Kathryn "Katie" McCamant is an American architect, developer and author based in Nevada City, California.
Cohousing is a type of intentional community composed of private homes with full kitchens, supplemented by extensive common facilities to create more socially and environmentally sustainable neighborhoods.
The project began after McCamant and Durrett gave a lecture in Davis, California and then were asked to help design the community.
Their former Nevada City, California firm, McCamant & Durrett Architects, designed and consulted on more than 55 cohousing communities across the United States.
In 2001, McCamant was a co-recipient of the United Nations World Habitat Award for her work in designing the East Lake Commons Conservation Community in Atlanta, GA.[3][4] She and Durrett received an award for mixed-use development that was jointly presented by the American Institute of Architects and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.