Modern Dwelling, Lecture 3: Shane Phillips

Join the third in our lecture series: Modern Dwelling, with speaker Shane Phillips.

Modern Dwelling - Lecture 3

Shane Phillips, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

April 1, 2026

6:00 - 7:00pm

McCulloch Pavilion, 265 S Orange Ave., Sarasota, FL 34236

ABOUT THE SERIES

Exploring the future of housing through the lens of design, policy, and community. From design innovations to affordability strategies, and local policy frameworks.

Brian Healy, Brian Healy Architects

February 25, 2026 - 6:00 pm

Lawrence Scarpa, Brooks Scarpa Huber

March 31, 2026 - 6:00 pm

Shane Phillips, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

April 1, 2026 - 6:00 pm

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Shane Phillips’ philosophy centers on housing as the core moral and functional responsibility of cities. He argues that the housing crisis is not a market failure but a policy failure, driven by exclusionary zoning, parking mandates, and discretionary approvals that suppress housing supply and entrench inequality. For Phillips, housing is infrastructure: essential to economic opportunity, racial equity, public health, and climate resilience. Rather than focusing on iconic architecture, Phillips advocates for abundant, modest, and repeatable housing forms—multifamily buildings, missing-middle housing, and mid-rise density integrated into existing neighborhoods. He supports transit-oriented development and by-right approvals that allow housing to be built where people already want to live. Design quality matters, but only insofar as it supports durability, livability, and neighborhood integration.