Not So Big Design Principles for House & Life with Sarah Susanka
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Take a tour with me through the North Carolina Mountain Lake House, which I designed with my friend and fellow architect Tina Govan, to learn about some of the Not So Big principles that will make your house into home.
Plans for the NC Mountain Lake House can be found here: bit.ly/2X6wGcB
Video by Trailblazer Studios: www.trailblaze...
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Your book was the most inspirational for me when we built in 2012. Thank you. Great book to read if you are building.
Wow.... Just, WOW. This is, without a doubt, the most thoughtful house design and the most wonderful house I've seen...
Well think it over.
First you draw landscape distance sight lines. Then you draw light passageways. Than you draw human movement spaces (outdoor hallway). Then you can start looking at elevations in the home relative to functional and living spaces.
It almost seems easy!
(no it’s not or we’d all be architects)
Love the open practical yet cozy feel!
Sarah, This is my favorite house in your collection, and I would rather live in it than in Falling Water or the Robie House. It is the closest to my ideal house style, the Zen ranch. If you live in the country in California or Oregon, you have to consider the real-world threats against life and home. Those threats include cougars (not kidding), earthquakes, and country crime in an area that may be 45 minutes from the nearest police station. I believe in building homes with a 200 year lifespan, not a 50 year lifespan, as some builders construct today. So, my Zen ranch dream house would be single story, ICF superstructure, McNear utility size thin brick clad, adequate, but not exorbitant window area, and a metal roof. I am a male, so I like a rugged, fortress look. The roof lines on your Lake House are fantastic, especially the contrast between the hip and gable roof and the curved roof. I also love the roof paint color. I believe that is called *burnished slate,* but I am not sure. It gives an organic natural look to a metal roof. It actually is the color of mud, but it looks wonderful.
I have the not so big house on my shelf and I'm currently living in and working on a shed to home conversion. ❤
I love Sara Susanka. She’s as much philosopher as she is architect.
Can you put those sliding door into an existing house?
Sarah, Nice home, thanks for the insightful tips. I especially like your comment about windows not needing to be centered. I have owned your book for 20 years. It influenced me while designing and building my last house, as well as my current project! Peter
I brought all of your books, it is so amazing seeing an actual visualization of the house . Thanks
I just figured out a design element I'd been toying with.