Jameson and his family were already happily settled in their glass house in the forest, and they were happy with its history, its author and its qualities. But one day, during a winter skiing vacation in Utah, Jameson got a call from one of his neighbors, saying that an ice storm had felled a large poplar, which had crashed onto the house, demolishing the roof and damaging the whole construction.
Due to the extensive state of ruin, it was no longer possible to follow the usual logic of restoration; the idea of reconstructing the house in its original figure was also abandoned, to avoid falling into the trap of the false copy. Jameson thus set out to design a new house for himself and his growing family.