MARIANNE CUSATO IN THE NEWS

Your Home In 2020  Forbes 4.08.10 by Marianne Cusato Goodbye, McMansions. In 2020 we'll build for the triple bottom line: people, planet as well as profit.

Sharing Spaces: Designs That Set Boundaries  International Business Times 3.05.10 The right layout, flexibility, and agreed-on rules can bring family members of multiple generations, or even outsiders, together under one roof. 

The New Economy Home  About.com: Architecture 2.22.10  They didn't have to offer me the chance to win a Kindle. Even without enticement, I was eager to see the New Economy Home by architect Marianne Cusato.

Small is the new big: International Builders' Show 2010 Las Vegas  The Ottawa Citizen 1.30.10 Marianne Cusato is the new darling of the struggling American housing industry, offering an affordable alternative to the maligned and overpriced McMansion.

Say Goodbye to the McMansion  Marketwatch 1.29.10 Times have changed, and the square footage of new American homes is dropping. Super-sized homes are out, and efficiency and versatility are in. MarketWatch's Amy Hoak reports on the latest building trends.

Foundations of recovery on display at Builders' Show in Las Vegas Consumer Reports 1.27.10 “...innovative products were on display throughout the hundreds of thousands of square feet of exhibition space, and energy-based technology led the way..while it wasn't technically at the show, the Builder Concept Home 2010 offered a virtual tour of the future of home building.”

‘Tour the new dream home: at International Builders' Show, it's small, virtual, affordable’ USA Today 1.18.10 What a difference a year makes!  The International Builders' Show, which opens Tuesday in Las Vegas, planned to showcase a huge and glamorous New American Home, as it's done in years past. Instead, it has a virtual display of the New Economy Home.

‘Builder  Woes and ‘The Most Innovative Home  Never Built’ Wall Street Journal 12.16.09 “Dubbed “A Home for the New Economy,” the house eschews the New American Home’s five-bedroom, eight-bathroom plan for a 1,700-square-foot model with four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms...

‘The home of the future: smaller, simpler, more affordable’ Wallet Pop 12.5.09 “The Katrina designer, Cusato, has responded to the downsizing movement with the soon-to-be unveiled "New Economy Home" models. "I'm shifting from natural disasters to man-made disasters: the economy," she said....”

‘Growing number of Americans are looking to downsize their homes’ Staten Island Advance 11.24.09

‘Small Homes are a Big Trend’ ABC News 6.23.09

‘Making the Best of Staying Put’ Wall Street Journal 6.19.09

“Marianne Cusato, a Miami-based designer, included a boarding-suite option in a new concept she called the New Economy Home.”

‘Homes just out of reach for hurricane victims’ Washington Post 6.13.09

“The slender cottage design, created by New York City architect Marianne Cusato, was unveiled in January 2006 at a Florida trade show and was an instant sensation among reviewers.”

Welcome to the world of tiny homes’ The Independent 6.6.09

'Bigger is better' has defined American house-building for the past 50 years. But the economic downturn could be changing all that.

‘Americans are moving on up to smaller, smarter homes’ USA Today 3.17.09

"It's a return to common sense and what really matters," says Marianne Cusato, who designed the Katrina Cottage.

‘Small but Perfectly Formed’ Financial Times 2.21.09

“In the US, Marianne Cusato’s Katrina Cottages, which start at 308 sq ft and began life as emergency accommodation after Hurricane Katrina, sell in kit form at Lowe’s home centres around the country.”

‘When You’re Lost in Space’ Ottawa Citizen 2.7.09

“The designing mind behind the Katrina cottage and a veteran of the studio lifestyle shows how clever storage is key to coping with modest and bigger spaces....”

‘Future on Display in Today's Progressive New Homes’ Builder 1.27.09 “Designer Marianne Cusato, creator of the Katrina Cottage, recently introduced her concept for a home for the new economy....”

‘Has Architecture Reached a Turning Point?’ Residential Architect 1.16.09 “The McMansion backlash also has homebuyers looking for smaller, more efficient, and yet more flexible homes with modest price tags...”

‘A Home for the New Economy’ Builder 1.13.09

“Houses that morph may offer a life boat to the middle class...”

‘A Decades Most Remarkable Homes’ Wall Street Journal - 12.25.08

“And Marianne Cusato adds, "The 'more is more' mentality took over.... Developers attempted to differentiate by building a small town in your house...a media room, a café, a hair salon..."

‘Handy Real Estate Books’ Chicago Tribune - 12.12.08

“Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid” by Marianne Cusato and Ben Pentreath This is a terrific book for anyone who wants to learn more about building principles or ever looked at a house and realized that something was wrong but didn’t know what...”

