"Architecture is the most fragile of mediums..."

-- Robert Venturi

This so-called Lieb House designed by Robert Venturi and his wife Denise Scott Brown was sold for just $1. The new land owner had earlier wanted to tear it down but the couple managed to convince one of their good buddies to buy and relocate it hundred miles away from its original location. The transportation cost doesn't come cheap though. It costs nearly hundred thousands times more than the value of the house. Is that a sound investment? Well, there are things that money can't buy when they ( in the original state) are gone forever. $101,000K is sure a good investement for a piece of architecture with sentimental value! >> Read More

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