By Fred A. Bernstein | Wall Street Journal
Ian and Anne Nowland are married software engineers who can work from almost anywhere. And that, during New England’s long gray winters, means anywhere but Cambridge, Mass. “We wanted a place that felt very different from our home, and a building that reminded us of that difference, even if we were sitting inside, working,” Ian says.
As to the kind of house they built, the most notable thing about it may be its size: just 1,300 square feet on the main level, with a 300-square-foot activity room below. “Small houses use fewer resources at every stage,” says the couple’s architect, Wendell Burnette. “I don’t think small houses get enough credit for being green.”
