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Lectures & Presentations

Sarah Susanka served as an Architecture Panel Juror at the Solar Decathlon 2009 in Washington DC.


Upcoming Presentations given by Sarah Susanka

SHOWHOUSE OPEN HOUSE WEEKENDS
Open Saturdays 9:00am - 4:00pm
Open Sundays 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Closed for Christmas and New Years weekends.
The last Open House weekend will be May 19 -20, 2012

 

February 21, 2012

5:30pm
The Not So Big House
National Kitchen and Bath Association Eastern Carolina Chapter Meeting
One Eleven Place
111 Realtors Way
Cary, NC 27513
Contact: Ruth Ann Taylor, CKD, CBD, at Ruthann@cassedyandfahrbach.com or 919-961-1774
This event is not open to the public

July 13-15, 2012

Beginning Friday, July 13, 2012 at 7:30pm
Ending Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 11:30am
The Not So Big Life Workshop
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Stockbridge, MA
Registration is not yet open, but please call 866-200-5203
or visit the website for more general information.
www.kripalu.org/presenter/V0004735/sarah_susanka



To schedule a speaking engagement with Sarah Susanka, please fill out and submit the Lecture Inquiry Form. We will be in touch shortly once we receive your inquiry. For all other questions about speaking engagements, please contact Suzanne Herrick.

To schedule a media interview with Sarah Susanka, go to the Media Center. For all other inquiries, go to Contact Information.


The Not So Big Community Presentation at IBS 2011

For those of you who attended the International Builders' Show in 2011, here is the promised pdf of the Not So Big Community presentation given by Sarah Susanka, Esther Greenhouse, Chris Grady and Phil Steupfert. Download presentation (36.3 MB)»


Sarah Susanka's free virtual talk at GreenExpo365 2010
GreenExpo365.com is a virtual tradeshow where builders, architects, product manufacturers, service providers, and others committed to green building can come together to participate in live discussions.

Not So Big for the New Economy: Crafting a More Sustainable Future
June 2, 2010

  • Attendees will be shown how to recognize the differences between the needs of the residential client of two years ago versus the client of today.
  • Attendees will be given a set of easily implementable design and marketing tools to improve their services at the same time they make their designs smaller.
  • Attendees will be given some of the key statistics and current data supporting the move to smaller, better-designed, and more energy efficient houses and remodelings, in order to help tailor their services to the current needs of the marketplace.
  • Attendees will discover who these "not so big" homeowners and homebuyers are, what they want, and how to appeal to them. They'll learn to better understand their motivations and objectives in designing, purchasing or remodeling a home; and they'll learn what characteristics of place and community this segment of the population would gravitate toward were these kinds of locations more available.

Green Builder College Courses with Sarah Susanka
Green Builder College is the first online educational program to offer certification and continuing education to professionals in the housing sector, giving home builders and their employees the opportunity to learn the science behind high-performance, resource-efficient construction.

Not So Big House Essentials
Sarah Susanka, FAIA
In this course Sarah Susanka provides a succinct analysis of the Not So Big approach to home design that can enrich the understanding of all residential building professionals. Read more.


Articles written by Sarah Susanka

"Home Sweet Home," an essay written for amazon.com.

"Detailing the Not So Big House," ArchitectureWeek.com.

"Big Ideas Behind Not So Big Houses," ArchitectureWeek.com.


Books written by Sarah Susanka

The Not So Big House (1.4 MB), you can view Chapter 1 in PDF format.
Creating the Not So Big House (4.1 MB), you can view Chapter 1 in PDF format
Not So Big Solutions For Your Home
The Not So Big House Collection
Home By Design: Transforming Your House Into Home
Inside The Not So Big House
Outside The Not So Big House
The Not So Big Life


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