Look away or face heartbreak, followers of midcentury fashionable structure. Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger have been at work overseeing the development of a model new 15,000-square-foot dwelling within the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles since late final yr. In November, the Every day Mail reported that the couple have been constructing the mansion on an empty lot, conveniently situated proper throughout the road from the property of Schwarzenegger’s mom, Maria Shriver. Nevertheless, a current Robb Report article reveals that when the Guardians of the Galaxy star and the self-help writer purchased the property, it featured a historic dwelling, which that they had razed.
The abode in query was referred to as Zimmerman Home, a 1950 construct by acclaimed modernist architect Craig Ellwood, who participated within the well-known Case Research Homes program. Spanning 2,770 sq. toes, the single-story dwelling had 5 bedrooms and three bogs. Authentic landscaping by designer Garrett Eckbo was additionally reportedly torn up.
Photographs of the previous dwelling on US Modernist present a lounge with a brick hearth, sliding glass doorways that open to the yard, and an eat-in kitchen with a lightweight fixture formed like a flying saucer.
As a substitute, Pratt and Schwarzenegger commissioned architect Ken Ungar to design a sprawling two-story dwelling, with every stage measuring in at roughly 5,000 sq. toes. The couple, who paid $12.5 million for the almost one-acre property in an off-market January 2023 deal, additionally obtained permits for a three-car storage and a poolside ADU. The vendor was the property of Hilda Rolfe, the late widow of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. co-creator Sam Rolfe.
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Pratt and Schwarzenegger, who share two kids, are nonetheless attempting to promote an almost 13,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style Pacific Palisades dwelling that they listed final summer season for $32 million.