Marianne Cusato is the Principle of Marianne Cusato Associates, a New York based firm specializing in traditional architectural design, as well as Cusato Cottages, LLC. Marianne's design for an alternative to the FEMA trailer, Katrina Cottage 1, showcased at the 2006 International Builder Show in Orlando, FL, has received worldwide attention and is currently being proposed for emergency, affordable and even resort housing through the US.

Marianne's firm has projects in traditional neighborhood development's (TND's) through the US as well as in the UK. She is the author of the forthcoming book, 'Get Your House Right, How to Avoid Common Mistakes in Today's Traditional Architecture,' with Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons and Leon Krier, foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. The book seeks to restore an understanding of how to speak the language of traditional architecture by illustrating where common mistakes happen and instructing how to avoid these mistakes.