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Millers added a new master bedroom, study, and playroom in 1959, but the addition carefully followed the lines and
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article on the Miller house as part of that magazine's ongoing coverage of what it called "the New
American Style", the article stressed economy and technology in addition to aesthetics. Its opening also suggests the difficulty of convincing average Americans to consider Modern architecture:
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dreams, this one won't come true by just wishing. You have to do what this
Connecticut family did — work at it. They parked their prejudices, studied all the advanced techniques in home building, and applied them. Result: 2,152 sq ft (199.9 m). of luxury for $ 25,000.
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