A famous architect's answer to a leakSourced
The roof leaked. The architect reportedly said to move the chair.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed Wingspread, a Wisconsin house completed in 1939. It later suffered leaks. According to owner Herbert Johnson's son Sam, Wright responded to a complaint about one leak by telling Johnson to move his chair. The remark survives as a family account.
Even an architectural landmark had to face the weather.
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