The Walker Guesthouse, a mid-century construction designed by architect Paul Rudolph, is now in the marketplace for a cool $2 million, if the fitting purchaser has the house for it.
Brown Harris Stevens has listed the one-bedroom, one-bathroom modernist construction, describing the guesthouse as “a monumental work of radical design and masterful ability,” “one of the vital necessary architectural designs of the 20th century (by considered one of its most influential architects),” and a “ground-breaking murals.”
The 24-foot dice was in-built 1952 on Sanibel Island, Florida. The light-weight pavilion is made from wooden, metal, and glass. Its iconic function consisted of a rigging system of pulleys and 7 purple counterweights. These managed a dozen big shutters and gave the house an adjustable, multifunctional exterior.
The Walker Guesthouse was commissioned by Walter W. Walker, the grandson of the Minnesota lumber baron T.B. Walker and the artwork collector who established the Walker Artwork Heart in Minneapolis.
The house stayed throughout the Walker household till 2019, when it offered in a Sotheby’s design public sale for $920,000 together with charges to an undisclosed purchaser close to Palm Springs. Itemizing agent Christ Pomeroy informed the New York Submit that the guesthouse has been in storage ever since and referred to as it a “work of architectural artwork.”
Whereas the Walker Guesthouse was previously positioned within the village of Rhinebeck, New York, Brown Harris Stevens notes the brand new proprietor will have the ability to place it “in nearly any setting on the earth.” The sale additionally consists of a number of items of furnishings designed by Rudolph particularly for the Guesthouse.
The New York Submit reported these extra gadgets embody a desk, espresso desk, director’s chairs, and a bookshelf, in addition to the architectural plans for the construction and extra drawings.
Nonetheless, itemizing agent Christ Pomeroy informed the New York Submit the price of transport will not be included within the $2 million asking worth.
Rudolph would rise to develop into a “starchitect” with photos of his Brutalist concrete buildings and mega-structures of the Fifties and ’60s. In 1957, Rudolph was appointed chair of Yale College’s famed structure division. He died in 1997.
The Walker Guesthouse been featured in Progressive Structure, Architectural Discussion board, and Architectural Report. In response to the New York Submit, which first reported on the sale, {a photograph} of the guesthouse has been included in “Materialized Area,” the Rudolph retrospective on view on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork till March 16.
Editor’s Notice: February 13, 2024: A earlier model of this story misspelled the architect’s title. It’s Paul Rudolph, not Randolph. ARTnews regrets the error.
