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Blog Post Archive
House of the Day: Lavish Silicon Valley Mansion Now Discounted, Asking $27M
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got. Location: Los Altos Hills, Calif. Price:...
Not-So-Hobbit-Sized PH: Lord of the Rings director Peter...
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has apparently been so busy filming The Hobbit spinoffs in faraway New Zealand that he's forgotten to combine the Tribeca penthouses he purchased back in 2008 for $17.35M. Now they're back on the...
The Printed Page: People are listing properties with exorbitant...
People are listing properties with exorbitant asking prices and The New York Times is on it. The paper's real estate section tells the story of how the sale of NYC's $90M penthouse begat a string of audacious asks, including that...
The Brokerbabble Glossary: Decoded: the Nation's Most 'Magical' Listings
Welcome back to The Brokerbabble Glossary, where Curbed takes a word or phrase that shows up repeatedly in listings and deciphers its true meaning. Ideas? Hit up the tipline. Usually, the word "magical" is used as a synonym for "enchanting"...
Gimmicks: Inspired by the legendary Banana Stand...
Inspired by the legendary Banana Stand from Arrested Development, Architizer takes a look back at some of the most ridiculous examples of "novelty architecture." Highlights include the Longaberger Company's basket shaped headquarters and a California piano supply company shaped like,...
Treehouses: This Sleek Towered 'Treehouse' Can Vanish In the Woods
Photo via Co.Design The latest to jump on the contemporary adult "treehouse" bandwagon—a trend that now includes 20-ton mansions and huts speared by poplar trees—is the gorgeously glassy pile that is Tower House, a vacation home in Ulster County, N.Y.,...
Curbed Network Book Club: Read More By Curbed Network Editors With These New Books
Looking for summer reading material? Check out these books by Curbed Network editors. · The Audacity of Hops: The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution by Tom Acitelli · The Glasgow Style: Artists in the Decorative Arts, Circa 1900 by...
Office Spaces: Tour the Warehouse-Style Offices of Nate Berkus Associates
Photo via Refinery29 Refinery29 recently toured of the Chicago HQ of interior designer and once daytime TV hotshot Nate Berkus' design firm, a converted stable space stocked with flea market finds and antique mall furnishings, many of which Berkus hand-picked....
Hasselhoff Wire: Less than a month after unloading...
Less than a month after unloading his colonnaded manse in Encino, Calif., for $3.549M, TMZ reports that Baywatch star David Hasselhoff has found a new SoCal spread. The Hoff paid $1.95M for a 5,767-square-foot mock-Mediterranean mini-manse in Calabasas, Calif.
Linkage: Architecture That Put Us in Space; .Gif-able Furniture; More!
Photo via Gizmodo · Epic Brooklyn mansion nears completion after 10 years of headaches. · The radically.gif-able furniture by OMA and Knoll. · Bill Murray lowers rental price for his NYC pad. · Why you can't be blasé about...
Starchitecture: On His 74th Birthday, Great Lines About Robert A.M. Stern
Stern's wildly successful 15 Central Park West. Photo: Top Box Design America's preeminent traditionalist architect, Robert A.M. Stern was born 74 years ago today. Over the course of his 47-year career as an architect, Stern has drawn up the architecture...
Craftsman Maximalism: Historic architecture blogger John Foreman usually...
Historic architecture blogger John Foreman usually has his hands full with massive East Coast homes on his Big Old Houses blog, but recently found time to explore a massive Arts and Crafts masterpiece in Southern California. Attributed to legendary architects...
Sold Stuff: The Real Estalker hears word that...
The Real Estalker hears word that the honorable Judge Judy has just paid a rather staggering $10.7M for a pied-a-terre in an ultra swank hotel and condo building in Beverly Hills. Her new place brags a walk-in wine cellar, a...
Artistry: The Most Hipster of Mobile Homes Wheels Around Europe
Photo via My Modern Met Have a look at Wheel House, the avant garde home-in-the-round designed and built for a pair of globe trotting acrobats and their ultra hipster, steam punky circus performance. The Wheel House—a 25-minute show produced by...
Sold Stuff: Yankees Slugger A-Rod Unloads His Miami Mansion for $30M
Baseball star Alex Rodriguez dreamed up this bayfront Miami mansion around the time he was dating actress Cameron Diaz. The Yankees regular spent an estimated $15M constructing the custom love shack, complete...
Video Interlude: Nowness recently toured the "minimal-but-commodious" home...
Nowness recently toured the "minimal-but-commodious" home of Italian architect Claudio Silvestrin. The place is "free of any physical clutter" and "filled with light, shadow and sculptural forms," which is really no surprise considering Silvestrin was the man tapped to craft...
House of the Day: Stanford White's Exquisitely Detailed Tilton House Asks $2.5M
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got. Photo: Library of Congress Location: Newport,...
Curbed Maps: Architectural Walking Tours from Around the Curbed Universe
Looking for a way to get outside and learn a little something about your city and its architecture this Memorial Day weekend? Check out these architectural and historical walking tours from around the Curbed universe, from a tour of...
The Printed Page
Today the Times talks to urban architecture guy and soon-to-be Gizmodo editor Geoff Manaugh, the man about to steer the tech site in a more design-y direction. "It's not just about gadgets you carry around in your pocket. The city.....
Celebrity Real Estate: Katy Perry Drops $11.2M on Two Adjoining Houses in L.A.
About a month ago, rumors percolated that bubble gum pop sovereign and California 'gurl' Katy Perry picked up neighboring properties in L.A.'s Hollywood Hills. It's now official: Perry paid $11.2M for oil...