In a colossal real estate move, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have purchased an extravagant vacation home in Malibu for a record-breaking $200 million, as reported by Dirt.
The sale price ranks as the most ever paid for a California home and the second-most paid for a U.S. residence, behind the Ken Griffin-owned penthouse at 220 Central Park South in Manhattan.
The 8-acre Brutalist-style estate, designed by celebrated Japanese architect Tadao Ando in collaboration with L.A-based WHY Architects, flaunts unobstructed ocean and coastline views, direct access to a scenic beach, two outdoor pools, and a 40,000-square-foot mansion.
The Carter family's latest acquisition, initially commissioned by soap opera scions Bill and Maria Bell, was completed in 2014, taking 15 years to plan and build.
The original listing had the residence at $295 million, representing an insane 1934.48% increase of the original $14.5 million its previous owners paid at the commissioning in the late-90s, according to the LA Times. The couple has no plans of selling their current LA home valued at $88M.
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they got 99 problems but a beach ain't one!
Ha! thats funny
Extreme minimalist excess..I used to like Ando's reductive skills but this is just an obscenity
Ando's smaller buildings seem to generally turn out better.
I love Ando, and he’s been one of my inspirations since before Arch school. Here is the problem. Primarily, Architecture is about creating space. Space is the most fundamental element of Architectural and Landscape design. A minimalism that fails to minimize spatial excess fails to be minimalist, which degrades it down to a stylistic minimalism rather than a deeper minimalism that we see in his older row homes like the Azuma house.
don't believe ando ever claimed or aimed to be a minimalist.
the neighboring hexagon looks more interesting
Such an expensive folly of a house should be able to afford to make sure that all the step lights are working for a photo shoot right?
These kinds of Ando projects just prove that all of us work for clients, even Ando
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