Kanye West once shelled out $57 million in cash for an oceanfront Malibu home. He now seeks to offload the unfinished concrete shell for $53 million—a multi-million dollar discount before factoring in maintenance and realtor fees.
Designed by Pritzker Prize-laureate Tadao Ando, one of the billionaire set’s most coveted architects, the razor-sharp modernist structure unfurls over 4,021 square feet. Signature Ando techniques like smooth-as-silk concrete, cunning light manipulation, and harmony with nature underpin the home’s pedigree as an architectural tour de force along the Pacific.
Alas, West’s grand plans to transform the bare concrete palace have fallen by the wayside. Gutted down to its steel bones during West’s ownership, the interiors demand full redesign and restoration. The main draw lies in the location and, of course, the Ando association—a rarefied achievement for a stateside private residence.
Sited in a desirable Malibu spot, the home’s $53 million ask still dictates a multimillion-dollar loss for West. But for the right aesthete or architecture enthusiast seeking permanence and pedigree on the California coastline, this unfinished Ando manor gifts a peerless opportunity to complete a modern masterwork. The canvas awaits imagination, the vision persists in situ. Perhaps with some shrewd restoration, the right buyer may yet realize West’s dissipated architectural dreams.
West has sold over 160 million albums. His upcoming studio effort, Vultures, is a collaborative effort with Ty Dolla Sign. It is scheduled for release next month.
