Fashion designer Marc Jacobs has paid $9.175 million for a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in the wealthy New York suburb of Rye. Mr. Jacob's agent Laura DeVita of Julie B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty, said her client had been searching for an architecturally significant home in Westchester and planned to use the property as a weekend retreat from his busy job. — Wall Street Journal
Formerly owned by Maximilian E. Hoffman, the residence was one of the last projects Wright worked on before he died. Hoffman commissioned Wright to design the home after Wright designed an auto showroom for his Jaguar dealership in New York. Located at the north end of Manursing Island, the Hoffman House is a 6,000-square-foot home nestled in a private community with its own marina and beach. The L-shaped residence was built in 1955, four years before Wright passed in 1959. Located on 1.97 acres of land, it's no wonder well-known fashion designer Marc Jacobs purchased the house.
View this post on InstagramAll the Hoffman bedrooms were located in the east wing, each having outdoor access through mahogany French doors. The house's granite ashlar was coursed with overhanging stones in a horizontal pattern that Wright had developed at Taliesin East in Wisconsin. The original copper fascia has a deep green patination from exposure to the salt air of Long Island Sound.
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View this post on InstagramDetail of entrance at c.1972 addition by Taliesin Associates. In Wright's original design, the masonry wall and copper eaves continued approximately 50' to serve as a windbreak for the side yard. The cut-out wood clerestory includes amber glass.
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Typical of Wright's design aesthetic, the home exhibits a blend of stone and wood finishes. The building's copper fascia has now aged over time creating a beautiful greenish patina that adds to the overall look of the site. Although the house has undergone a few changes, like Japanese Garden designed by landscape architect Stephen Morrell and an extension added to added in 1972, the home still acts as a getaway for the "rich and famous." The Hoffman House is merely one of the many residential projects Wright has designed in the area. The Usonian style Stuart Richardson House in New Jersey is currently on the market for $1.2M. Another home similar to the Hoffman House's L-shape design is Wright's prefabricated Crimson Beech residence built in 1959 for builder Marshall Erdman.
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