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The cause was complications of prostate cancer, his family said in a statement. Brown also had a home in West Palm Beach. Rather than the 10,square-foot behemoths of recent years, Mr. Brown thought an exquisitely designed vacation home of 5, square feet, even 2, would be sufficient. Brown said in an interview with The New York Times in Though some noted that his decision to build the houses first and sell them later prevented buyers from trying to negotiate their own changes with the architects, Mr.

In the interview with The Times, Mr. Brown acknowledged that it was not easy working with celebrated architects.

Harry joe brown jr. birthday

Still, Mr. Brown was hardly reticent in challenging architects, even Philip Johnson, who died in January at age Brown told Mr. Johnson his design was too repetitive; Mr. Johnson changed it. In the interview with the Times, Mr. Brown acknowledged that it was not easy working with celebrated architects. Still, Mr. Brown was hardly reticent in challenging architects, even Johnson, who died in January at age Brown told Johnson his design was too repetitive; Johnson changed it.

Thomas Phifer submitted a design for an underground house, only to be reversed by Mr. One of the 34 houses was finished and sold. Eight more are under construction, and three of these have been sold. The rest of the lots have the designs completed, but no buyers yet. The finished project is intended to give a sense of cohesiveness and community.

His first major real estate coup was in California: He bought acres at the top of Beverly Hills and built houses there. In the early s, Mr. Brown scavenged through failed savings and loans for cheap properties. A tangled deal in Cape Cod, Mass. He spent 27 days in a federal prison camp in Pennsylvania, the Times reported in