About one year ago, former Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs picked up a Frank Lloyd Wright in Westchester; soon thereafter, he put his townhouse in Manhattan up for sale for $16 million.

The house is part of the Superior Ink complex in the West Village. The Robert A.M. Stern-designed project was completed in 2009. Jacobs bought the place the same year, and spent over ten million dollars for it. In the end, the sale didn’t fare as well as sixteen million; it came in slightly above break-even, with a $10.5 million closing.

The unit measures around 4,800 square feet across four floors of interior living space. The design style is modernist-inspired, with little in the way of ornament but material surface, intersection of line, and variety of natural texture. The garden floor’s fireplace is a striking presence—a monolithic evocation.

The layout of the townhouse is, of course, designed for a luxurious lifestyle. The shared spaces on the first two floors are each supported by food preparation, with a kitchen on the garden floor and the main kitchen on the second floor. The third and fourth floors are dedicated to accommodations; there are four bedrooms in all, with the third floor given over to the master suite.

The roof is purposed as a large terrace, but that isn’t the extent of the garden space. In classic townhome fashion, the ground floor opens to a large, verdant sanctuary.