A selection of real estate Espaces Atypiques

Californian house

Californian house
Agency Nice – Cannes
VILLENEUVE LOUBET 06270 690 SQM 1 600 000 €
Agency Toulon – Hyères
LA SEYNE SUR MER 83500 200 SQM 820 000 €
Agency Tours
TOURS 3700 200 SQM 945 000 €
Agency Marseille
MARSEILLE 13013 308.22 SQM 1 080 000 €
Agency Toulon – Hyères
LA SEYNE SUR MER 83500 196 SQM 1 450 000 €
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Buying a California-style home with Espaces Atypiques

The American West Coast isn’t the only place you’ll find California-style homes, because the French coast also hides treasures to make the Sun Belt pale in comparison.

Modern California-style homes

You might think you’re at Big Sur, but you’re actually on the French Riviera. California-style homes certainly bring the sun into the lives of their owners. It was in the 1950s that the first villas in this avant-garde style made their appearance with a handful of now iconic houses: Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House of 1946, the Frank Sinatra House of 1947 and the Segel House of 1979 in Malibu.

Frequently built in the hills on the edge of major Californian cities, including Los Angeles and Palm Springs, this style of West Coast home can be found in France in the hills above Cannes, along the French Riviera and in Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Toulon. French architect Jean Prouvé’s house in Nancy is a perfect example of these homes that reach to the sky to offer incredible lofty views over the landscape below, but which remain rare and outstanding properties.

Prestigious architecture

It’s hard to resist the temptations of California-style homes, with their unobstructed views, roof terraces, minimalist design and inside/outside continuity between house and garden. The houses designed for California in the post-war years freed themselves from a number of domestic constraints by introducing open-plan spaces, open kitchens, sliding doors and extensive glazing for maximum natural daylight. They blurred the boundary between indoors and outdoors. They provided the freedom to work on the terrace or eat breakfast in the living room… Often single storey, these geometric houses reinvent our desire to furnish, stroll around and live our lives. They introduce a new perspective on investing in bricks and mortar.

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