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Sarah susanka architect
Sarah susanka architect








sarah susanka architect

The American way has been quantity is queen.

sarah susanka architect

"I had to take my clients through a thought process to help them see they were not looking for a quantity of home, but a quality of home," Susanka says. As people look to buy a new home - or if their economic situation instead leads them to consider remodeling - the new trend is to scale back in size and eliminate the expensive wasted space in homes. But they didn't seem to match the reality of modern living.Īnd part of that reality is a recovering economy. They all had traditional elements - living rooms, dining rooms, family rooms, kitchens and so forth. She found many people were not happy with the standard homes being produced. Susanka, is the author of the best selling “Not So Big House” series of books on how people can have a richer experience inhabiting their homes and lives. Today, however, many people would not hesitate to ask her to plop down at their kitchen tables. The joke is we build formal living areas for the people we would rather not have in our houses." I don't think I ever sat in someone's formal living area. "We would stand until they would determine that I am a nice person and then they would say, 'Let's go visit in the kitchen, it is more comfortable there,'" she says. Whenever architect Sarah Susanka would visit a potential client's home, they would invite her into the formal living room.










Sarah susanka architect