Crosby Doe, a real estate agent who has been trying to sell Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pasadena home, La Miniatura, for the last two years is reportedly considering an unusual inquiry from clients – that of moving the home from Southern California to Japan!
According to a Los Angeles Times report, the La Miniatura – one of Wright’s two experimental textile-block homes – has long been languishing on the market. The partially-restored home was listed at $7.7 million by Doe in 2008; and the price has recently been dropped to even less than $5 million.
Talking to the newspaper about the ongoing proceedings pertaining to the La Miniatura sale, Doe said that though it is still a ‘longshot’, he has been in talks with an international art dealer whose Japanese art-collector clients may be interested in buying the house.
Doe told the paper: “With my position in the preservation community, I will probably be crucified for saying this. But we have to consider all options. We moved the London Bridge to the Colorado River. Why couldn't we move this house to Japan?”
As is being assumed by most people in the real estate industry, Wright’s La Miniatura will probably have to be taken apart and rebuild in Japan if things work out for the moving of the house to Japan!