Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have listed their Manhattan duplex penthouse for $24.5M. The modern apartment, with lots of awesome-looking outdoor space, comes outfitted with Electrolux appliances, of course, plus "a warm steam shower" that "plays a strong supporting role." [Curbed NY]
Celebrity Real Estate
Ten Amazing Lines From the Angriest Listing of All Time
A Detroit woman whose home was invaded by a squatter last October—she "involuntarily became the squatter's roommate," as Curbed Detroit puts it—is flying the co-op, having listed said home for $35K. Unsurprisingly, she's not a happy camper about the whole ordeal and has taken advantage of the opportunity to rant, often without punctuation, in the listing. Read the 10 best lines below, and check out the interior photos of the property—a "beautiful historic home" with a "very classy dining room," in the owner's own words—on Curbed Detroit.
10. "Could be a good investment depending on the city of Detroit if it improves of not."
9. "This makes the house not insurable so it needs to be a cash sale only."
8. My child and I am living in the all wooden attic until we can clean it out or if the city will help us. You can take a look if you like the health department checked all the house and said the attic is lead free until I can get the lead out of the other parts of the house."
Micro Homes
A couple of tech employees in Snohomish, Wash., swapped their traditional home for a rather lovely 140-square-foot abode. Like the micro-dwelling brethren that came before them, the couple now touts the financial boons of living small: "Embrace the non-traditional, [and] you can come up with some pretty amazing, game-changing possibilities," Chris says. Curbed Seattle has the photos. [Huffington Post via Curbed Seattle]
Behold This Giant Handbag, Standing 10 Stories Tall
Photo via Architizer
Thinking well within the box—or maybe it's so obvious it's genius?—Korean architects UAD and Charlie Smith Design drafted this plan for the Simone Handbag Museum in Seoul, South Korea, which looks, well, like a 10-story purse. The BagStage building—about as subtle as a colossal picnic basket in Ohio, a giant piano and violin in China, or any of the other buildings in the world's menagerie of structures made to look like something else—has an all-glass facade, some rather contemporary interiors, and, of course, a suh-weet set of giant loop handles. It all houses a collection of 300-plus handbags, some of which date to the 16th century, as well as retail space and a designer studio. Next stop? How about an all-Burberry house? More photos of the museum, below.
The Quotable Marlan Wayans
"It always gets completely taken over. Women take the whole closet and only leave you a tiny spot in the corner. I got a man cave. I play my music loud. I bought big speakers because I need to hear music loud." —actor and screenwriter Marlon Wayans on keeping the peace by divvying up his rooms. [New York Times]
Regal Pre-War Mansion Emulates Europe in Utah Suburbs
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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Price: $12,900,000
The Skinny: Unlike many of the mansions in the Salt Lake City suburbs, this opulent columned manse was built prior to World War II and owes much of its style to the noble country homes of Europe. Currently owned by education guru Jeff Flamm, the 11,100-square-foot mansion features seven bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, five sizable fireplaces, a massive master suite, a conservatory, and even a "fully functioning ice cream bar seating 6 from turn of century London, England." Besides the main house, a turreted barn, guest house, caretaker's cottage, formal gardens, a swimming pool, and a trout-fishing pond on the 8.6-acre property. It is one of the most architecturally impressive homes in Salt Lake City—and has the $12.9M price tag to match—but some of the contemporary additions to the interior could use a redo.
· 2520 E Walker Ln [Zillow]
On the Market
A new-to-market penthouse in Manhattan boasts a preternaturally high price tag: $24M, to be precise, which is curious given the owner paid a mere $5.6M for the unit in 2004. Perhaps that's because the guy added an "infinity pool, with a waterfall connected to a reflection pool"? This way for details. [Curbed NY]
François Pinault Buys Vidal Sassoon's Neutra For $16.5M
François Pinault has purchased the the sexy modernist L.A. home of the late rockstar of hair, Vidal Sassoon. According to the Wall Street Journal, Pinault, head of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent parent group PPR, paid $16.5M for the Richard Neutra-designed Singleton House, which hit the market for $17.995M in November. The 1959 homage to perpendicular lines has 6,400 square feet of airy, glassy interiors (which were once decorated by Martyn Lawrence Bullard, according to an April 2011 Architectural Digest feature), four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a pool, a Japanese soaking tub, and a media room. But surely the deciding factor for any French billionaire would be this: according to the Journal, the "stones in the garden were arranged by sculptor Isamu Noguchi." As if Pinault—or any of his interiors-obsessed fashion colleagues, for that matter—would have it any other way.
