{"id":43551,"date":"2021-09-23T17:10:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/?p=43551"},"modified":"2022-06-13T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:29:11","slug":"kanye-buys-west-coast-beach-bunker-sgd-77-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/kanye-buys-west-coast-beach-bunker-sgd-77-3-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye buys West Coast beach bunker for S$77.3 million"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Musician, streetwear entrepreneur, potential 2024 US presidential candidate and self-professed \u201ccreative genius,\u201d Kanye West has purchased a US$57.3 million house on California\u2019s Malibu Beach, it was reported<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

The brutalist concrete residence, which was designed by top Japanese architect Tadao Ando, was built to the specifications of financier and art collector Richard Sachs, the ex-boyfriend of fashion designer and former \u2018Full House\u2019 child star, Ashley Olsen.<\/p>\n

According to US property news site Dirt.com<\/a>, the 3,665 sq ft beach house, which certain observers have unkindly likened to a parking garage, \u201creportedly 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Google street view of the brutalist countenance of Kanye’s new Tadao Ando-designed house on Malibu Beach, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though its humble facade suggests simplicity, in fact, the residence took seven years of planning and construction to complete. With four bedrooms spread over its three floors, the upper level houses an expansive owner\u2019s suite with a rooftop terrace boasting 180-degree views out to sea, providing the perfect spot for Kanye to ponder his next creative masterpiece.<\/p>\n

West, whose net worth Forbes estimates<\/a> at US$1.8 billion, possesses an impressive property portfolio. His holdings include the US$60 million compound in Hidden Hills \u2014 a half-hour\u2019s drive from Malibu \u2014 that he shared with estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, and their children; a 3,000-acre ranch in Wyoming where sought-after Swiss avant-garde architect Valerio Olgiati<\/a> is crafting an \u201cunderground village\u201d for the rapper; as well as minimalist-chic condos in LA and New York.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn all my works, light is an important controlling factor,\u201d architect Tadao Ando has said. \u201cI create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Malibu house is the second-most expensive property sold in the exclusive seaside neighbourhood this year. West certainly paid a substantial premium to purchase an abode designed by Tadao Ando, who in 1995 won the Pritzker Prize, architecture\u2019s highest accolade. But, like the sneakers Kanye makes in quantities deliberately insufficient to satisfy demand, part of the property\u2019s value comes from its rarity \u2014 Ando has designed just a handful of homes in the US.<\/p>\n

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Kanye is a lifelong architecture fanboy and today, has the wherewithal to indulge his passions. \u201cWhen I was growing up in Chicago, before the internet, I\u2019d go to my local Barnes & Noble to check out Architectural Digest<\/em> and other design magazines, along with the fashion and rap titles,\u201d he told that very magazine<\/a> during a home tour in 2020. \u201cMy father encouraged me. He always had graph paper around for me to scribble on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Singapore residents seeking a modern, minimalist seaside house of the sort Kanye favours may wish to consider one of these exclusive Sentosa landed properties<\/a>, many of which are listed for sale at substantially lower prices than Ye\u2019s new Malibu home.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Landed Houses for Sale in Sentosa<\/h4><\/div>\n
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\n \"Ocean\n <\/div>\n
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Ocean Drive<\/div>\n
Ocean Dr \u00b7 D4<\/div>\n
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\n \"bathroom\"\n 5<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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S$ 20,990,000<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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