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Articles Recommended by Sarah Susanka
The Rise of
Integral Culture
There's a large segment of the population (over 24%) that has become
disenchanted with the current emphasis on materialism, and the "bigger is better"
mentality. The people who comprise this group have been named Cultural Creatives
by Dr. Paul Ray, the author of this excellent and important 1997 American
Demographics magazine article.
The NEXT
Industrial Revolution in the
Atlantic Monthly. This article is a must read for those interested in
understanding how we can go about designing a more sustainable world. Authors
William McDonough, FAIA and Dr. Michael Braungart have written an extraordinarily
clear description of the current confusions in our thinking, and have put forward
a remarkable and attainable vision for our future.
Sarah recommends these books about home design
How To Work With An Architect
Gerald Lee Morosco, AIA
Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House; Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature
Carol Venolia and Kelly Lerner
The Barefoot Home:Dressed down design for casual living
Marc Vassallo, co-author of Inside the Not So Big House
www.barefoothome.com
Salmela | Architect
David Salmela is an incredibly talented Minnesota architect, whose work is
primarily residential, and very beautiful. This book can serve as inspiration for anyone considering the
design of their own home, or simply interested in what a house can be when designed from top to toe.
Tom Fisher, with photography by Peter Kerze
Creating the Inspired House
A cross-country tour of over 20 inspired homes
John Connell
The House You Build
Making real-world choices to get the home you want
Duo Dickinson
The Distinctive Home: A Vision of Timeless Design
by Jeremiah Eck
The Farmhouse: New Inspiration for the Classic American Home
Jean Rehkamp Larson
The Getaway Home
Discovering your home away from home
Dale Mulfinger
The Cabin
Inspiration for the classic American getaway
Dale Mulfinger, Susan E. Davis
Good House Parts: Creating a Great Home Piece by Piece
Dennis Wedlick
Additional recommended books
The
Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World by Paul Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson
New
Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community by Peter Katz
A
Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander,
Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein
The
Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
The
New Cottage Home by John Tolpin
The
New Family Home: Creating the Perfect Home for Today and Tomorrow by John
Tolpin
Meditations
on Design: Reinventing your Home with Style and Simplicity by John Wheatman
Silence, Song and Shadows by Tom Bender
Building with the Breath of
Life by Tom Bender
Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, & Hunter Lovins
The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken
Waking Up in Time by Peter Russell
Global Mind Change by Willis Harman
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot
Articles about Not So Big
"More Proof that Small is, Indeed, Beautiful" recent AIA review of Sarah's new book, Not So Big Solutions
Home Design: A Room to Think an article about "away rooms" in USNews.com
A Sacred Place: Home an article by Sarah Susanka from SoulfulLiving.com.
"Small Miracles," an article in the January/February 2002 issue of Natural Home Magazine.
Radio interview on the Diane Rehm Show, April 3, 2001.
"Sarah Susanka's Not So Big Houses," a Powells.com interview.
"Big Ideas from the 'Not So Big House' Author," Portland Business Journal Article, April 13, 2001.
"Home Is Where The Heart Is: Best seller Sarah Susanka bucks the 'big house' trend," Newsweek Article, October 16, 2000. (Duplicated with permission.)
"Smaller
Houses for Bigger Living" by Marilyn Gardner, in The Christian Science
Monitor, August 19, 1998.
Hugh
Downs on Our Rooms. This ABC News Editorial discusses the modern evolution
from formal rooms to informal.
Magazines Recommended by Sarah Susanka
These are a few of the home design magazines available on the web. Some
merely offer you an opportunity to subscribe, while others are more generous in
their online articles and images.
Fine Homebuilding
Architectural Digest
Better Homes and Gardens
House and Garden
House Beautiful
Life Magazine's Dream Houses
Natural Home Magazine
Oprah Magazine
Soulful Living
Traditional Home
These are a few of our favorite magazines on related issues:
Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures
Parabola Magazine
Feng Shui for Modern Living
The Well
Hope Magazine
What Is Enlightenment?
Tricycle Hub
The Environmental Magazine
The Utne Reader
Web Sites Recommended by Sarah Susanka
www.simplyliving.com
Connecting you with people, products, and ideas that allow you to live more simply.
www.homeportfolio.com
This is a web site filled with excellently designed products, suitable for a Not
So Big House. There's a wonderful feature on the site that allows you to collect
images and data on the products you like, that you can later download and give to
your architect or designer. I recommend this site to all my clients.
Television & Video Recommended by Sarah Susanka
The television series Hometime has featured houses that utilize Not
So Big House concepts.
The Arts and Crafts Movement
Founders of the Arts & Crafts Movement
A fine site on the Arts & Crafts Movement, it includes an anthology of writings on interior design by William Morris and his contemporaries.
The Arts & Crafts Society
The home page of the Arts & Crafts Society, including events and archives.
In the Craftsman Style: House Plans by Ashmore/Kessenich Design
Features a book of 10 house designs and 2 studio/garage designs "inspired by designs of the early 20th century".
Frank Lloyd Wright
The Frank Lloyd Wright Source Page
An overall reference source for Frank Lloyd Wright locations on the web.
The
Taliesin Preservation Commission
The Taliesin Preservation Commission works to preserve
Taliesin--Frank Lloyd Wright's estate in Spring Green, Wisconsin--as an eminent example of organic
architecture and the vision of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Frank Lloyd Wright in
Minnesota
Listings and information about Frank Lloyd Wright's Minnesota architecture.
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