Inbuilt 1972, the trendy dwelling’s structure was praised in French and Italian publications.
A Nineteen Seventies monument to fashionable structure is crusing by way of the check of time within the picturesque hills of Italy’s Chianti area.
The lengthy, two-story villa, with robust horizontal traces and a flat roof, is stepped into the countryside terrain of Strada in Chianti, a few 30-minute drive from the Tuscany capital metropolis of Florence.
Florentine architect Roberto Monsani designed the villa to comply with the contour of the positioning.
Commissioned by Hungarian-American businessman Alexander Brody in 1972 to be used as a trip dwelling, the sculptural residence is the work of Florentine architect Roberto Monsani. The clean-lined design was a profitable departure from traditionalism and the basic fashion of Florentine structure.
Villa Brody was “praised and featured as a masterpiece of its time,” says Cinzia Romanelli, chief government officer and founding father of Building Heritage. French and Italian magazines known as it rèsolument contemporaine (resolutely modern).
The roof overhang offers partial shade for the higher patio.
Monsani himself would later take possession of the villa, the place he lived till his demise in 2018. Now, the celebrated residence is being provided on the market at €1.6 million or about USD 1.7 million.
Encompassing 7 hectares―about 17 acres―the gated property contains an expansive garden, woodland, olive groves and 1,200-square-meter―practically 13,000-square-foot―lake. Lengthy partitions damaged up by partitions of home windows emphasize the robust geometric shapes of the bolstered concrete construction.
The clean-lined inside of the lounge lends itself to low, modular furnishings.
The 300 sq. meters―about 3,200 sq. ft―of interiors distinction black and white. Furnishings and equipment usher in bursts of coloration. Monsani was additionally identified for his design of modular furnishings and wall items, each of which have a look at dwelling within the house immediately.
The higher flooring comprises the doorway, eating room and modernized kitchen. The ground under homes the lounge, a research set behind a hearth wall and three bedrooms with non-public loos. Sliding glass doorways in lots of the rooms open to the outside.
Glass doorways in lots of the rooms open to courtyard or patio house.
A staircase connecting the 2 ranges overlooks a cement-block paved courtyard. Terraces soak up panoramic views of the encircling rolling hills.
Kety Ciko, additionally with Constructing Heritage, is the itemizing agent.
Partitions of home windows soak up views of the countryside.
With its medieval structure, piazzas and cobblestone streets, the Tuscan village of Strada in Chianti is a well-liked base for wine fans desirous to pattern the realm’s signature Chianti Classico. (Connoisseur tip: The image of a black rooster signifies that the grapes used have been grown within the Chianti Classico area.)
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