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CurbedWire: Sofia Coppola Lists in NYC; New Leadership at Glass House

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Photo via Elle Decor/ Pinterest NYC — Sofia Coppola is Curbed NY’s gal of the moment this week. The screenwriter and director has not only bought a pretty new townhouse, but she’s listed her loft in Manhattan for $2.75M as well. [ previously ; The Real Estalker via Curbed NY ] NYC —Opening at the Museum of Modern Art in mid Feb: Foreclosed, Rehousing the American Dream. The exhibition brings together five architect-led teams who have re-imagined five particularly foreclosure-prone sites across the country, taking into account land, housing, and infrastructure. Jeanne Gang, one of this year’s winners of the MacArthur Genius Grant, is among the contributors. [Editor at Large; previously ] NEW CANAAN, CONN. — Philip Johnson’s Glass House, a National Historic Landmark, has a new director: Henry Urbach. He was formerly curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [UnBeige]

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House of the Day: Thom Mayne-Designed SoCal Beach House Still Awaits Buyer

Cole Perkins — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We’d love to see what you’ve got. Click here to view the full photogallery. Location: Hermosa Beach, Calif. Price: $5,295,000 The Skinny: The Pritzker Prize-winning starchitect Thom Mayne is in high demand lately. He and his L.A.-based firm, Morphosis, have designed plenty of award-winning buildings across the country, including the jagged New Academic Building at NYC’s Cooper Union. In Hermosa Beach though, this three-bed beach house has been lingering on the market for years, with a price that’s varied wildly, from a high of $7.9M to a low of $3.5M, before settling at $5.3M. A tall, vertical design just steps off the famous beachfront Strand, the metal-clad house enjoys ocean views from the upper levels, 4,000 square feet over four levels, a basketball court out front, two fireplaces, an elevator, a wine cellar. The mercurial nature of the price remains a mystery, but something that’s been featured in both the New York Times and Architectural Digest was always going to end up with a multimillion-dollar price tag. · Hermosa Beach [Zillow]

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On the Market: Five For-Sale Examples of Beloved Midcentury Modern Style

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. You can’t swing a dead cat in this country without hitting some architectural relic of a bygone era; in the case of midcentury modernism, it’s clean lines, boxy volumes, and ample use of glass that recalls the aesthetic that rose to popularity in the ’50s. Take this 1953 New Canaan commission by Philip Johnson. Immediately after completing his renowned Glass House, the architect endeavored to build a home for his friend Alice Ball. The completed product features expanses of glass, a stucco facade, and a pristine white interior. The 1,700-square-foot house was nearly demolished a few years ago, but, thankfully for preservationists, the owner was blocked from pursuing her dreams of building a new, larger home on the site. Today the totally intact and well-preserved Alice Ball House asks $2.795M. Despite the pedigree and the lovely look, it’s been listed for more than 1,200 days. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ The Wolfson Trailer House is a 1949 commission by Marcel Brueur. Sited on 10 acres in the hamlet of Salt Point, N.Y., the four-bedroom home was designed around a Royal Mansion Spartan Trailer and includes a separate artist’s studio, which was added in 1960. Total square footage, 4,100; list price, just under $1M. Click here to view the full photogallery. Photos: Todd Eberle/ Wright 20 ↑ Located on .75 leafy acres in Philly’s pretty Chestnut Hill neighborhood, this Louis Kahn -designed one-bedroom failed to sell at auction in 2008 and is now listed for $1.5M. The 2,700-square-foot Esherick House was built in 1961 for Margaret Esherick, niece of Wharton Esherick, a sculptor and the man who designed the custom kitchen. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ The only celebrity home on this list, the Hollywood Hills mansion that once belonged to Heath Ledger (and before that, Ellen Degeneres) was built in 1951 and has perks such as an outdoor movie lounge and “multiple seating areas perched in the trees.” The two-bedrooms, two-bathroom, 1,800-square-foot “Treehouse,” as it’s known, is now asking $2.795M. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ This 1,700-square-foot ranch home in Lansing, Mich.,was built in 1958 by William Kessler, the architect who designed the nearby Michigan Historical Center and was once called “the dean of Detroit’s architectural community” by the Detroit Free Press. It was here where Kessler, who studied under Bauhaus master Walter Gropius at Harvard, lived; the home has three peaked sections (dining room/lounge, living room/kitchen/family room, bedrooms), and was most recently asking $159K —although the listing was removed from Zillow at the tail end of last year. · Philip Johnson’s Follow-up to Glass House Worth More Than Wetlands [Curbed National] · Marcel Breuer-Designed Midcentury With a Built-In Trailer [Curbed National] · Louis Kahn’s Esherick House Continues to Linger On the Market [Curbed National] · Inside Heath Ledger’s Newly Listed Midcentury “Treehouse” [Curbed National] · The Other Glass House, Built by a Noted Michigan Architect [Curbed National]

