The Glass Pavilion: Ultra-Modern, Minimalist Mansion in Montecito
Posted on 14. Apr, 2011 by LuxSpaces in Amazing Homes, For Sale
The Glass Pavilion, 780 Ashley Road, Montecito, CA, 93108. Listed at $23,900,000.
If you ever meet the eventual new owners of this uniquely-designed Montecito home known as The Glass Pavillion, here’s a tip: Windex makes a great hostess gift.
Built in 2010, this contemporary mansion is 14,000-square-feet of amazing views in Santa Barbara County’s exclusive Montecito community. With 5 bedrooms, 5 baths, and a recently reduced price of “just” $23.9 million, The Glass Pavilion, is a bargain for one of the richest zip codes in America.
According to the Wall Street Journal, when Los Angeles architect, designer, developer, realtor, Steve Hermann built The Glass Pavilion, he called it his “Opus” and had no intention of selling the home. But, as is often the case, things change. Hermann put the many-windowed estate on the market for $35 million in 2010 and has since dropped the price twice trying to lure a buyer. The home is truly an architectural masterpiece and has been featured online and in magazines many times.
Hermann describes The Glass Pavilion:
Throughout the last century there have been a few great buildings that defined modernism and inspired a generation to imagine what is possible not only within architecture but as a society as a whole. Mies Van Der Roh’s Barcelona Pavilion and Farnsworth house, as well as Phillip Johnson’s glass house were these type of defining structures. The Glass Pavilion takes the architectural tenants of these greats and catapults these concepts into the new millennium.
Photo Gallery for The Glass Pavilion
Nestled among the oak groves of Montecito, this home gives new meaning to . An almost entirely glass home it allows occupants to be comfortably inside while completely enveloped within nature. As you drive down the long gated driveway, it slowly comes into view. You are immediately confronted with a large all glass home, floating above gently rolling lawns. The site of it is awe-inspiring.
Through the use of massive structural steel beams, the home is able to appear weightless as it hovers above an expansive lawn. No expense has been spared during the six years that it took to complete this groundbreaking structure. All of the large glass panels are Star Fire glass, an incredibly clear glass usually reserved for jewelry displays. It s kitchen and baths are by such famous names as Varena, Poliform and Antonio Lupi. In each category the best and most exciting products from around the world were sourced to make this home flawless in each category. The home has five bedrooms, five and a half baths, grand hallway and large wine room. The glass pavilion includes an art gallery where the owner currently displays their vintage car collection. The space is so generous that it is capable of holding up to 32 cars within its walnut lined walls.
Tour The Glass Pavilion by Video
The Glass Pavilion is situated in on a private 3.5 acres at 780 Ashley Road, Montecito, Santa Barbara. Steven Hermann, Westside Estate Agency Inc., not only built this fabulous glass structure he is handling the listing. Visit The Glass Pavilion website for details.
(Photos by William MacCollum)
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