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The Celanese House was designed by famed architect Edward Durell Stone as a stunning example of mid-century modern architecture that seamlessly blends form and function. The house features a lattice screen on the façade and glass pyramids on the roof which are prime examples of Stone's design. And, true to Stone's principles, the house is substantial, private and comfortable. Built in 1959, the house has been fully renovated to its original vision with Stone's signature elements remaining intact: floating sheet rock walls, satin bleached oak floors and walls of glass; an underlit glass floor at the entryway and a kitchen retaining its original style but with updated appliance and a new flat skylight. The primary suite is complete with spa bathroom in marble with double sinks and separate tub and shower. In addition there are three other en suite bathrooms. The home sits on two-plus park-like acres, on prestigious Oenoke Ridge, with integrated landscape design to complement the structure. A unique opportunity to own a true masterpiece. There are four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths in 4427 square foot home for just $4.4M.                         |
Wednesday, October 07, 2026
Architecture Wednesday: The Celanese House
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That is a LOT of house but the layout is fab.
ReplyDeleteThe amount of potential! Those skylights are fantastic and the room distribution is very interesting. I love all that light. It’s not quite affordable, but whoa.
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I do love all the skylights and the windows but it needs some color, as in artwork, on the walls.
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I like it, and it has sheep! I would add a little color, some splashy art.
ReplyDeleteIt does need some great art so you'd better get back to the easel!
DeleteSorry, it reminds me too much of a biolab in Siberia.
ReplyDeleteWhen were you in a Siberian biolab???
DeleteSo sterile it’s creepy!
ReplyDeleteIt needs some bold pieces of art and better furnishings, but it is the perfect blank slate.
DeleteIt’s a stunning space and the furnishings work well with the architecture and style although they leave me cold. Still, very impressive and maybe, just maybe, big enough for the two of us.
ReplyDeletePerhaps if we gave the cats their own level it might work, otherwise I am in downsize mode!
DeleteThis is superb!! Love that kitchen. And all those bookshelves --- you didn't mention bookshelves! Most folks will dis on all the white. But that gives one a blank canvas to add artwork and a feature wall here and there.
ReplyDelete**cracks open the piggy bank**
**cries because there isn't enough**
You and I are on the exact same page. The only thing I love more than a wine room is a stocked library!
DeleteI can appreciate the design concept but not for me. It almost resembles a garden center from outside and the inside is way to clinical and open for me. I like more charm and character. I mean the crew from the White Party could go right in with music and DJ and start the party immediately. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI didn't see garden center before, but I see it now, though I still like the house and the pyramids on top.
DeleteAnd I like the idea of the blanks slate for art and furnishings.
Yeah, I'd take it.
Too neutral for me, but I do love the amount of light in the home from the dome pyramids and the windows. The sheep looking out at the lawn made me chuckle.
ReplyDeleteI could work with the neutral and splash around some color .... perhaps even red on the sheep!
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ReplyDeleteLike all the books!
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You and me both!!
DeleteAll the natural light is great, but the entryway reminds me of a Japanese bath house. Overall, too sterile and institutional for me, though the sheep are adorable!
ReplyDeleteI can get behind the white and sterile and bring in some cool furniture and art and rugs ... and I might like the idea of a bath house?
DeleteToo much white and glass. I can imagine lots of fingerprints on everything...
ReplyDeleteThough if you could afford $4.4 million you could afford a maid or window cleaner???
DeleteI like the house, but it looks awfully cold -- all the flat white surfaces, steel-framed furnishings and marble. It needs some rugs and some color. (And plants!)
ReplyDeleteRight on all counts.
DeleteA maybe a dog???
Very nice but too white. White is clearly a thing for some people though.
ReplyDeleteWhite is a good base for art, colorful furnishings, rugs etc.
DeleteCold and sterile. That's my first impression. No personality. And someone loves white.
ReplyDeleteYou can always add personality and white is the perfect background for artwork.
DeleteBland and sterile. Looks like a very expensive hospital for billionaire mental patients.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I think clean and sleek.
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Not for me, the look is too institutional, I think.
ReplyDeleteNot for everybody but we all need to see past the white and sterile and think what it could be once personalized.
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