Why are deserted interiors so sad? I guess we can imagine the lives lived, now moved on to a new town or to the afterlife. Maybe we've all seen too many horror movies, but they just seem creepy. But if you look at them as architecture gems to be restored, then you can see future … [Read more...]
#RealEstatePorn: Warhol’s First NYC Studio Is For Sale. Got $10 Million?
OK, not $10 million. $9,975,000. The UES former firehouse that was Andy Warhol's first studio is on the market. 159 East 87th Street, just east of Lexington, is a two-story building that dates from 1910. Art critic Blake Gopnik, who is working on a biography of the artist, … [Read more...]
#RealEstatePorn: This $15 Million Dollar Listing in Brooklyn Is SPECTACULAR
Million Dollar Listing Season 5 is less than three weeks away and in the past, most of Frederik Eklund's multi-million dollar listings seem to be in Manhattan, where $15 million will get you a condo, albeit a VERY nice one. But in Brooklyn that amount gets you 19th century … [Read more...]
#RealEstatePorn: The Novogratz Nine Renovate a Hollywood Hills Castle
The decorating Novogratz family used to live around the corner from me in New York, and we have several friends in common. They bought my painting Make Your Mark for the W Hotel, and have been really supportive of my work and are just as nice as they seem. Last year they made a … [Read more...]
Remembering Architect Zaha Hadid & the Amazing Work She Left Behind
Architect Zaha Hadid, whose designs include the London Olympic Aquatic Centre, died following a heart attack on Thursday in a Miami hospital. She was 65. The tributes to this amazing woman and her work have been pouring in. She created such an incredible it's hard to overstate … [Read more...]
#RealEstatePorn: The Stones’ Keith Richard’s Fifth Avenue Penthouse Is For Sale
1 Fifth Avenue is a pretty swanky address, even if you don't know the buildings provenance. Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards and wife, model Patti Hansen bought the place just two years ago and I guess they didn't like living there much. They've have put the duplex back … [Read more...]
#RealEstatePorn: Bond Villain Lair Alert!
In the late '80s, artist Beverly Doolittle and her husband Jay decided they wanted a memorable house on 10 beautiful acres in Joshua Tree. They enlisted architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, who fell in love with the site and Beverly told the Desert Sun, "He was jumping all over … [Read more...]
#Nope: Glass Slide to Open 1,000 Feet Above Los Angeles Sidewalk
File under "Ways I Will Not Be Dying": Mashable has announced that a glass-bottomed … [Read more...]
#FutureReport: Experts Predict How (& Where) We’ll Be Living in 2116
A group of scientists, architects, and urban planners attempted to answer the question in a new report that forecasts the ways our species will live a hundred years from now. Commissioned by Samsung, the SmartThings Future Report, told Architectural Digest what the type of … [Read more...]
Please Donut Go
The beloved Donut Time complex in Hollywood, one of the settings for the recent film Tangerine, about Hollywood's transgender prostitution scene, is facing … [Read more...]
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