FILE--George Eaton, president of the T.Eaton Company Limited is reflected in a mirror as he arrives for a news conference in Toronto Thursday, Feb.27, 1997. What seemed like a perfect match _ a Canadian business mogul and a renowned architect _ has turned into a legal nightmare. In 1988, when Eaton needed an architect to design a house for his family on Hawkridge Farm, a 240-acre spread the Eaton family owned north of Toronto near Caledon, Ont. , his old friend Conrad Black recommended French-born Thierry Despont, who not only redesigned Black’s Toronto mansion, but also homes for Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta and Bill Gates. Now, Eaton alleges in court filings that the house Despont designed _ a 28,000-square-foot behemoth _ was so badly planned and built that it has literally made him sick. (CP PICTURE ARCHIVE/Frank Gunn)