Living Our Dreams in Dream Homes
CBS News Sunday Morning - May 23, 2010
The New Rules of Remodeling
The Wall Street Journal - April 24, 2010
Form and Function
The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press - March 18, 2010
Sandwich Generation: Fitting Parents, Grown Children Into Home
Hartford Courant - March 14, 2010
Downsizing the McMansion
Atlantic City Weekly - March 9, 2010
McMansion opponent puts focus on redesign
Miami Herald - February 1, 2010
Sarah Susanka: Beauty on the Inside
Realtor - February 2010
Living Large in the Home You Have
HouseLogic - January 22, 2010
Efficiency Upgrades, Baby Boomers Will Help Boost Remodeling Market
EcoHome - January 22, 2010
Reinventing the McMansion
Time.com - September 28, 2009
Stay in Place, Get More Space
Kiplinger.com - September 2009
The incredible shrinking home
CNNMoney.com - August 11, 2009
The Home of the Future: 8 Innovations in Store
U. S. News & World Report - August 3, 2009
Six Strategies to Thrive in the Conserver Economy
Fast Company - May 10, 2009
Falling out of love with the McMansion.
Los Angeles Times - April 28, 2009
The right size for remodeling.
StarTribune - April 26, 2009
Remodeling on a 'Not So Big' Scale
The Washington Post - March 25, 2009
Americans are moving on up to smaller, smarter homes
USA Today - March 17, 2009
Looking Ahead: The Next 10 Years of Green Building
Natural Home - May/June 2009
Sarah Susanka, Revolutionary Architect - Creator of the Not So Big House
suite101.com - March 4, 2009
Bigger isn't always better: Home buyers opting for comfort, quality over size
Chicago Tribune - February 20, 2009
Buzzword: Rightsizing
ConsumerReports.org - February 5, 2009
Innovator Award from Builder Magazine
Minneapolis StarTribune - January 28, 2009
Candler Park family gets comfy in 'Not So Big House'
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - January 27, 2009
Special Report: Staying Afloat
CUSTOM HOME Magazine - January 14, 2009
Don't Supersize Me
GreenSource - January 2009
Downsize with style: Author Susanka calls for smaller, smarter homes
Orlando Sentinel - December 6, 2008
five books CREATING A HOME
Minneapolis StarTribune - December 5, 2008
Book review: 'The Not So Big House' 10th anniversary edition
The Oregonian - November 24, 2008
Architect marks 10 'Not So Big' years
Minneapolis StarTribune - October 21, 2008
Learn to Live the Not-So-Big Lifestyle
Mother Earth News - October 14, 2008
Catching up with Sarah Susanka
Accent Home & Garden - September 2008
Sensing Home
New Life Journal - September 2008
A Place of Her Own (Article starts on page 27.)
Flair - May 2008
A different tack for 'Not So Big' author? Not really.
The Dallas Morning News - May 9, 2008
Pardon Our Dust: Six Essentials for a Green Remodel
Los Angeles Times - April 2008
Prairie Perspective
Star Journal - April 6, 2008
Putting big style into small spaces
Chicago Tribune Redeye - March 26, 2008
Without the clutter, our homes could be smaller
Coloradoan.com - February 2008
Bigger Isn't Always Better
Metropolitan Home - February 2008
A planned housing project in Ashland will be a model of earth-friendly design
Mail Tribune - January 11, 2008
Finding Your Own Trend
Vancouver Sun - January 11, 2008
Two cottages, two storage styles: Built-ins a necessity in these Atkins Park homes
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - December 31, 2007
The Last Words
House Beautiful - December 2007
Sarah Susanka: architect and author, the Not So Big House series and The Not So Big Life
NewsReview.com - December 2007
The un-McMansion: Cozy, custom, still costly
The Seattle Times - December 8, 2007
Quality not quantity
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - November 24, 2007
Doing Double or Triple Duty
The New York Times - October 19, 2007
Cozying up a McMansion
The Kansas City Star - October 13, 2007
Singing Praise for Smallness: An Interview with Sarah Susanka
Around the House: KPLU Radio - October 1, 2007
Right-sizing your home and your life
Lincoln Journal Star - September 30, 2007
Size of New Homes Starts Shrinking As Builders Battle Housing Slump
Wall Street Journal Online - September 12, 2007
MAKING ROOM: Small, cozy, warm, inviting is better
Santa Barbara News-Press - September 1, 2007
More dining areas are getting other uses
The Washington Post - July 20, 2007
Living large in a smaller house
Architect Sarah Susanka shows how in series of books
Correction: The Not So Big House was published in 1998 by The Taunton Press.
