Robert Silman, the structural engineer who died of cancer at his home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on Tuesday, July 31, was at his best when masterpieces like Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater needed his help.
Silman was a problem solver; 20 years ago, when a section of Fallingwater was found to be drooping seven inches, he developed innovative ways to fix it. He was a team player, who—before implementing his ideas—presented them to colleagues at a public forum. ''This is an icon, and I want to do it right,'' he said at the time. ''I want there to be a consensus.''
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