![]() The good oil economy came in those years when design was at its worst - nationally and internationally." "Anchorage didn't start booming until the `60s, and the result is glass and concrete buildings and lots of strip malls. "Growing up in Alaska, the built environment is quite grim," Cusato said. Katrina Cottage designer Marianne Cusato seeks to elevate the standards The Katrina Cottage innovation that has caught fire with new urbanist iconoclasts, turned the heads of builders and catapulted a designer onto the pages of the New York Times, the air waves of television and the bookstores with not one, but two dynamic books pending release. Whether the quaint structure named after a horrific hurricane remains in the 21st century's lexicon or not, it is hard to imagine any single element of the built environment having as much of an overnight impact as the Katrina Cottage. ![]() ![]() This website is maintained as a historical archive.Ĭould it be possible that a century from now, people will link the 33-year-old Cusato with her 300-square-foot piece of perfection as much as they match Bell and Edison with their revolutionary inventions? ![]() NOTICE: Please note that The Town Paper is no longer in business. ![]()
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