As the real estate market rebounds, more people are thinking about what makes a perfect home. School of Architecture professor Marianne Cusato, industry leader in the home building industry and one of the top women in real estate according to Fortune Magazine, has earned international acclaim for the Katrina cottage, an attractive, well-built home that could be deployed in case of emergency.
In her book, "The Just Right Home," Cusato suggests criteria for home buying and community that is, at times, contrarian to some of today’s popular home buying trends.
