New owners, Norman Silk and Dale Norman worked with architect and Wright expert Lawrence Brink to stabilize and undertake the restoration of this remarkable home. They worked from original drawings and correspondence to achieve Wright's original intentions. According to this recent article on modelD.com:
The drawings that they found ensured that the original kitchen
cabinetry could be reproduced, as well as the original Music Room
furniture that had been removed.
A new energy
efficient heating system was installed, broken blocks in the parapet
wall were replaced and a new insulated rubber roof was added. Energy
efficient glass was installed in
over 150 perforated block windows.
Interior work that remains to be completed includes the repainting of concrete surfaces, polishing of red concrete floors and returning the mahogany paneling and gallery cabinets to their original finish.
Outdoors, concrete terraces and walks will be stained red again, sixteen steel frame exterior doors and 24 ventilating windows will be returned to their original robin's egg blue color and a never-executed courtyard terrace will be built.
Read the full article by following the link and check out this YouTube video discussing the Turkel House by following this link. Hopefully we'll get to see this strikingly cool home for ourselves, some day soon!
Photo courtesy of modelD.com
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