The first time Valentina De Santis set foot on the premises of Villa Passalacqua, she assumed it would also be her last. It was October 2018: the three-storey, 18th-century villa in the tiny Lake Como town of Moltrasio was being sold at auction, and De Santis and her father – the only bidders to […]
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A wacky house in Venice Beach, California, with surfer vibes and an architectural pedigree is set to hit the market Wednesday for $3.49 million. Known as the Caplin House, the three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom residence with a curved, freeform exterior was completed in 1979—architect Frederick Fisher’s first independent project. It boasts […]