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Bob Vila never said no to a good sledgehammer party, and he'd have a rip-roaring time at Cube, a 22-story high-rise in Miami that begins construction this January. Buyers can connect the 112 one-bedroom units into a seemingly unlimited number of layouts, from duplexes to spacious lofts. That's because, with most of the building's weight-bearing steel framework on the exterior, the interior is liberated from many of the structural responsibilities. So wannabe architects can dictate which walls — or even floors — workers bust open. Plumbing and HVAC systems are routed through a central core, making them easy to tap into but tough to hit accidentally when remodeling. Laughs architect Chad Oppenheim, who based Cube's design on his 1994 Cornell thesis: "We didn't want to give people enough leash to hang themselves."
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