弗兰克•盖瑞在加州买下了这个老建筑,打算将它改造成自己的住宅。他完全保留了原建筑,但不是传统意义上的保留。这个荷兰殖民地式的老住宅被一群新住宅包围着。打洞,扒墙,拆毁,又重建,旧的规规矩矩的老房子瞬间变成一个现代建筑怪物,使人一看便会惊声尖叫。周围邻居都很痛恨这一建筑,但这也改变不了它是一件伟大的现代建筑艺术品的事实。 Gehry actually did keep the existing house almost completely in tact, but not in a conventional manner. The Dutch colonnial home was left in tact and the new house was built around it. Holes were made, walls were stripped, torn down and put up, and the old quiet house became a loud shriek of contemporary style among the neighboring mansions–literally. Neighbors hated it, but that did not change the fact that the house was a statement of art entwined with architecture.