Building Big, Living Small

Doug Rucker builds large, spacious residences, but lives -- and works -- in a modest 710 square foot house.

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December 16, 2005, 7:00 AM PST

By Brenda Meyer

"Standing before a wall of windows, Rucker flips through a set of meticulously detailed blueprints for Kris Kristofferson's new house, relatively chaste in size at 2,000 square feet, but capacious compared to his own. For 10 years, he and Marge Lewi-Rucker have lived comfortably and contentedly in a three-room structure that is just over 700 square feet."

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

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