“I was like, ‘Yeah, sure it is,’ ” Eckley said. In his 35 years of reclaiming architectural antiques, he said, he’s had several homeowners who mistakenly claimed they lived in a Wright house. And anyway, who would want to gut one? — Star Tribune
Me? I say have at it. Screw that architect.
Archinect reported on this house when it hit the market last year: Frank Lloyd Wright designed Olfelt home is now for sale at $1.3M
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I can see making alterations based on personal need. But the market encourages this kind of addition flipping — I’m sure it will be back on sale in no time
What bothers me is that architecture value is losing its market value for cheap spreadsheet values. If the public were more aware of design you wouldn’t need so much preservation law
Economics at work: the only thing that has any value is money.
You have to use common sense with these updates. No one is going to put a 1950s kitchen back in a Wright house and forgo modern appliances. Likewise some of Wright's interior furniture elements like the long banquette seating he frequently incorporated probably have rarely, if ever, been used. They look like the very definition of 'uncomfortable'. The owner should arrange to store and preserve them if they are not going to be used while he owns the home.
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