![]() She recalls a seminar at the Science Museum of Minnesota some time before the book came out. Living in the Twin Cities may be skewing the way a lot of us see things. ![]() ![]() Building small and smart has become such an important part of the national design dialogue. So much has happened since the book was published, however, I can’t believe it’s only been ten years. The message just hadn’t reached a sizable audience. ![]() She and her colleagues at the Minneapolis firm Mulfinger, Susanka, Mahady & Partners (now SALA Architects) had long been pushing the idea that small design was responsible and beautiful. Paul, a great example of the not-so-big concept, for a national magazine as she was in the midst of writing the book. I remember scouting Susanka’s former home in St. It’s amazing to think it’s already been ten years since the book’s release. “If you ‘right-size’ and design to withstand the elements for the long haul from the get go, you’re not heating and cooling more than you need to and you’re using resources to ensure your home lasts hundreds of years, not just decades.” But a new edition due out in September “really brings this message home, that ‘not so big’ should be the first step in sustainable design,” she says. ![]() In that edition of the best-selling book, Susanka often touched on the idea. Sustainability was hardly a word, much less a buzzword, when architect Sarah Susanka wrote The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live ten years ago. ![]()
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