Pierre Koenig’s Last Home Design!

Pierre Koenig’s Last Home Design!

Pierre Koenig's Last Home Design!

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Pierre Koenig didn’t design homes for the feint of heart, the timid or your great grandmother. A true modern architect, and one of California’s finest, with Koenig, housing was all straight, simple lines and glass walls where the view was the most important thing. His homes were cantilevered over the edges of cliffs or sited high up in the hills, giving the occupants the feeling of being suspended in space or riding on a magic carpet. Walls were almost entirely glass. The scenery was always moving - changing - in color as the sun and moon moved around their axes, as clouds formed around the house and as weather fronts moved across the land in the distance. Living in a Koenig-designed house was like a perpetual adventure through nature without ever having to leave the sofa, the kitchen, or any room in the house. His designs appealed to those who wanted to impress, entertain, wanted to live inside a modern sculpture or just commune with nature. Most well known for his Case Study Houses, Number 22, the Stahl House is thought to be the most important of his post World War II designs, due to its spectacular views and outdoor living spaces.

Koenig died of leukemia in 2004; his last home design was not completed until 2012. His only beach house, it was designed for modern house collector and preservationist, Michael LaFetra, and is referred to as the LaFetra House. Located on Point Lechuza in Malibu Beach and said by Koenig to have a view that rivaled the Stahl House, this all-glass structure commands stunning views of the beach and the Pacific. Gated and on a cul-de-sac with its own drawbridge, Koenig called it "a perfect jewel." Built on three levels, the house has radiant heat, solar power, four bedrooms, four baths, polished concrete floors and three floors of glass walls on the ocean side with steps down to the beach. For more information.

Iconic post World War II architect, Pierre Koenig’s last design, eleven years to complete from design to finish, on Malibu Beach. Was $18.495 million, now priced at $14.495 million.

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