So when neighbors and onlookers noticed drastic work underway on the site in Laurel Canyon, they feared for the future of the iconic home.
[...] it appeared Case Study House No. 21 was starting to slip downhill.
— Curbed LA
Curbed's Bianca Barragan counters the rumors that Pierre Koenig's Case Study House No. 21 was being demolished by its new owners with a detailed report on the preservation efforts that are currently being performed in order to save the historically significant structure and restore it to its original Mid-century modern glory.
Barragan writes that "when contractors lifted up the concrete slab over the living room floor, they found an 18-inch gap between the ground and where the room’s floor had hovered. The soil had subsided, sliding out under the rest of the foundation." An intensive repair of the original foundation from 1959 will put the home on solid footing for decades to come.
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