She received several awards following the successful release of her first
book and others.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - May 22, 2007
New Sacred Space
Architecture Week - May 9, 2007
Smaller Houses Deemed Greener Houses
nbc4.com - April 23, 2007
Building Toward Less: Home Buyers' Focus Is Shifting From Size to Style
Washington Post - February 24, 2007
The 'Experience' of Great Design
Kitchen and Bath Design News - February 2007
One Room, Two Functions
HGTV - February 2007
Dual-Purpose Design
HGTV - February 2007
Downsizing's downside
USA Today - 1/30/2007
A divine design
Minneapolis Star Tribune - January 5, 2007
A Little Shelter
Town & Country - January 2007
Power On: The 50 most influential people in home building
Builder - December 2006
3 Steps to Clutter-Free Living
Natural Home - 12/06/2006
Evangelist beats drum for all things 'not so big'
Columbus Dispatch - 11/26/06
For many homeowners, less is so much more
MSN-Real Estate - November 2006
In a Smaller Home, More Room for Refinement
New York Times - 11/12/06
"Flaunting it:
Mammoth mansions rise in Lincoln Park as Chicago's wealthiest parade their bankrolls"
Chicago Tribune - 10/7/06
"Cozy up to sustainability: Not-so-big homes offer high-quality materials, energy efficiency and simplicity"
Des Moines Register - 9/30/06
Weekend Edition
Living Small
"Defying trend, some homeowners make more of less square footage"
Market Watch - 9/22/06
"Bigger isn't always better"
Toronto Star, August 12, 2006
Size Matters: Living large in a smaller home
Angie's List, August 2006
"The Not So Big Interview"
Upstate House, August 2006
"what I saw at the evolution"
Residential Architect, June 2006
"Property Buzz"
HGTV - 5/28/06
"Harmonic Emergence; Authors Celebrate Dynamic Landscapes Uniting Indoors and Out in a 'Not So Big' Way"
Washington Post - 5/18/06
"Small Home Concepts May Translate to Great Outdoors"
Chicago Tribune - 4/1/06
"Best on the Shelf: Bestseller lists compiled weekly from 230 independent Canadian booksellers"
Regina, Saskatchewan Leader-Post - 3/18/06
"Connecting to the garden: How the outdoors can improve one's living experience"
Vancouver Sun - 3/3/06
"Link design inside and outside home"
Toronto Star - 3/2/06
"Thinking outside the house"
Raleigh, NC News and Observer - 2/28/06
"homangarden;
(ho min gard' n) n. a place where boundaries between a house and the surrounding landscape have been blurred, creating something greater than the sum of its parts ['You have a beautiful homangarden.']"
Chicago Tribune - 2/26/06
Dig into spring with annual garden show at fairgrounds
Tennessean, 2/25/06
"Big Ideas, Smaller Landscapes"
The Capital Times (Madison, WI), 2/25/06
"Only the Ideas Are Big
Author Sarah Susanka emphasizes detail and character over size."
Los Angeles Times - 12/15/2005
"Guru of the 'Not So Big' Movement Gets Down to the Particulars"
Raleigh News & Observer - 12/06/2005
"Small Spaces"
Good Housekeeping - November 2005
Woman's Day Home Remodeling - November 2005
"In the Latest Not So Big Book, We Learn to Build Character"
Seattle Times Sunday Magazine - 10/16/2005
"Buyers Told to Seek Better, Not Bigger"
The Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) - 10/13/2005
"Cozy vs. Colassal: Is McMansion's Day Over?"
Hartford Courant - 10/14/2005
"Builder Notes; Not So Big House series turns inward with interior design tips"
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 10/01/2005
"Review: Inside The Not So Big House"
Boston Globe Magazine - 10/06/2005
"Details Can Make a World of Difference in Your Interior Design"
The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia) - 10/01/2005
"Twelve Ways to Go Green"
Inspired House Magazine - September/October 2005
"Orlando Home of the Year"
Orlando Leisure Magazine - August 2005
Manageable Mansion
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) - 8/06/2005
Home of the Month; Rural Retreat
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 8/06/2005
Americans dream of ever-grander homes
Christian Science Monitor - 8/03/2005
Design tricks to make small spaces look larger
San Jose Mercury News - 07/28/2005
Architect's big idea is for homes that aren't.
Orlando Sentinel - 7/17/2005
New Urbanism trend
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) - 7/02/2005
"When a Smaller Home is Smarter"
MONEY Magazine - June 2005
Builders and buyers are trending toward smaller homes
The San Diego Union-Tribune - 6/19/2005
Figure out ways to make adjustments when downsizing
Chicago Tribune - 5/28/2005
Design Dispatch; Homes that age gracefully.
