| | Welcome to Miró's Sert Studio in Palma Mallorca! | Joan Miró settled down in Mallorca in 1956, an island he had visited ever since he was a child. Josep Lluís Sert, a prestigious architect and friend of Miró’s, designed for him the studio of his dreams. Sert, a representative of the modern movement and Dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Design at the time, was disqualified from working as an architect in Spain for 20 years.
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| | Welcome Picker House by Kenneth Wood in London! | In 1965 American cosmetics magnate Stanley Picker commissioned architect Kenneth Wood to design a luxury home in Surrey upon Thames. The house (1968), is an airy split level, post and beam construction with a beautiful mature garden. Unassuming from the front, the home opens into a spectacular space with one purpose: to display Picker's art collection.
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| | Famous Bauhaus Villa For Sale - Haus Lewin in Berlin | The Lewin House was designed by the German architect Peter Behrens in 1929 in the elegant district of Berlin-Schlachtensee. The villa was since 1934 the home of a famous actor and artistic director Frits Wisten and has been owned by the family ever since. The house preserved the original open-plan arrangement of the spaces, reinterpreted in a contemporary way.
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| | Bauhaus in Berlin-Schlachtensee | Haus Lewin was designed by architect Peter Behrens for the psychologist Kurt Lewin and his wife Gertrud Weiß Lewin. They emigrated in 1933 and sold the house to the German actress Trude Wisten and her Austrian-Jewish husband Fritz Wisten, actor, and later artistic director of the Volksbühne; they moved in in 1934 and provided refuge for persecuted Jews.
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| | For Sale: Hôtel Winssinger- Art-Nouveau Gem by Horta | Built between 1894 and 1897, the Hôtel Winssinger is one of Victor Horta's emblematic achievements. Classified as a historic monument, the building is distinguished by its white and blue stone façade, its refined bay windows, and its beautifully preserved interiors, including woodwork, stained glass, and marble mosaics. Formerly the residence of the Winssinger family, this building is a living testament to Horta's architectural and artistic ingenuity.
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| | New Pricing Haus Horner by Adolf Loos in Vienna | This villa, designed by Adolf Loos in 1912-13 for Helene Horner, is located in a beautiful, green and peaceful area of Vienna. It overlooks historic villas, has a 900 m² garden and is close to the Roter Berg with its meadows, playgrounds and beautiful views of Vienna. We hope the house finds the right owner with the right knowledge and skills to restore it to its former glory.
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| | For Sale: Haus Wittmann by Johannes Spalt in Austria | At the end of the 1950s, Johannes Spalt, the celebrated Austrian architect and a member of the legendary Arbeitsgruppe 4, met furniture manufacturer Franz Wittmann. The result was a mutually beneficial professional collaboration and a friendship that lasted for decades, and a house for Wittmann that is now on the market.
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| | For Sale: Casa Legorreta in Mexico | Architecture fans know that owning a Legorreta home is like owning a Frank Lloyd Wright or Mies van der Rohe - a rare privilege. Located in the UNESCO World Heritage village of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Casa Legorreta (2005) was designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, the first Latin AIA Gold Medal winner. It is on the market for the first time ever.
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