A bestselling book by architect Sarah Susanka turns

A bestselling book by architect Sarah Susanka turns new urbanist concepts inside out by addressing an area often overlooked by the community design movement — the inside of the house. Her argument in The Not So Big House for a better use of space rather than a larger house seems to have hit a nerve with readers, whose response has made the book a #1 best-seller on Amazon.com several times and the subject of several nationwide talk shows. After discussions with the National Town Builders Association, Susanka realized that her concept of a smaller house with combined kitchen/dining areas, fewer bathrooms, and energy-efficient construction, is a natural extension of new urbanist planning principles. Susanka is “ convinced that a marriage of [her idea] with the new urban movement is in order.” For more information, contact www.notsobighouse.com.