Withstanding the test of time

Frank Lloyd Wright is one of America’s most famous architects, but his legacy isn’t standing up to the test of time. The maintenance on a Frank Lloyd Wright estate is such that if it didn’t have his name attached to it, we’d tear it down in a heartbeat due to the expenses. What he did give us is an appreciation of how to make our homes and buildings embrace nature, which has become so important in this era of green design. If you’re planning a new home design and going for that organic look and feel, make sure you ask your designer some tough questions about how he will design it for the test of time. Too often our great designers are more interested in the impact statement of today and forget about the future, which is what true green design is about!