After Kanye West gutted the beachfront Malibu mansion, events at the home took a turn. Japanese architect Tadao Ando built the concrete fortress over seven years for banker Richard Sachs, finishing in 2013. Ando, who has a following among celebrities and the wealthy, has designed only about two dozen homes in the United States — boxy, light-filled and gray. “My decision to accept [clients’] projects depends mainly on their personality and aura,” he told the author of a book about his work. Sachs listed the home in 2020 for $75 million, and West, who now goes by Ye, picked it […]
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