| Max Hoffman House | |
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Modern architecture |
| Location | 58 Island Drive,Rye,New York |
| Coordinates | 40°58′55″N73°39′30″W / 40.982006°N 73.658247°W /40.982006; -73.658247 |
| Construction started | 1955 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
Max Hoffman House is aFrank Lloyd Wright designed waterfront home inRye,New York, United States, built in 1955 for European automobile importerMax Hoffman.[1][2] Hoffman had commissioned Wright to design theHoffman Auto Showroom for hisJaguar dealership at 430Park Avenue inNew York City in 1954. The following year, Wright designed a large single-story L-shaped home and garden for the Hoffmans on the shore of North Manursing Island overlookingLong Island Sound.
The Max Hoffman House was purchased in 1972 byEmily Fisher Landau, who sold it in 1993 to Tom & Alice Tisch (son and daughter-in-law of formerCBS president and CEOLaurence Tisch). In 2019 the house was sold to fashion designerMarc Jacobs for $9.175 million.[3][2][4]
Constructed of stone and plaster, with a slate roof and a copper-trimmedfascia, the 5,791 sq ft (538.0 m2) single-story home[4] sits on a 1.97-acre lot and features aJapanese-style garden designed by Stephen Morrell, curator of theJohn P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden inLocust Valley,New York. In 1972Taliesin Associated Architects built an additional wing to the north. An interior renovation in 1995 was designed by architect Emanuela Frattini Magnusson.[5]
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