Since his death in 2020, the couturier has left a legacy of his house built in the heart of Paris in the 1990s. A true haven of peace that is back on the market.
“A refuge in the city of light”. This is how the rare good is described for sale by Christie’s Real Estate on April 28. Indeed, the luxury real estate agency, which offers hundreds of homes for sale or rental in the French capital, has the privilege of selling the Kenzo house, the former home of fashion designer Kenzo Takada who died in 2020 as a result of covid-19. The Japanese designer, founder of the brand of clothing, accessories and perfumes whose disappearance had affected many celebrities, had it built in 1993. The initial construction had lasted seven years.
Rare services
Invisible from the street, accessible through a cleverly concealed corridor and located in the inner courtyard of an 18th century residential building in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, the villa is a stone’s throw from the Place de la Bastille. Vegetation has its place there thanks to its peaceful Japanese garden planted with cherry trees and bamboo where there is also a pond where nishiki-goï carp, the famous Japanese ornamental fish, live. With its 1300 square metersits 18 pieces including seven bedrooms and two bathrooms, the Kenzo house benefits from services that are rare on the Parisian market. Inspired by an authentic traditional Japanese house, the house was renovated in 2018 by renowned architect Kengo Kuma who brought more modernity to this “Safe Haven”.
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A cost of several million euros
The precepts of “feng shui”, like Kenzo Takada, are fully respected. Natural materials such as cedar, teak and clay combined with the transparency of bay windows on three floors give the place a certain elegance that completes the calm of a contemporary residence where “serenity” is the key word. The cost of the property is only available on request but it should amount to more than 15 million euros since in 2014, four years before its renovation by its buyer the French entrepreneur Olivier Chouvet, it had been put up for sale at 14 million euros. Such, then, would be the price for a perpetual journey to the Land of the Rising Sun.