Los Angeles Times - 5/26/2005
Door to the past.
Ottawa Citizen - 5/14/2005
Downsizing Your Living Space Can Have an Upside, if It's Done Properly
The Washington Post - 5/07/2005
"Building Character"
REALTOR Magazine - 05/01/2005
Steeped in green: developing the PCBC's Pacific Heights Showhouse.
Environmental Design & Construction - 5/01/2005
DECORATING; How to tame the supersized.
Los Angeles Times - 4/28/2005
The Interior Landscape: Space; A look at the shifting footprint of today's home.
Los Angeles Times - 04/28/2005
Ask The Post
Washingtonpost.com - 4/20/2005
Make an entrance; Scarlett O'Hara stairs aren't the wow factor anymore.
Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada) - 4/19/2005
INTO THE WOODS; LAKE MACLEOD DEVELOPMENT OFFERS GREEN SPACE, WATER VIEWS
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 4/17/2005
"Small Can Be Spacious"
International Herald Tribune - April 15, 2005
Smaller homes can be better if built well
The Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) - 4/07/2005
House that's not so big may not be all that cheap
Chicago Tribune - 4/02/2005
Forget the McMansion; Small Is The New Big
The Boston Globe - 3/31/2005
Space guru urges building quality over quantity
National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post) (Canada) - 3/31/2005
Sarah Susanka's latest book considers the small stuff that makes big impact
National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post) (Canada) - 3/31/2005
Not so big: Smaller can be better if built well, says architect
The Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario) - 3/26/2005
Creating a Smoother Transition
The Washington Post - 3/19/2005
It's All in the Entrance; The New Foyers Dispense With Grandeur and Stress Sightlines, Warmth, Function
The Washington Post - 3/19/2005
Architecture Magazine - March 15, 2005
Living Large As Oregon Home Balloon To An Average 2,200 Square Feet.
The Oregonian - 3/14/2005
Small fills the bill; Buyers reject supersized homes for the sake of simplicity and find that they have few regrets.
Chicago Tribune - 3/13/2005
Susanka's Signatures and Surprises Fill Demo Home in Orlando
The Washington Post - 3/12/2005
Survey of neighborhood home prices bursts bubble talk
Chicago Sun-Times - 3/06/2005
The Wright Design; Visiting architect tours the Darwin Martin house and share what she has learned about planning personalized modern homes.
Buffalo News (New York) - 3/05/2005
Starter mansions on small lots may be on way out.
Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) - 2/27/2005
Homes built for living, not for show: Architectural guru slowly turning developers into innovators and away from builders of McMansions and bland housing.
Edmonton Journal (Alberta) - 2/26/2005
CUT THE CLUTTER; Contrary to popular belief, more is not better, says organizing guru
Buffalo News (New York) - 2/25/2005
Oh, Susanka! Don't you cry for McMansions
Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia) - 2/19/2005
It's not the size of the house, it's the quality of living: DESIGN I
The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia) - 2/19/2005
Better, Not Bigger
The Virginian-Pilot - 2/19/2005
Not-So-Big is Beautiful
The Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario) - 2/17/2005
Demo homes give builders a look at what's on the horizon
Copley News Service - 02/14/2005
Oh, Susanka! Unassuming general takes aim at bland housing and McMansions
Ottawa Citizen - February 12, 2005
Reinventing the house
Ottawa Citizen - 2/05/2005
REAL APPEAL: NATURAL LOOK CATCHES EYE OF DESIGNERS
Orlando Sentinel - 1/30/2005
Showstoppers; Demonstration homes give builders a look at what's new and what's on the horizon
The San Diego Union-Tribune - 1/30/2005
The word on the street; Your guide to the latest new home lingo
Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada) - 01/29/2005
BUILDER NOTES
Minneapolis Star Tribune- 1/29/2005
More storage space; Little House
Ventura County Star - 1/27/2005
Don't just decorate - enhance your life
The Courier-Journal - 1/22/2005
In one year, out the other;biggest home trends of 2005
Des Moines Register - 1/22/2005
Your guide to the latest new home lingo
The Toronto Star - 1/22/2005
Japanese wabi-sabi traditional aesthetic gains western admirers
Tulsa World (Oklahoma) - 1/22/2005
East mystique; Design philosophies from the Far East are attracting a growing number of Westerners
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 1/19/2005
Showoffs you can visit; Be prepared to see the latest innovations for the home.
