Jonas was more than pleased with the design of the home. He remained speechlesss, a rare occurence for him, throughout the tour of his home. After spending half an hour out on the balcony, staring at the view, he returned inside, arms spread wide as if he wanted to hug Aldo and said “It’s perfect! I knew you would nail it. Absolutely marvelous.”
The commission to design Jonas’ home proved to be a boon for Aldo and his career more than he could have imagined. Aldo, by nature, was humble and laconic, and it was beyond him to boast of his successes with the world. Jonas, on the other hand, was quite the opposite. Upon completion of the home, Jonas threw a massive party at his lake house to show it off. The guests were from a wide swath of individuals including city socialites, lake neighbors, executives, and even an editor for a well known architectural publication which Jonas claimed to have had a long-standing relationship with though Aldo held suspicions that claim was false. Two of these party goers would later hire Aldo to design projects, a country home for one and a mixed-use mid-rise for the other. More importantly, the magazine editor, being impressed with the lake house, offered to include it in an upcoming issue and requested exclusive rights to its first publication.
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