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Imagine paying $1 million or more for a home -- and then destroying it.

That's what's happening in some upscale Bay Area communities as homeowners and wealthy buyers have no interest in upgrading aging houses but instead want to start from scratch and build all-new custom homes stocked with the latest features.

While the demolition and rebuilding trend is heaviest on the Peninsula and the most affluent parts of Santa Clara County, it extends to East Bay communities as well -- anywhere it makes more sense financially to tear down the existing structure and start fresh. That includes sought-after neighborhoods with no vacant lots, where prices of small, aging 1950s-era houses have soared.

Interviews with architects, contractors and homeowners make clear that tear-downs are becoming more common.

"We're wrecking 3,000-square-foot houses and erecting 14,000-foot houses," said Hal Nelson of O. Nelson & Son excavating and demolition company in Woodside. He said he has 20 tear-downs scheduled in Los Altos, Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton. Business was up 20 percent last year, and up 15 percent in 2012, he said.

Last week, Nelson supervised the destruction of a 2,600-square-foot suburban rancher in Menlo Park as owners James and Teresa Bergeron and their four children watched from across the street.

As an excavator's demolition claw bit into the roof, the Bergeron kids cheered. In the new house, they'll each have their own bedroom.

"It started as a remodel," Teresa Bergeron said. "We were going to add one more bedroom."

They lived in the house for two years trying to make it work. But after finding major termite damage even after a $5,000 tenting, problems with heating and plumbing, and a persistent tobacco smell from a previous owner, they decided to tear it down.

A full-blown remodeling job with a second story would have been just over $1 million, and it wouldn't have been their dream home. Their new 3,551-square-foot home will have four bedrooms and a 1,884-square-foot basement. James Bergeron declined to say how much it will cost.

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Architects, or at least successful ones, are masters of manipulating how we use the space around us--with potentially big human ramifications. A thoughtfully designed office space, for example, impacts not only the way people work but, by extension, how they feel about their jobs.

So how do these designers do when it comes to designing their own abodes? Not bad, judging by an upcoming installation that gives a voyeuristic look into several famous architects homes. Where Architects Live is a life-sized exhibit of re-created living rooms and entryways belonging to some of the worlds most acclaimed architects, including David Chipperfield, Zaha Hadid, and Daniel Libeskind. It will be on display at Salone del Mobile in Milan this April.

While color palettes and the size of the homes vary, there are a few striking commonalities: Rooms are as spare and filled with light as youd expect from a bunch of modern architects (to wit: Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas's floor-to-ceiling shelving is practically bare), and Eames, Prouv, and Le Corbusier chairs can be spotted throughout.

At the same time, distinct design sensibilities bubble to the top. In Zaha Hadids London studio, her dining room table is covered in curvaceous, futuristic knickknacks; David Chipperfields spartan home office echoes the sharp lines and right angles of the buildings he designs--evidence that these designers practice what they preach.

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Peek Inside The Homes Of 8 Starchitects