Inhabitat was founded by Columbia University (private Ivy League research university in New York City) architectural graduate student Jill Fehrenbacher in 2005 and by 2007, the site had a full-time salaried managing editor and around a dozen contributors who earned a nominal fee for their work.
Inhabitat was founded by Columbia University architectural graduate student Jill Fehrenbacher in 2005. Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. By 2007, the site had a full-time salaried managing editor and around a dozen contributors who earned a nominal fee for their work. 
