with the history and culture of architecture by using or referring to familiar elements of buildings. Destruction The Snyderman House burned to the ground on July 30, 2002, as the result of suspected arson. After living in the home for 25 years, the Snydermans had sold the house in 1999 to local developers Joseph Sullivan and William Swift, who planned to tear it down as part of a large housing development. Fort Wayne government officials blocked the development under pressure from local preservation groups, and one non-profit organization attempted to raise money to buy the house and surrounding land from the developers, who had let the abandoned building fall into disrepair. Bibliography "Snyderman House," 23rd Annual Design Awards, Progressive Architecture, January 1976. "Living in a Work of Art: Snyderman House, Fort Wayne, In," Suzanne Stephens, Progressive Architecture, March 1978. "Color from the Outside In," House and Garden, September 1978. Michael Graves, Architectural Monographs 5, David Dunster, editor, 1979. "Michael Graves: Before and After," Martin Filler, Art in America, September 1980. Michael Graves, 1966–1981, Karen Wheeler, Peter Arnell and Ted Bickford, editors, 1982. External links Michael Graves website Architectural Record article Michael Graves buildings Buildings and structures in Fort Wayne, Indiana Buildings and structures in the United States destroyed by arson Arson in Indiana Houses completed in 1972