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stucco has been made to do everything it is capable of, and then some. From exterior to interior, the spaces are unusual and D'Urso's decisions about them surprising. The external doors arc of different heights; the interior and exterior walls don't line up with a hori- zon, as architects like them to; the mix- ture of textures and materials is different in every room; and the height often changes abruptly through a space, giving each room its own identity. The overall effect is that of a collage of improbably harmonious elements, and although it may sound hectic, it is anything but. Dramatic, yes, but calm and classical, almost as if you were being commanded to stop and contemplate in these rooms—which, in fact, you are. D'Urso has listened carefully to his client. He may have had the kitchen table built into the floor to make sure no slacker moves it from its perfectly posi- tioned ocean view, but when he saw some already have legs, so why clutter a table with more. His granite table, opposite page, is built into the floor. The cabinetry is mahogany veneer, with panels of textured glass on the island. this page. a portion of the wall, covered in seagrass with a mahogany frame, servos as a headboard. Sources, see back of book. small tbssils in his client's apartment, he paid attention. After the house was finished, they went in starch of larger fossils, eventually obtaining the huge palm frond, the fish, and the reptile that are hung like paintings on the walls. As you climb the stairs next to the fossilized school of fish, you move, they stem to move, and the volumes of space move around you. A man whose primary inter- est is nature could not have a more responsive environment. crw HOW< Cnilitifll . D E C C. It '999 EFTA01197871