To the Editor:

Re “A New Buyer Appears for a Threatened Wright House” (news article, Nov. 2):

The recent threat to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed David Wright house reminds us that architecture is, paradoxically, a fragile art form. That is especially so when it is in Phoenix, a relatively new, sometimes raw place that has a history of leaving its treasure unguarded, easily extracted, open to plunder by the highest bidder.

But this place can also be resilient and resourceful. As word of the threatened demolition spread near and far, a wave of private and public resistance gathered force, demanded time and put out petitions. A new preservation-minded buyer has come forward.

As we celebrate the promised preservation of this particular touchstone of excellence and memory, we are reminded that there is much here that is unique, precious and fragile. We are collectively renewed in our commitment to its care.

Perhaps someday the David Wright house, a house that so richly embodies Wright’s boldly experimental ideas and so compellingly offers evidence of his love affair with Arizona, will join its rightful company, the great house museums of our time: the Gamble House, the Farnsworth House, Fallingwater. Perhaps the first step has been taken.