The result was keep. (non-admin closure) —Tom Morris (talk) 18:24, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
To reiterate a quote from the talk page:
I agree. Mason invented the Xanadu House, a specific example of a hi-tech house, and promoted it via his 1983 book. The promotion was picked up at the time and mentioned in a few places, including a business publication and apparently was promoted as a tourist attraction. However, there is no evicence of an enduring effect of the Xanadu House concept. Are there any mentions in architectural reviews? Any recent mentions that the Xanadu House plans are even remembered? Is it still a tourist attraction? Are the three houses still standing? I have modern architectural reviews of the period that do not mention it. The two "Further reading" books appear to deal with how technology affects the economy, rather than addressing specifically the effect of Xanadu House.
I agreed with Mattisse in 2009, and still agree today.
Looking at the keeps from the last AFD, one thought that the subject was notable because the subject's book was in the Library of Congress, which is fallacious on its face. The others were two WP:ITSNOTABLEs and a WP:PRETTY from an editor with a long-standing vendetta against me. Also, I think the last AFD was swayed because the article was ranked as FA at the time despite being woefully lacking. As a result, I procedurally withdrew the AFD and took it to FAR, where it was demoted.
However, there hasn't been an iota of improvement since it was demoted. Almost all of the article is sourced to the architect's own book. Sources #7 and #13 are tangential mentions in the subject of something greater — #13 gives two whole sentences. I couldn't find any better sources. The article has been tagged since August 2009 for primary sources. It's still completely devoid of non-trivial secondary source coverage, because none EXISTS. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 04:35, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]