Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House. Photography: Daniel Solomon for Vista Sotheby’s International Realty
Welcome to our weekly property digest, where we bring together the best homes for sale and rent across the world. This week, we have a converted stable in the English countryside and a clifftop villa in France among our discoveries.
Richard Neutra’s iconic Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, US
5 bedrooms; 3,162 sq ft; $25m via Vista Sotheby’s International Realty
Kaufmann House was designed for Philadelphia department store tycoon Edgar J Kauffman Sr in 1946 and is among Neutra’s most significant residential designs. It captures striking desert views across its rooms via floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors, while also being engineered to withstand extreme weather conditions through passive cooling and ‘fins’ that shield the home from sand storms. Take an online tour of the iconic modernist property.
A converted stable in Norfolk, UK
2 bedrooms; from £950 per week via The Modern House
Carl Turner’s practice Turner.Works converted this former stable into a holiday retreat in the UK countryside, though its interiors are a collaboration between studio Alma + Midori and The Modern House. The Great Barn blends midcentury style with traditional rural architecture and features design pieces by Barber & Osgerby, Tessa Layzelle, Muller Van Severen and Robin Day among others. Get a closer look of the UK holiday home, now available to rent.
A clifftop villa in Cap-Bénat, France
4 bedrooms; 240 sqm; POA via Architecture de Collection
Architect André Lefèvre-Devaux designed this clifftop villa in 1972 and it oozes French Riviera glamour. The organically-inspired modernist property is located on the extreme tip of Cap-Bénat in Bormes Les Mimosas in the heart of the Cote d’Azur’s Var region and is connected to the sea via a stone staircase that leads from the garden down to a cove at the base of the cliff. A vast living room occupies the ground floor, capturing sweeping views of the sea in the distance, while interiors have whitewashed walls, concrete ceilings, and modernist furniture. Take a closer look.
A colourful desert retreat in the Yucca Valley, US
Sleeps 8; from £345 per night via Airbnb
Oeste Home is a colourful desert retreat created by designer Claire Thomas and cinematographer Yayo Ahumada, with interiors that fuse North African, European and Oaxacan influences via furniture and objects picked up on their travels. The Yucca Valley Airbnb doubles as a location for films and music videos and guests can lounge on the patio before heading back on set, or retire to one of the themed bedrooms for the night which are packed with colour. See its internationally-inspired interiors.
A Provençal villa in southeastern France
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4 bedrooms; 238 sqm; €650,000 via Espaces Atypiques
This villa on the Côte d’Azur is inspired by the work of Italian architect Carlo Scarpa – albeit with a French twist. The Flayosc property is surrounded by parkland and blends old and new by juxtaposing historic stone with concrete and traditional volumes with swooping ceilings.
