Sarah Nettleton designs homes and commercial projects with a deeper understanding that our built surrounds are a platform for living as both individuals and a global community. In writing The Simple Home with design journalist and historian, Frank Edgerton Martin, she weaves spiritual and ecological values into the conversation about what “simplicity” means for each reader.
Among her acclaimed work is the Tofte Cabin, a 1947 cabin on the North Shore of Lake Superior that Nettleton remodeled to be sustainable and to connect to its natural surrounds. In 2002, the National Committee on the Environment for the American Institute of Architects awarded Sarah Nettleton Architects a Top Ten Green Projects Award for the Tofte cabin remodel. More at www.tofteproject.com.
Nettleton is a sought-after media resource and national speaker. She has spoken at distinguished venues including the 43rd International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress, The University of Minnesota 2nd Annual Earth Day Forum, The Living Green Expo, and as a Guest Lecture at Carlton College
Nettleton has both a Bachelor and a Master of Architecture from Tulane University. In 2004, she was awarded a RAVE (Residential Architects Vision and Excellence) Honor Award for “Sustainable Modern Meets Kyoto Protocol” by the American Institute of Architects Minnesota Chapter and Mpls./St. Paul magazine for a house that is in the book.
She is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Architecture School and taught architectural technology at the Minneapolis Technical and Community College for 11 years. Nettleton is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and certified by the U.S. Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). This is her first book.
To schedule an interview or speaking engagement with Sarah Nettleton, please contact Suzanne Fedoruk at Fedoruk & Associates, inc., 612-861-7807 or 612-247-3079, sfedoruk@mn.rr.com.
Frank Edgerton Martin is one of the few landscape historians who works in large-scale planning and preservation projects while also reporting on new ideas through design journalism nationally and internationally. Working with noted architect Sarah Nettleton, Frank’s writing in The Simple Home reflects his long-term experience in master planning and historic landscape preservation for campuses, arboreta and other sites ranging from Upstate New York to Wisconsin and California. Martin and Nettleton crafted The Simple Home to bring unique environmental and historic insights to the featured houses and the journeys their owners took to build them.
In 2001, Frank edited the book: Valued Places, Landscape Architecture in Minnesota, a survey of historic designed and cultural landscapes around the state—including the University of Minnesota, Morris. Mr. Martin also serves as a contributing editor for Landscape Architecture magazine for which he has written nearly fifty articles concerning landscape history, urban design, corporate campus planning, and historic campus preservation. His writing has also appeared in Architecture, Perspecta, Modulus, Fabric Architecture, Design Book Review, Design Quarterly, and Architecture Minnesota.
Martin holds an MSLA in Cultural Landscape Preservation and History from the University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Landscape Architecture and a degree in Philosophy from Vassar College.
Martin can be contacted at: femartin@visi.com or call 612. 964. 7993