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COSC Hosts Sarah Susanka Event
“The Not So Big House®”
Des Moines, IA – June 21, 2006 – This fall the Center on Sustainable Communities (COSC) is hosting Sarah Susanka, author of The Not So Big House® book series and best selling author, architect and cultural visionary for an afternoon and evening event on October 4th at Hoyt Sherman Place.
Susanka’s approach has been embraced by homeowners, architects and builders across the country and she is leading a movement that is redefining the American home with her “build better, not bigger” approach. Susanka is a sought-after resource by industry groups and members of the media. She has shared her insights on big ideas for small spaces on The Oprah Show, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Charlie Rose.
In February 2001, Fast Company named her to their debut list of “Fast 50” innovators whose achievements have helped to change society – an honor preceded by her selection as a “top newsmaker” for 2000 by Newsweek magazine and an “innovator in American culture” in 1998 by U.S. News & World Report. She ranked number 14 out of 50 in Builder Magazine’s “Power Brokers” – the most influential people in the building industry.
Susanka has earned similar accolades for her books. Her first, The Not So Big House (1998) spent two years among the top five best sellers on Amazon.com's Home and Garden list. Creating The Not So Big House (2000) ranked among the top 15 books in the New York Times "Advice & How To" best-seller list. Through her columns in Fine Homebuilding and Inspired House magazine, Sarah explored issues commonly encountered in new home design and remodeling.
In Susanka’s book Home By Design, she illustrates principles that govern how we experience space, light and order in our homes, and reveal the tricks used by architects and designers to make their creations comfortable and engaging. Susanka believes that by giving names to the key ingredients of good design and explaining how they can be applied in any home, builders, designers, and homeowners will be able to dramatically improve the quality of house design.
In 2007, Random House will publish The Not So Big Life, where Sarah will adapt the same revolutionary principles to how we experience our lives. She will offer guidelines for easing our chaotic and overcommitted lifestyles, slowing down and eliminating less fulfilling activities to make time for those things that give our lives a personal signature and deep satisfaction.
About COSC
Center on Sustainable Communities promotes residential green building in Iowa to encourage homeowners and building professionals to embrace conscientious building practices that create sustainable neighborhoods. COSC serves as a resource for education and provides a broad network of local and green building professionals; a local connection to suppliers of green building products; a sample showroom of green building products; and a local schedule of green building seminars and workshops. COSC’s office and showroom is located at RDG Planning & Design, 301 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA. For more information please visit www.icosc.com.
About Sarah Susanka
Prior to her work as an author and public speaker, Sarah Susanka was a principal and founding partner of Mulfinger, Susanka, Mahady & Partners, Inc., a firm specializing in residential architecture in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She spent 16 years at the company, which was selected to design the 1999 Life Dream House. Susanka is a registered architect, a member of the American Institute of Architects and is a certified interior designer. For more information visit www.susanka.com or
www.notsobig.com.
For more information, contact:
Lynnae Hentzen
Executive Director
(515) 309-3266
Lynnae@icosc.com
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