Celebrity Homes

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

The Strimling Residence by Ray Kappe in Encino Is Available As A Pocket Listing

4 Beds/4 Baths on 4,018 sqft on a total lot size of 0.80 acres built in 1964 by Ray Kappe in Encino just south of the Encino reservoir. This house is currently being offered as a pocket listing meaning its not available on the MLS and with no current asking price. This home was last purchased on September 21, 2010 for $1,580,000 so my guess is that the current owners probably want something around $2 million and possibly more. So take out some bets on this one.

Ray Kappe was born in 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He 1972, he left the Department of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona to start the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) with a group of faculty and students. He has designed many mid-century modern homes in the Southern California with a good number in the SFV area. You can view his complete list of accomplishments at favorite architecture site Triangle Modernist Houses and LA Curbed.

Other Ray Kappe homes featured on this site include Fredonia Apartment #9 in Studio City which recently sold for $453,000 on March 4, 2013.

The listing description from Deasy/Penner & Partners states:

A crowd favorite on the Dwell on Design Home Tour, 2013, this meticulously restored mid-century modern post and beam residence is a testament to the creative genius of Ray Kappe, FAIA, founder of SCI-Arc. Obscured from the street, a long, gated drive leads to a shady glade of trees surrounding a large, private motor court. Inside, dramatic cantilevered rooms, floor to ceiling windows and doors, and an atrium built around a sycamore tree create a sense of living in an exquisite and expansive tree house. Thoughtful renovations remain true to the original design and architecture, creating a timeless homage to one of the most celebrated architects of our time. Completed in 1964, characteristics of this 4 bedroom, 4 bath home influenced the design of Kappe’s own extraordinary home. The main level includes a step-down living room with fireplace, dining, kitchen, master suite and two additional bedrooms and baths. Downstairs an additional entertaining area with fireplace, bedroom and bath open to decks, patio, pool and lush grounds. In this exceptional offering, art and architecture, nature and village all intersect masterfully. This property is not on the MLS. Architect: Ray Kappe, FAIA.

You can view more SFV Architecture and Real Estate here.

Images courtesy Deasy/Penner & Partners

New Wallpaper Collection by Thibaut - A Nova Colecção de Papéis de Parede da Thibaut

It is always a joy at our office studio, when we get to see the new catalogues of a new wallpaper collection. It's definitely weeks best moment! This time the people from the brand here in Portugal came to show us the new Thibaut collection.

For the ones who don't know Thibaut, it's an American brand founded in 1886, who once was considered the largest wallpaper company in the world. Actually its fabulous papers came to decorate the walls of the White House in the Clinton administration and many other famous houses like Lyndon Jonhson summer house.

It was once a brand with quite a classic style from a conservative company founded by a wealthy Boston family, but who has renovated it's style over the years. Today Thibaut is a brand that appeals to the more classical and widely used in the Hamptons wonderful homes but also used by the most contemporary designers worldwide.

I'm a fan of this brand since I started decorating, about 5 years ago and I was very pleased when last year, I was finally able to buy a few of the band's catalogs for my studio and store LojaQuerido

This is the new collection and I 'm going to have problems here at home , because I think some of these will have to come here to live !

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É sempre uma alegria no atelier, quando temos visitas das marcas de papéis de parede e tecidos para nos mostrarem colecções novas. Esta foi mesmo o espoente máximo da semana ppois é de caír pro lado! É a nova Colecção da Thibaut.

Uma marca de culto norte-americana fundada em 1886, chegou a ser considerada a maior empresa de papéis de parede do mundo, e os seus fabulosos papéis chegaram a decorar as paredes da Casa Branca na administração Clinton e muitas casas de famosos.

Foi em tempos uma marca com um estilo clássico e com características conservadoras de uma empresa fundada por uma abastada família de Boston, mas que se tem renovado ao longo dos anos. A Thibaut é hoje em dia, uma marca que agrada aos mais clássicos sendo muito usada nas maravilhosas casas dos Hamptons mas também por designers mais contemporâneos em todo o mundo.

Sou fã da marca desde que comecei a trabalhar em decoração, há cerca de 5 anos e fiquei muito contente quando no ano passado, consegui finalmente ter muitos dos catálogos da marca no meu atelier e agora também na LojaQuerido.

Esta é a nova Colecção e eu vou ter problemas cá em casa, porque acho que alguns destes vão ter de vir para cá morar! ;)))) lol