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By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide to Architecture since 1999

Good News About the Bad Economy

Tuesday January 13, 2009
If there's any silver lining to the economic cloud that hovers over us, it would have to be the demise of the McMansion. In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Virginia McAlester, author of A Field Guide to American Houses, speculated that our current economic woes will lead to smaller houses. McAlester thinks we'll also see an increase in energy-efficient attached houses and duplexes. Yay!

Full story in the Washington Post: Recession Should Change Tastes

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