· Vidal Sassoon's Richard Neutra Home Lists For $17.995M [Curbed National]
· Businessman Francois Pinault Buys $16.5 Million Bel Air Estate [WSJ]
· Vidal Sassoon's Modernist Retreat [Arch Digest]
Master 26 Architects in Unreal Minute-and-a-Half Video
Here's one way to accurately identify the pinnacle works of architects such as Santiago Calatrava, Louis Kahn, Oscar Niemeyer, Renzo Piano, and 22 more: memorize this video, below, produced by a team led by Colombian graphic designer and artist Federico Gonzalez. The alphabetical list covers "the most important architects with their best known building," according to the project description, and ensures the near-superhuman ability to name-drop guys like, say, Giacomo Quarenghi. Watch below.
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This Beautiful Living Room Was Inspired by a Slaughterhouse
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On the list of spaces most likely to inspire a living room, it seems safe to say that "slaughterhouse" would not make even the top thousand. And yet a butchery was exactly the muse for this edgy, monochromatic space, the dream of designer Karina Wiciak of Polish studio Wamhouse. Ubojnia—Polish for "slaughterhouse"—is an imaginary interior made from yet more paper furnishings—scribbled on with charcoal for maximal abattoir effect—and lighting fixtures made from bulbs dangling at the ends of chains and hooks. One chair is bound in place by four chains, another is hung like a gutted fish. What would be a chandelier is really just three hooks skewering some newspaper, with a single bulb hanging from its middle. It's bleak and vaguely torture-chamber-like, a "non-standard place, full of symbols and metaphors, at the borderline between architecture and performance," per the designer's description. It's also totally imaginary, the product of some rather impressive graphic design. For now, at least: Dezeen writes that people will soon be able to commission adaptations of each design. Alternatively, one could just wait for the designers Restoration Hardware to churn out some knock-offs of those lightbulb-skewered fishhook lamps. More of the space, below.
Maternity Hotel Wire
Here's a strange one: homeowners in Chino HIlls, Calif., turned their mansion into a "maternity hotel" where women—apparently as many as 30 at once—from China could go to give birth, so their babies would be ensured American citizenship. Unsurprisingly, city shut down the operation because the couple didn't have the permits needed to, like, run a home business. The whole story, right this way. [AOL Real Estate]
With No Pocket-Sale Luck, Madonna Lists Bev Hills Mansion
Last spring, rumors surfaced that superstar songstress Madonna had pocket-listed her Beverly Hills mansion, hoping to quietly unload the place for $28M. Having received zero worthy takers, Madge has finally heaved her estate into the realm of public fodder, asking $22.5M for the French Chateau-style nine-bedroom, which she purchased for $12M in 2003 from actress Sela Ward. On the property: a 17,000-square-foot main house containing a full-size screening room, assistants' office, and gym, plus a tennis court and a resort-sized pool on the grounds. It's enough for David and Victoria Beckham to take interest—the British duo reportedly scouted out the very same pad in 2007.
Globe Trotting
Construction's beginning for Louvre Abu Dhabi, the museum's outpost in the Middle East designed by starchitect Jean Nouvel. Nouvel's design, a perforated dome that sits on the Persion Gulf—slated for completion in 2015—is one of many staggering starchitect visions to open in the next few years and represents a tidal wave of cutting-edge U.A.E. architecture that also includes projects by Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, and I.M. Pei. [UnBeige; previously]
Mindblowing Libraries; The Erotic Side of Real Estate; More!
Photo via Remodelista
· A jazzy 1930 Deco duplex with an unfortunate jazz-infused kitchen. [Curbed LA]
· Aerate this! 600-bottle wine cellar off Rutland Square. [Curbed Boston]
· The ten least expensive properties for sale in Pacific Heights. [Curbed SF]
· Downtown Telluride victorian sets pricey precedent. [Curbed Ski]
· Williamsburg apartment is both 'terrifying' and 'relaxing.' [Curbed NY]
· The lovely restoration of Pasadena's post and beam Thomson house. [Curbed LA]
· Hitmaker Kara DioGuardi sells home in Studio City, Calif. [Trulia]
· The erotic side of real estate. [Estately]
· Long exposure photos of abandoned World War II bunkers. [Laughing Squid]
· A modern, elegant house in Moscow. [Freshome]
· The top 10 mindblowing libraries. [Architizer]
· John Pawson designs apartments for Miami Beach. [Dezeen]
· Rem Koolhaas confirmed as director of Venice Architecture Biennale 2014. [Dezeen]
· Can't get enough giant holes in the middle of cities? [Atlantic Cities]
· Look at all the pretty soaking tubs. [Homes of the Rich]
· How to bring pale iridescence into the home. [Apartment Therapy]
· Boulevard Leopold: forgotten glory in Antwerp. [Remodelista]
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