Orlando Sentinel - 01/16/2005
Less is now more for homebuyers
Contra Costa Times (California) - 1/15/2005
Architect is Redefining the American Home
Roanoke Times & World News - 1/14/2005
C2C Exhibit Showcases Futuristic Homes
Roanoke Times & World News - 1/12/2005
Living Large in a Smaller Dwelling
Charlotte Observer - 1/08/2005
Going Green, Starting Over; Down-to-earth dream house
Los Angeles Times - 1/06/2005
The future of homes and housing
Christian Science Monitor - 1/05/2005
Not So Big Showhouse: learning the principles of design and sustainable construction at the International Builders show.
Environmental Design & Construction - 01/01/2005
Designing affordable sustainable housing
Natural Life - 1/01/2005
Surrounded by nature; CamWest Development shows the possibilities available to create a better 'not big' house.
Professional Builder - 1/01/2005
THE AFFORDABLE CUSTOM DREAM
Architect tells how to get exactly what you want without busting your budget
Detroit Free Press - 12/26/2004
Home-design gathering features creative friction
The San Diego Union-Tribune - 12/19/2004
HOME / books: Spark creativity with these reads
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 12/17/2004
Dreaming of a World of Not So Big Houses
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - December 5, 2004
The Not So Stupid Showhouse
Fine Homebuilding Magazine - December 2004
No room to grow? Transform
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - September 24, 2004
Fewer Rooms With A View
Hagerstown Morning Herald - September 12, 2004
Every Room A Living Room
TwinCities Pioneer Press - August 29, 2004
At Home
Home Design: Carve Out an Oasis In Your Home
USA Today - September 2, 2004
Big home ideas abound in environment contest
The Roanoke Times - August 4, 2004
KUOW Radio Interview
Puget Sound Public Radio - July 8, 2004
Great Big Green Monster Mansions
Salon.com - July 7, 2004
Where Size Matters
U.S. News and World Report - June 28, 2004
The queen of space: Hold that conservatory
Financial Times - June 19, 2004
Wall Street Week with Fortune - June 4, 2004
Television interview with Karen Gibbs
More of the interview can be found in the out-takes
Quality Space: Fewer square feet hold super-size potential...
(May require registration)
Atlanta Journal Constitution - May 18, 2004
How Not So Big Got So Big
(May require registration)
The Washington Post - May 13, 2004
Home Designer Guided by Space, Light, Order
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - May 8, 2004
"'Home By Design' Is Guru's Thesis On Architectural Design"
Reality Times - April 27, 2004
"Books are big help in wise space use"
Desert Morning News - April 15, 2004
"Susanka's new book opens the architect's toolbox"
Star Tribune Minneapolis St. Paul - April 14, 2004
"The 3 Elements of Home Design"
Detroit Free Press - April 4, 2004
"Finally, you; After 300 years of imitating, the spirit of individuality at home
is catching on"
Chicago Tribune - April 4, 2004
"Houses Keep Getting Bigger, But That Doesn't Necessarily Mean Better"
"Size Isn't All When It Comes To Homes"
The San Diego Union-Tribune - March 28, 2004
"The Little House That Could; Latest book picks up author's less-is-more philosophy"
The Boston Globe - March 7, 2004
"Interior Design: Making a House a Home"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - March 6, 2004
"Big Kids, Small House"
San Francisco Chronicle - March 3, 2004
"Evolving Toward Better, Not Bigger"
Philadelphia Inquirer - February 29, 2004
"Author Gives Words To Dreams"
The Associated Press - Feburary 14, 2004
"Not-So-Big Author's New Book Explains How A House Can Make A Heart Sing"
Seattle Times - February 8, 2004
"No Place Like Home"
Susan Stamberg interviews Sarah Susanka for National Public Radio's Morning Edition - December 9, 2003
"McMansion Passion is Diminishing"
USA Today - May 16, 2003
"Sarah Susanka Included in Fast Company's Fast 50 Global Trendsetters of 2002"
Fast Company Magazine - February 2003
"If you plan to build a new home or remodel your existing residence, first spend time studying Sarah Susanka's Not So Big Solutions for Your Home. On my scale of 1 to 10, this outstanding new book rates a solid 10."
~Robert J. Bruss, The Los Angeles Times - November 10, 2002
"The bottom line is: If you do residential, read Not So Big Solutions for Your Home. Your clients will. Together you might get some great ideas; at very least, it will give you something fun to talk about."
~Stephanie Stubbs, Managing Editor, AIArchitect - October 2002
"Big Ideas from the 'Not So Big House' Author"
Portland Business Journal - April 13, 2001
"Small
Houses, Big Ideas"
Seattle Times - February 11, 2001
"Home Is Where The Heart Is: Best seller Sarah Susanka bucks the 'big house' trend"
Newsweek Magazine - October 16, 2000
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