They’re one of the richest celebrity couples in Hollywood, so it’s no surprise Jay Z and Beyoncé have just purchased California’s most expensive home ever sold.
At a staggering $200 million, their new 30,000ft² concrete compound is one of the few American residences designed by the famed architect Tadao Ando. Comissioned by art collector William Bell in 2003, the monstrous mansion is typical of Ando’s signature “critical regionalism” philosophy, which focuses on modern tradition while still situating the building in geographical and cultural context. Think: minimal, spacious concrete hallways with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Pacific ocean in this example.
