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Living Large by Building Small.(International Edition; LUXURY)

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Byline: Cathleen McGuigan

With designer architecture, it's the quality--not the size--that matters.

Not long ago, a potential client called architect Deborah Berke in New York. Berke's elegantly spare contemporary houses have attracted a devoted high-end clientele, and the caller had been searching for an architect when he saw one of her houses featured in a glossy magazine. As they discussed what he found appealing about the house, Berke mentioned it was about 550 square meters in size. "Oh, no!" said the man. "That's too

big." He'd never build a house larger than 375 square meters, he explained--not because of cost but because it would be ...

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