Книга: Sarah Susanka «Inside the Not So Big House»

Inside the Not So Big House

Производитель: "Taunton Press Inc."

Americas favorite home architect Sarah Susanka takes an up-close look at the well-crafted details that can be used to personalize any home, whether new or remodeled. Susanka illustrates these built-in elements with inspiring examples from 24 homes across America and shows how paying attention to the details brings an otherwise ordinary home to life.

Издательство: "Taunton Press Inc." (2007)

ISBN: 978-1-56158-984-5

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Sarah Susanka

Sarah Susanka

Sarah Susanka, FAIA (born March 21, 1957) is an English-born American-based architect, an author of nine best-selling[1] books, and a public speaker. Susanka is the originator of the "Not So Big" philosophy of residential architecture, which aims to "build better, not bigger." Susanka has been credited to have initiated the small house movement.[2]

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Biography

Susanka was born March 21, 1957, Knockholt, Kent, England and now resides in North Carolina.[3] After graduating from the University of Oregon, she settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She pursued a masters degree in architecture from the University of Minnesota while working for several architecture firms. Her thesis was the basis of her "Not So Big" books.[1] She was a founding partner, along with her thesis advisor, of the Minneapolis-based residential architecture firm, Mulfinger, Susanka, Mahady & Partners (now known as SALA Architects) before leaving to pursue her writing and speaking career full-time. Her company is Susanka Studios.[3]

She has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Charlie Rose Show, and NPR's Diane Rehm Show, and her philosophies have appeared in various publications such as USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

Susanka was named “one of 18 innovators in American culture” by U.S. News and World Report in 1998. In 2004 Builder Magazine ranked her as #14 out of 50 "Power Brokers". She appeared on the “Environmental Power List” in Organic Style magazine that same year. In 2007, she received the Anne Morrow Lindbergh Award, and award given periodically to recognize "outstanding individual achievement, a spirit of initiative, and work that exemplifies great dedication toward making positive contributions to our world".[4]

She is a registered architect and certified interior designer as well as a member of the College of Fellows[5] of the American Institute of Architects and a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council.[6]

Personal life

Susanka is a breast cancer survivor.

Books

The basic philosophy of quality over quantity, or "build better, not bigger," is described in great detail in Susanka's first book, The Not So Big House, which discloses her conceptual principles, and in seven of her following books, including Creating the Not So Big House, Not So Big Solutions for Your Home, Home By Design, Inside the Not So Big House, Outside the Not So Big House, Not So Big Remodeling, and More Not So Big Solutions for Your Home. She expands on her philosophy into how we live our lives in her seventh book, The Not So Big Life, focusing on "quality, not quantity" of time and life experience.

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Dietsch, Deborah K. (May 13, 2004). "How Not So Big Got So Big; Author Sarah Susanka Has Turned Small Is Beautiful Into a Cottage Industry". Washington Post (Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company): pp. HOME H1. 
  2. ^ Carmela Ferraro (February 21, 2009). "Small but perfectly formed". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/799d9338-fe1c-11dd-932e-000077b07658.html. 
  3. ^ a b "About Sarah". Sarah Susanka website. http://www.sarahsusanka.com/about/default.asp. Retrieved 1 September 2010. 
  4. ^ "Sarah Susanka (2007)". Lindbergh Foundation. 2007. http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/docs/index.php/sarah-susanka. Retrieved September 1, 2010. 
  5. ^ "College of Fellows". American Institute of Architecture (AIA). http://www.aia.org/practicing/groups/cof/AIAB080159?dvid=&recspec=AIAB080159. Retrieved September 1, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Design Futures Council Senior Fellows". http://www.di.net/about/senior_fellows. Retrieved September 1, 2010. 

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