Five Books CREATING A HOME Minneapolis Star Tribune - 12.5.08

"Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid" by Marianne Cusato.....is a marvelous assemblage of house-building wisdom...”

‘10 Questions for . . . Marianne Cusato’ Consumer Reports - 10.24.08

“In this installment of 10 Questions for . . . , Senior Editor Daniel DiClerico speaks with Marianne Cusato...”

‘The Incredible Shrinking House’ Money Magazine - 5.15.08

"Ask anyone how many rooms in their house they don't regularly go into and most will admit that they actually live in a small percentage of their home," says Marianne Cusato..”

‘Designer Tells ins, outs of Homes’ Chicago Tribune - 1.11.08

“...Cusato, a New Yorker whose philosophy is that size doesn’t matter, shares her expertise on quality and affordable home building with two new books...”

‘Designer Helps Redesign American Dream’ Northwest Arkansas News 10.25.07

...”That design forever changed Cusato’s life and the way a growing number of families, communities, businesses and others approach growth in the United States..”

‘West Coast Green: Marianne Cusato's Katrina Cottage Story’ Building Green - 9.21.07  "The greenest thing you can build is a home someone loves." That was the main theme of designer Marianne Cusato's talk "The Katrina Cottage Story: The Value of Design," this afternoon at West Coast Green...”

‘An Iconic Guitar vs. the iPhone: It’s Your Call’ Washington Post 9.20.07

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Simple cottage design seen as big fix for Gulf Coast rebuilding effort San Diego Union Tribune 2.18.07 “In a whirlwind, life-changing year, Marianne Cusato has gone from an anonymous young designer to a key figure in the effort to resolve the regional housing crisis caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita...”

‘Think Small’ New York Times - 2.16.07

“...This is the case for two retirees, Gail Conti and her husband, Tom, of Rockledge, Fla. Attracted to a charming porch, pastel hues and compact size, they hope to buy a 308-square-foot Katrina Cottage, originally designed for hurricane relief by Cusato Cottages...”

‘Lowe’s to Sell Katrina Cottages’ Business Week - 11.6.06

“Katrina Cottages, kit-of-parts houses designed for hurricane-affected residents of the Gulf region, will finally be available to the public. The hardware superstore chain Lowe’s will sell the systems in its Louisiana and Mississippi stores in late fall....”

‘New York Architect Wins Award for Katrina Cottage’ New York Times - 1-.19.06

“Marianne Cusato, a New York architect, has won the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s People’s Design Award for her Hurricane Katrina Cottage, designed as an alternative to the trailers supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency...”

‘Power On 50: The 50 most influential people in home building’ Builder Magazine 12.12.06  “...#4 Marianne Cusato: Cusato made our list as designer of Katrina Cottage 1, a 308-square-foot emergency dwelling that actually looks like a house...”

‘Living Small but Living Well’ New York Times - 11.5.06

“Ms. Cusato’s belief — that even a small space can feel expansive, if it’s part of something larger — has informed what has become her most important project thus far: designing a series of tiny houses for victims of Hurricane Katrina...”

‘A stylish cottage for Katrina country is a hit all over’ Christian Science Monitor - 10.2.06 “The Katrina cottage - with living quarters about the size of a McMansion bathroom - is now appealing to people well beyond the flood plain...”

‘Gulf Coast Taking a look at New Urbanism’ USA Today - 8.29.06

“It's the handiwork of New York designer Marianne Cusato, who last week reached an agreement with Lowe's in which the home improvement giant will manufacture a "kit" so builders can assemble cottages on-site...”

‘Shrinking Down the House’ Time Magazine 8.14.06

“Says architect Marianne Cusato, a small-home designer who lives in a 300-sq.-ft. apartment in New York City: "It's human nature to gravitate toward something that makes you feel contained..."

‘Tiny cottage may be the answer’ San Diego Union Tribune - 2.12.06

“Trailer alternative turns heads at builders' show...”

‘Starting Over’ Chicago Tribune 1.29.06

“Cottage pitched as one small step toward rebuilding the Gulf Coast. The little yellow house may have an impact far larger than its size...”

‘The house that Katrina built’  St. Petersburg Times 1.28.06

“A little yellow cottage with a tin roof - a hit at the recent International Builders' Show - may be the future of emergency housing...”

‘House of Dreams’ Ottawa Citizen 1.21.06

“There's the $5.3-million second home for monied folks. Then there's the Katrina Cottage, a modest place that may change the Mississippi's gulf coast...”

‘Two Houses, Two Visions’ Washington Post 1.21.06

“Creature Comforts vs. 'Adorable' Efficiency At Builders Group's Annual Trade Show..”