The Cutler edge

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Jim Cutler, the Seattle, WA, architect commissioned to design Microsoft's Bill Gates home, believes in preserving trees and using only salvaged wood. Cutler grew up on the East Coast and was influenced by the architect Louis Kahn. The Gates compound includes a dining room that fits 100 people.

Design and construction, Gates, Bill, Works, Mansions, Cutler, Jim

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Industrial chic

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Architects are designing houses that are made with inexpensive materials from hardware stores. The materials add unique features to homes without costing much money. Examples include used pipes, sheetmetal walls, the exposure of rafters and plywood in homes and sewer pipes.

Usage, Innovations, Building materials, Architect-designed houses

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Pumping up the volumes

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Schweitzer renovated a Hollywood Hills house designed in 1926 by Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright. Schweitzer modernized the house, starting from scratch. Details of the finished product are pictured and described.

Biography, Actors, Actresses, Keaton, Diane, Schweitzer, Josh

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