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Loft-Home Backers No Longer Lying Low at Annual Trade Show in Las Vegas.

By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 24--Home building is essentially the same around the world and really hasn't changed for thousands of years, a Dutch architect told attendees at this year's International Builders Show in Las Vegas.

What has changed is the building materials and designs, said Lex Van Straten, architect with Thomas Alexander Design and Development.

"Floor plans and layouts have to be more intelligent," Van Straten said at a seminar on the New American Home he designed for the sh

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