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House of the Day: Tennis Champ Mats Wilander’s Sun Valley Mountain Escape

Cole Perkins — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We’d love to see what you’ve got. Click here to view the full photogallery. Location: Sun Valley, Idaho Price: $5,900,000 The Skinny: When Swedish tennis champ Mats Wilander and his wife discovered that Idaho’s mountain air would help assuage their son’s skin condition, the couple purchased an 81-acre ranch and moved the family from Greenwich, Conn. to one of the country’s oldest ski areas, Sun Valley. Wilander, who gained notoriety as a commentator after saying Federer had “no balls” in a 2006 defeat to Nadal, built this 10,000-square-foot, seven-bed, 8.5-bath mansion on the property, along with a two-bed guest house and a caretaker’s residence. Remarkably, there doesn’t seem to be a tennis court on the property, though a sauna, billiards room, gym, sound proof music room, wine cellar, hot tub, and lap pool are all included in the $6M price. That’s quite a hike from the $1.7M the tennis star paid for the property, but that was 15 years ago. · 104 Cove Creek [Coldwell Banker] · Tim Headington Asks $25 Million in South Beach [WSJ]

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After Stalking Woman For 18 Years, Man Faces Five Year Sentence

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:45:00 +0000

When elementary-school teacher-turned-yoga instructor Linda Arnaud was 27, she went on a date with a young man named Moses Shepard, who she met in her running club. They walked around Central Park together, and by the end of their date she decided she wasn’t interested in him. But Shepard disagreed, and he’s spent the last 18 years stalking Arnaud , as she moved around the country trying to get away from him. [ more › ]

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Bloomberg Joins With 75+ U.S. Mayors To Support Gay Marriage

Cole Perkins — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:13:51 +0000

Marriage equality hasn’t just been good for gay New Yorkers—its also been good for the economy, Republicans , gay men’s health , and religious recruiters . And now a group of mayors—including our own Mike Bloomberg—have teamed up to try and bring the freedom to marry to the rest of the country. [ more › ]

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House of the Day: A "Houseboat" for the Seasick on the Waterfront in Seattle

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We’d love to see what you’ve got. Click here to view the full photogallery. Location: Seattle, Wash. Price: $1,025,000 The Skinny: The calm bays and inlets that surround Seattle are some of the finest waters for houseboating in the country, but for a devoted landlubber who wants to experience “on-the-water” living without shacking up in a glorified floating bathtub, the city offers up this $1M home anchored to the hillside. With a wall of glass that faces a row of houseboats, it’s not far from the lifestyle, but without the inevitable headaches. Built in 1988, the three-story structure houses two bedrooms and 2.5 baths over 2,500 square feet, along with expansive deck space for outdoor entertaining. · 3254 Portage Bay Pl E [Zillow]

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House of the Day: A "Houseboat" for the Seasick on the Waterfront in Seattle

Happy Dolly Parton’s 66th Birthday, Everyone: Let’s Celebrate!

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:32:00 +0000

Today Dolly Parton turns a youthful 66 years old. We’re a little bit Dolly-obsessed over here, and the country sensation has conquered a lot in her life so far, so why not celebrate? Here’s how you can do that in New York City—where Dolly just finished up a press tour for her latest movie Joyful Noise , and where she’ll be bringing her life story to the stage in a new Broadway musical . [ more › ]

Deadly "White-Nose" Fungus Threatens To Destroy All Bats

Cole Perkins — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:29:19 +0000

Why “white-nose syndrome” that has been wreaking havoc on the country’s bat population for quite a while now is hitting a fever pitch, with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service warning that the little guys might soon be extinct thanks to the deadly fungus. [ more › ]

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Infographics: The clever guys over at Credit…

Cole Perkins — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:46:00 +0000

The clever guys over at Credit Sesame have whipped up a nifty new infographic showing the breakdown of where foreigners are buying properties in America, on a state-by-state basis. California, for example, comprises 18.43 percent of total immigrants in the country, with most coming from Mexico. [Credit Sesame]

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