2012 American Institute of Architects Home of the Year!

2012 American Institute of Architects Home of the Year!

2012 American Institute of Architects Home of the Year!

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In 2012, when the American Institute of Architects awarded the Nakahouse the AIA Housing Award, it was interesting to see how they interpreted the monochrome black and white structure. They described the stark white minimalist interior as light and fluid and the black Meoded venetian plaster system covering the roof as a visual "net" to hold it down, still allowing the fluid interior to flow into other space. Poetic.

Considering there probably isn’t much buildable land left under the iconic "Hollywood" sign these days, it was clever of the Los Angeles architecture firm, X Ten, to find a 1960’s house and restyle it from the foundation up. The main key to their success with the rebuild was in identifying the best views and opening the house to those views which now overlook the canyon to the south and west and a protected natural ravine, with a view of Griffith Park Observatory in the distance to the east. They also took the classic color combination of black and white - think little black dress with pearls - and took it up ten notches with minimalist wide open spaces of stark white seamless gloss in resin and lacquer with glass walls and open terraces with glass railings so no view would be obstructed. Over this, the equally stark black roof. At 1,890 square feet, the dramatic abode has three bedrooms, three baths and open terraces for entertaining.

New to the market and giving the potential buyer the option of living in a neutral world or being able to fill it with color their way, the avant-gardist Nakahouse is priced at $2.3 million.

Source: thenakahouse.com