![The design remained a work in progress for years. "We didn't start it until '95," says Lesley. "Then it was daily faxes, phone calls. I remember when I called [Sotsass] to tell him that we were going to break ground. He said it was the best Christmas present he could have ever had in his entire life." Photo 5 of 6 in Ettore Sottsass Dreamt Up Homes in the Most Memphis Way Possible by Luke Hopping](https://images2.dwell.com/photos/6063391372700811264/6133438722445524992/original.jpg?auto=format&q=35&w=160)
Ettore Sottsass Dreamt Up Homes in the Most Memphis Way Possible
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The design remained a work in progress for years. "We didn't start it until '95," says Lesley. "Then it was daily faxes, phone calls. I remember when I called [Sotsass] to tell him that we were going to break ground. He said it was the best Christmas present he could have ever had in his entire life."