For many millennials living in cities, sharing space with others is just a matter of practicality. Housing is expensive, and even college graduates with well-paying jobs struggle to afford rent on their own. Shacking up with friends, peers, or relative strangers may require you to give up some privacy, but it also makes it possible to live in a more desirable location with better amenities and access to better communities. Plus, it easily beats living with mom and dad, right" Nowadays, co-living doesn?t have to be an impersonal, dorm-like experience that makes you want to spend as little time at home as possible, especially when you bring a little thoughtful design into the equation.

“Intention” is the key word for architects Tom and James Teatum, who together own both the design firm Teatum + Teatum and Noiascape, ?a modern infrastructure for urban renting? committed to creating alternate ways to live and work in cities. We often think of shared housing as short-term and transient rather than long-term and permanent, which can result in spaces that don?t actually meet the needs of their occupants. The Teatum brothers take the time to think deeply on what people really want out of urban living: connection. ?We believe that living in cities is a social experience established by meeting and interacting with people,? they explain. ?So we?re creating a network of spaces across the city that can be accessed by a Noiascape ?Community.? That community means peopl...