Apr
07
Inside the Stunning, Luxury Homes of Architect Annabelle Selldorf
BySubdued good taste on a grand scale.
The architect Annabelle Selldorf is known for her blockbuster projects like the Neue Galerie in New York, Le Stanze del Vetro museum in Venice, and L.A.’s Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, the largest art gallery in America. Her residences—sprawling apartments, airy townhouses, glassy beach houses—are less well-known, for the obvious reason that giving yourself a tour would entail breaking and entering.
Now, though, most of Selldorf’s projects have been compiled in a portfolio published by Phaidon, and readers can finally see the extent of her prolific residential work. One of Selldorf’s main strengths is that, unlike other “starchitects,” she doesn’t have an instantly recognizable style; she’s known for shaping design around her clients’ needs, rather than the other way around. As a result most people wouldn’t know they were in a Selldorf-designed house unless they were told…
