Originally designed as a dignified alternative to the FEMA trailer, the Katrina Cottage has evolved into a nationwide sensation that is finding popularity as affordable housing, guesthouses, resorts and camps. Marianne Cusato and a team of designer have partnered with Lowe’s to bring the Katrina Cottages to market at plans and material packages. Cottages in the Lowe’s series range from 308 ft. up to 1800 sq. ft. Several of the cottages have grow options that allow the smaller cottages to be expanded over time.
The Katrina Cottages have been hailed for their design, durability, versatility and, affordability in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, on CNN and in all major news outlets nationwide. In late 2006, The Smithsonian Institute’s National Design Museum chose the Katrina Cottage 1 as the winner of the “People’s Design Award”. And in May 2007, the venerable New Yorker Magazine tapped Katrina Cottage designer Marianne Cusato to partake in their first conference, the New Yorker 2012: Stories from the near future.
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