Kanye West’s latest antics have astounded the real estate world. The rapper, known for his eccentric fashion sense and controversial remarks, has taken a sledgehammer to a $53 million beachfront mansion in Malibu, designed by the legendary Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Purchased in September 2021 , the stunning home, once a masterpiece of glass and nature, now lies in ruins, its value plummeting by $14 million.
“This is going to be my bomb shelter. This is going to be my Batcave,” Ye reportedly told a laborer during the destruction process, as revealed in an interview with The New Yorker. The mansion, finished in 2013, is now a skeletal shell, stripped of plumbing, electricity and its iconic clouded glass.
Ando’s once-pristine design, praised for blending domestic life with nature, has been gutted, leaving only gaping hollows where bedrooms and galleries once stood. The blackened exterior, perched on stilts above the golden sands, stands in stark contrast to neighboring homes. With his wife Bianca Censori and a team of “gonzo” laborers from New Jersey, Ye transformed the mansion into a structure befitting his album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
” Censori, who holds degrees in architecture from the University of Melbourne, helped steer the radical overhaul. Ye’s fascination with architecture isn’t new. He’s met with renowned architects like David Adjaye and Jacques Herzog and even rapped about Tadao Ando, whom he once visited with Kim Kardashian.
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