2024-05-03T10:20:56-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150100376/owner-who-tore-down-landmarked-neutra-house-ordered-to-rebuild Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-12-17T14:06:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3f/3f71aefe2b7f3f8185f4ec6e0aadeefc.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>After a landmarked home in San Francisco's Twin Peaks neighborhood was illegally razed last year, the city has ordered the property owner to rebuild an exact replica.&nbsp;</p> <p>One of only five remaining homes in the city designed by the famed modernist architect <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/19722/richard-neutra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Neutra</a>, the Largent House was bought last year for $1.7 million by Ross Johnston through his 49 Hopkins LLC. Johnston had received permission from the city to remodel, but decided to tear down the house instead and retroactively apply for a demolition permit.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9e/9e77ab7f4dbfdafa7293975065923c72.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9e/9e77ab7f4dbfdafa7293975065923c72.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo courtesy MLS San Francisco</figcaption></figure><p>The City Planning Commission's unprecedented vote on Thursday to order a replica was unanimous. They have also asked the owner to include a sidewalk plaque telling the saga of the tear down and required rebuild as a cautionary tale for others.&nbsp;<br></p> <p>The homeowner had wanted to replace the 1,300 square foot home built in 1935 with a much larger house that would've been nearly 4,000 square feet&mdash;highlighting the growing trend of replacing (relati...</p>