Marianne Cusato

Who is Marianne Cusato?

Marianne Cusato is a designer, educator, author, and urban designer based in Miami, Florida. She was the designer of the 300-square-foot "Katrina Cottage," conceived in 2005 as an alternative to the FEMA emergency trailers supplied to some of the newly homeless survivors of Hurricane Katrina along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In 2006, Cusato entered into a licensing agreement with the Lowe's Home Centers to make the cottages available in kit form in all Lowe's stores nationwide or the plans alone online.

She is a representative of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture.