While obviously not a new concept, its base appeal is gaining popularityĪnd creating expectations that one can afford to design and build a Little or no critical response has challenged the tenets to date. Term has connotations of environmentalism and universality, which may be why Whether you seek comfort and calm or activity and energy at home The Not So Big House offers a place for every mood.Ultra Luxury Custom Homes, Villas and Estates by designĪnd Builders should become quickly aware of the ramifications of designing and Consider which rooms in your house you use and enjoy most and you have a sense of the essential principles of The Not So Big House. In 1999 Sarah Susanka was then architect and principal with Mulfinger Susanka Mahady & Partners the firm selected to design the 1999 Life Dream House brought Frank Lloyd Wright's same common-sense human-scale design principles to our generation. Why are we drawn more to smaller more personal spaces than to larger more expansive ones? Why do we spend more time in the kitchen than we do in the formal dining room? The Not So Big House proposes clear workable guidelines for creating homes that serve both our spiritual needs and our material requirements whether for a couple with no children a family empty nesters or one person alone. Architects and builders around the country report clients showing up with dog-eared copies of The Not So Big House pages marked to a favorite section. And the people responsible for building our homes have also gotten the message.
Since then the book's simple message ? that quality should come before quantity ? has started a movement in home design.
Nearly a quarter-million people bought this ground-breaking book when it was published in Fall 1998.
Now the book that celebrated that bold declaration is back in this special 10th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction and 16 additional pages that explore three new homes. Ten years ago Sarah Susanka started a revolution in home design with a deceptively simple message: quality should always come before quantity.
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