Front Elevation: Art House
Owning an architect-designed home is akin to living in a work of art.
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Design is your passion. You have traveled the world, attending the most prestigious auctions to find exquisite furnishings for your home—pieces by Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Josef Hoffmann. Every element in your house is masterfully designed, from your everyday flatware to the fixtures in the master bath. Equally important to you is the architecture of your home. Size does not necessarily matter, but design integrity does. The term “McMansion” makes you cringe. To you, a home worth living in is a home designed by a legend—an architectur-ally significant property created by the likes of Richard Meier, Frank Lloyd Wright, John Lautner, Richard Neutra or Frank Gehry.; function voidFunc() { } voidFunc();)
Hummingbird House, a Will Bruder Architects residence in
Paradise Valley,
Ariz., listed for $3.6 million. (Click image to
enlarge) Bill Timmerman, courtesy
Jarson & Jarson, www.azarchitecture.comFor you, and those who share your affinity for design, a home crafted by a famed architect, either past or present, is more than an investment: It provides the rare opportunity to act as a champion of historic architecture.
"These properties are works of art,” says Mike Deasy, a partner at Mossler Deasy & Doe, a Beverly Hills, Calif., real estate firm that started selling architecturally significant properties in 1978. “We were the first to market these properties and had the first web site of this kind.” The company’s 7-year-old site, www.architectureforsale.com, showcases more than 400 architect-designed properties from around the world. Recent sales include a 3,300-square-foot Richard Neutra home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles that sold for nearly $4 million. “Homes of the same size in the neighborhood are going for low to mid-$3 million,” he says. In Bel-Air, the 5.2-acre Singleton house by Richard Neutra sold for $6 million. Neighboring houses that are commensurate in size are valued at $2 million to $3 million.
Jan Horn, Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate,
310.777.6200, www.janhorn.com, www.coldwellbanker.com
Martie Lieberman, Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate,
941.724.1118, www.modernsarasota.com, www.floridamoves.com
Richard Stanley, Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
323.906.2417, www.richardstanleyrealtor.com, www.coldwellbanker.com
Douglas Newby, Douglas Newby & Associates
214.522.1000, www.significanthomes.com
Jolynne Ash, DreamStreet Real Estate
888.475.4040, www.jolynne.com
Scott Jarson, Jarson & Jarson,
480.425.9300, www.azarchitecture.com
Marmol Radziner & Associates,
310.826.6222
Mike Deasy, Mossler Deasy & Doe, 310.275.2222,
www.architectureforsale.com
Brian Linder, Mossler Deasy & Doe, 800.684.8862,
www.thevalueofarchitecture.com
Bill Kirk, Sotheby’s International Realty, 561.659.3555,
www.palmbeach.sothebysrealty.com
Susan Blabey, William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty
888.252.7488, www.williampittsir.com
