner, developer, policymaker, housing advocate, or simply interested in the future of better housing and better neighborhoods for our region, please join us!

This event is co-hosted by:

We look forward to seeing you downtown on June 2.