Her approach is to “build better, not bigger,” and is evidenced in her current project, School Street Homes. Susanka’s take on residential architecture and home design is the opposite of the “McMansion” housing mentality, where cheaply constructed homes are built as large as possible, yet lack character, quality and any understanding of sustainability. One of the leaders in this movement is architect Sarah Susanka, whose philosophy of “the Not So Big House” has helped to redefine the American dream. Over the years, American home buying trends have seemed to follow the belief that “bigger is better.” But more recently, designers, architects, and homeowners themselves have started getting back to basics. Exterior of the Not So Big Showhouse on School Street in Libertyville, Illinois
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