The Big House Clinic (Case Study‪)‬

The average American house keeps on growing; it was about 2,300 square feet at last count. But chances are you don't design the average American house. If you design custom homes, your projects are likely much larger and growing bigger year by year. Maybe you're on the verge of your first 10,000-square-foot commission. Big houses are a fact of American life. Someone will always agree to build them, and if we're lucky, someone talented will agree to design them. And it won't be easy--they're among the most challenging housing types you'll encounter. To help you tame the big behemoths, we've assembled a panel of experts--architects Jeremiah Eck, Mark Simon, Alexander Gorlin, and Buzz Yudell--to share their big house success stories.