Introduction: Two questions for architecture / Robert Gutman -- Finding clients / Bryan Bell -- Reconfigurable systems / George Elvin -- Direct-to-you / Kristine J. Renner Wade -- Timely tactics / Michael Rios -- Making a studio project real / Victoria Ballard Bell -- Community design centers / Rex Curry -- Use of design with Habitat for Humanity / Evan Harrel -- Sore shoulders, bruised ethics / Scott Wing -- Nirmithi Kendra / Amy Hause -- Red Feather Development Group / Robert Young ; interviewed by Jeff Evans -- Rebuilding Bayview / Maurice D. Cox -- Activist practice / Roberta M. Feldman -- The DreamTree Project / Mark S. Goldman -- Mobile studio / MaraLee Gabler -- Expanding the role of the architect / M. Scott Ball -- Communication / Andrea Dietz -- The role of the citizen architect / Samuel Mockbee -- Sustainable community planning / Julia Bourke -- Homeownership for low-income households in public housing / Charles Hoch and Tracy Lanier -- Architecture as artifact / Bryan Bell -- Light / Jae Cha -- Six-square house / Kim Neuscheler -- Archeworks / Monica Chadha -- Small town center / Shannon Criss -- KU Studio 804 / Jessica Bristow