Safina uberoi biography of williams

© Mark Hertzberg (2024)

Altruism: Unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others: charitable acts motivated purely by altruism – www.merriam-webster.com

Examples: Grace Bagley (1860-1944) and Safina Uberoi and Lukas Ruecker (Contemporary)

Safina Uberoi – photo courtesy of Safina Uberoi

Lukas Ruecker at the Bagley House

Safina Uberoi, President of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy board, and Lukas Ruecker became stewards of Wright’s Tonkens House in Cincinnati in 2015. In 2022 they added Wright’s Bagley House (1894) in Hinsdale, Illinois to their Wright portfolio when they bought – and likely saved – the house which faced demolition, possibly so another “McMansion” could be built. The house has had numerous owners and alterations but its bones are important as one of Wright’s first designs after he left Adler & Sullivan the year before.

Lukas Ruecker, right, and Safina Uberoi with Jeff and Jeannette, Goldstone, the  previous owners of the Bagley House– photo courtesy of Safina Uberoi

Uberoi and Ruecker are working with restoration architect Douglas Gilbert to restore the Bagley House. The most visible change, as visitors approach the house, will be that the white alum

•