Kanye West bought a Tadao Ando-designed Malibu mansion for $57.3 million; after stripping out its windows and interiors, he sold it for $21 million, and an $8.5 million restoration followed

A $57.3 million Malibu house designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando became one of Ye’s most talked-about real estate purchases. But the extraordinary part came afterward. The oceanfront home was stripped down dramatically, leaving a celebrated architectural property exposed to the Pacific. After Ye sold it for $21 million, a new owner began an $8.5 million effort to restore the house, and the property has now found another buyer while the work is still underway. The report is sourced from Archinect, The New Yorker and Architectural Digest.

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