News about Tadao Ando

Kanye West selling partially renovated 'bomb shelter' Malibu mansion for $53million because walls are 'too gray'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 31, 2023
According to DailyMail.com, the walls in Kanye West's Malibu incomplete mansion are too dark for the rappers' liking. He is now selling the house for $53 million, a $4 million loss on what he paid for it in 2021. According to Insider, the artist believes that the imposing concrete walls on the 4,000 square-foot home are too cool for his taste, which include more 'earth tones.' When Ye paid $57 million for the modern Malibu home, designed by prominent Japanese architect Tadao Ando, has already had a striking postmodern look. Since then, West has tore out walls, doors, windows, and plumbing to create a much more brutal look, leaving the 4,000-square foot home as a barren shell.

Kanye West's property empire in decline as SHOCKING new images reveal gutted buildings and dilapidated structures

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 27, 2023
On Wednesday, Kanye West's Malibu home sold for a staggering $4 million loss, signaling a decline in his once-burgeoning real estate market. Two years after he bought the beachfront home, designed by contemporary minimalist architect Tadao Ando, the rapper, producer, and designer put it up for auction for $53 million. West completely renovated the house but was unable to finish the work.

After investing $200 million on a'sterile' Malibu mansion, Beyonce and Jay-Z blasted on social media

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 26, 2023
They fork out $200 million for what appears to be the most expensive home to ever sell in California and one of the most expensive in the United States. However, social media followers weren't entirely positive about Beyoncé and Jay-Z when they took a look at the mostly concrete Malibu mansion. Despite the home's stunning view and sits near a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, viewers find the home's boxy style and lack of varied materials to be'sterile' and 'ugly.'

Beyonce touches down in Newcastle ahead of her Sunderland Renaissance show

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 23, 2023
The singer, 41, began her UK leg of her much-anticipated Renaissance world tour, which has also seen her perform in Cardiff and Edinburgh. And Beyonce was seen getting out of her private jet just hours before she is scheduled to perform in Sunderland for her latest high-energy performance.

In a sultry black look for a romantic date night with Jay-Z in London, Beyonce showcases her toned abs

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 23, 2023
Beyonce showcased her toned abs in a sultry black look for a romantic date night with Jay-Z in London on Monday night, performing her fashion A game like never. With a series of trendy snaps, the 41-year-old megastar, who will keep her $88 million Bel-Air mansion in lieu of her new $200 million seaside fortress, maintained her chic sex appeal to her 309 million Instagram followers. Beyonce posed like a blazer, matching high-waisted shorts, and a black bralette to perfection in her slideshow, showcasing a striped black blazer, matching high-waisted shorts, and a black bralette to perfection.

Despite just purchasing a $200 million Malibu mansion, Beyonce and Jay-Z are keeping their $88 million Bel-Air mansion

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 21, 2023
Despite recently throwing down $200 million for California's most expensive home in Malibu, billionaire power couple Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Jay-Z (born Shawn Carter) have apparently decided to maintain the $88 million two-acre Bel-Air estate in Bel-Air purchased in 2017. According to TMZ, the Houston-born 41-year-old and the Brooklyn-born 53-year-old maintain their Bel-Air home as it's closer to family and their three children's schools, and Malibu will continue as their 'home' until they move full time.

Kanye West's Malibu $57m mansion remains stripped-back concrete eyesore

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 10, 2023
Kanye West's $57 million dollar mansion in Malibu has been 'left to rot' from the inside out less than two years after the rapper bought the house and employed an award-winning architect to renovate it. In September 2021, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, purchased the 4,000 square foot oceanfront home, which features massive windows overlooking the sea. He enlisted architect Tadao Ando and brought in top contractors to oversee the extensive renovations. But by the next year, renovations had been suspended and the gutted, windowless mansion was still empty. Ye was thrown out by a number of corporate partners and advertisers as a result of his anti-Semitic outbursts. 'He left his mansion rotting,' and that they hadn't seen a single'seen' around for many months,' according to Ye's Malibu neighbors.'

Kim Kardashian reveals she's been working on a 'dream project' with Japanese architect Tadao Ando

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 7, 2023
According to Kim Kardashian's most recent Instagram post, she has been working on a 'dream project' in collaboration with Japanese architect Tadao Ando. 'I met with Tadao Ando, the master of the Philippines, to review and discuss a dream project that we've been working on for the past two years,' captioned the reality TV star, 42. Tadao, 81, is Japan's most popular architect and is praised internationally for his'minimalist concrete buildings.'

Beyonce and Jay-Z are among the most expensive celebrity mortgages in the country

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 31, 2022
It's been said that the more you earn, the more you spend, and that certainly is the case with Hollywood's top actors. And although celebrities have fortunes and massive luxury homes that most people can only dream about, many homeowners are also plagued with hefty mortgages that most homeowners would not even comprehend. According to public records, the A-list singers and film stars who need to keep up the hefty monthly payments for their lavish homes. According to one celebrity wealth specialist, it's often cheaper for the super wealthy to obtain a mortgage on a mega house rather than paying for it outright. Beyoncé, 41, and Jay-Z, 52, who took out a staggering $53 million mortgage after purchasing their Bel Air mansion for $88 million in 2017.