This story first appeared on, which features additional photographs and information on the Malibu residence. He’s also got more than 300 acres of vacant hillside land on the Calabasas outskirts, where he once attempted to build a mysterious “village” of dome-like homes. Kanye has owned numerous homes across the country, but in addition to the Hidden Hills and Malibu properties, his current portfolio includes a vast ranch in a semi-remote pocket of Wyoming, a Brutalist-inspired condo in Calabasas and two minimalist condos in a brick New York City building. Photos of the interiors don’t appear to exist online, but the decor been described as minimalist “yet warm,” by Marmol Radziner, the L.A.-based architecture firm that built the house in collaboration with Ando.Īnd for easy commuting, the house is only about 30 minutes by car-via twisting mountain roads-to the massive Hidden Hills compound built by West and estranged wife Kim Kardashian, a property that remains occupied by Kardashian and the couple’s children. The top floor is exclusively reserved for the owner, with its penthouse-level bedroom suite and rooftop oceanside terrace overlooking the crashing waves far below. The lowest floor holds three ensuite guest bedrooms, while the middling level houses the public areas-the living room, kitchen and powder room. Photo Roger Davies, via Įach of the home’s three levels has a distinct purpose. View from Kanye West’s Tadao Ando-designed residence looking onto the ocean in Miami, Florida. The structure reportedly required 1,200 tons of poured concrete, 200 tons of steel reinforcement and 12 pylons driven 60 feet into the ground, supporting the monstrously heavy house from sinking into the sand. Beginning in the mid-aughts, Sachs spent millions, and seven years of planning and construction, to build a hulking three-story house that more closely resembles a military-grade bunker than it does an ordinary home. Sold by retired Wall Street financier Richard Sachs, best known as the ex-boyfriend of Ashley Olson, the Malibu property last transferred for just $1.9 million in 2003. But the discounted sale price is also the second-highest number paid for a Malibu home this year, behind only an $87 million transaction that recorded in February. Kanye has owned numerous homes across the country, but in addition to the Hidden Hills and Malibu properties, his current portfolio includes a vast ranch in a semi-remote pocket of Wyoming, a Brutalist-inspired condo in Calabasas and two minimalist condos in a brick New York City building. The nearly 4,000-square-foot house was initially offered at an outrageous $75 million last year, before being removed from the market. Kanye West Faces the Potential Loss of Another Prized Asset: His Honorary DegreeĪnd by some measures, Kanye got a deal.
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