A House Without a Century: The Hidden Cost of the Gutted Historic Interior

The phenomenon is often called a “facadectomy” or “remuddling”—where a building’s shell is preserved like a museum prop while its soul, craftsmanship, and spatial flow are gutted.   That visceral sense of wrongness when stepping across the threshold isn’t just nostalgia; it stems from fundamental principles of architectural integrity, material authenticity, and buyer psychology. 1. Architectural Dissonance […]