The American Dream just keeps growing. Since 1970 the size of the average new home has ballooned by 50 percent. "Great rooms," Viking ranges, 10-acre lots -- can moats and turrets be far behind?
Thanks for posting that page, very interesting and scary indeed. I for one think these giant homes are cold, vast and soul-sucking. Of course I'm sure there were similar feelings toward Craftsman homes and the like back in the day.
http://www.notsobighouse.com/ is a pretty interesting site about building houses of "quality" not "quantity." I saw Sarah Susanka, and a house she designed, on This Old House last year -- it was really, really nice... intimate, yet very functional and used the space in amazing ways. Small rooms that give the illusion of being larger, etc.
Thanks for posting that page, very interesting and scary indeed. I for one think these giant homes are cold, vast and soul-sucking. Of course I'm sure there were similar feelings toward Craftsman homes and the like back in the day.
http://www.notsobighouse.com/ is a pretty interesting site about building houses of "quality" not "quantity." I saw Sarah Susanka, and a house she designed, on This Old House last year -- it was really, really nice... intimate, yet very functional and used the space in amazing ways. Small rooms that give the illusion of being larger, etc.
I'll take 2!
Here here, and thanks for the info. Her work is interesting and I have to agree that bigger is not better.