Then we have good news for you, that is, if you have $7,600 a month to spare on rent. The LA-based architect's Santa Monica home has been put up for lease following his recent re-location to Cheviot Hills. Two years ago, Thom Mayne and his wife, Blythe Mayne, bought beloved science-fiction author Ray Brabury's old home and have since, spent the past two years rebuilding on the site. Now that they have made the move, their old residence is up for grabs.
Some might recognize the home from its prominent role in Michael Mann's 1995 crime movie, Heat, in which Al Pacino famously rants about the "dead-tech post-modernistic bullshit house." Quick aside: the restaurant Kate Mantilini, also designed by his firm Morphosis, makes an appearance in the film as well.
Beyond its legacy in Hollywood, the home has received plenty of acclaim in the world of architecture. It was the recipient of the 1987 AIA Los Angeles Honor Award and the architectural drawings of the home have been displayed at MOMA.
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The dining room and the outdoor fireplace look pretty nice to me.
Deadtech post-modernistic bullshit rental available!
could do better with 7600 a month in a suburb
Santa Monica is a suburb?
It was for decades. Now it's not.
sorry, could do better with 7600 a month in a "seaside resort"
sorry again, I take all that back, just looked in zillow and it's a horror how much are they asking for real crap in there.
It's officially insane.
Just looked it up on Google Maps and see it's only 200 feet from an early project I worked on in a past life, for one of Gehry's nightmare former clients. Fun times, and nice old neighborhood...
disaster - but I give the man credit for living in his thesis.
while i wouldn't pay $7600 to rent it, apparently they can't let go of this house. it's in a quiet neighborhood within walking distance to great street life and the beach. and the architecture is of course A+.
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