A$AP Rocky revamps modernist Paul Rudolph guesthouse for Basic Space auction
American musician A$AP Rocky and his design studio Hommemade have outfitted the interiors of a historic modular home by American architect Paul Rudolph for online design gallery Basic Space in Los Angeles.
A$AP Rocky and Hommemade placed high-end furniture in the Rudolph's Walker Guest House, created early in the celebrated architect's career in 1951.
The modernist guest house features a modular steel-grid system, wooden wind flaps weighted by metal orbs and is supported by stilts.
It was created for a site on a remote island in Florida, but moved to California in 2020 after purchase, where it has sat in storage before being reassembled for Basic Space.
The building is being shown publicly for the first time at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles. Basic Space and Hommemade worked with a local architecture studio to refurbish the structure for presentation.
A two-by-four board wall system shows the point where the house was cut in two to move and store it. The two-by-fours also support an artwork by Italian artist Mauricio Cattelan.
For the present sale, Hommemade's approach focused on decking out the structure with colourful contemporary and historical furniture.
Hommemade's curation features several pieces by the Italian designer Gaetano Pesce, including his Salvatore Lamp.
These are accompanied by several other 1980s pieces by the postmodern Memphis Group, among them the seminal Carlton Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass.
The home's living room is centred on a sofa by mid-century French designer Raphaël Raffel and the 2015 Bolotas Armchair by Brazil's Estudio Campana.
Two contemporary LA studios, Caleb Engstrom and Willett created a small table and coffee table, respectively, for the living room.
Mid-century appliances appear in the kitchen, counterbalanced by a furry cactus sculpture that was born from a collaboration between Gufram and Hommemade.
The bedroom features a studio piano by German industrial designer Thilo Oerke and a bed from the late 1960s by Florence's Superstudio.
The bed, owned by A$AP Rocky, is the only item in the guesthouse not for sale.
The house is part of the wider Basic Space.LA event, which includes a series of shows anchored around a primary exhibition at the city's Pacific Design Center.
Carpenter Workshop Gallery is putting on an exhibition by Rick Owens, while Rajan Bijlani is showing Pierre Jeanneret pieces from his and Le Corbusier's masterplan for the Indian administrative centre at Chandigarh.
Elsewhere, publishing house HURS has curated an exhibition spotlighting women in design.
Basic Space.LA has become known for its large-scale sale items. Last year, Basic Space.LA featured a Jean Prouvé gas station that was assembled on site and eventually sold.
A$AP Rocky launched Hommemade in 2022 in Miami.
The photography is by Matthew Kavanagh.
Basic Space.LA runs from 28 to 29 March in Los Angeles. For more global architecture and design events visit Dezeen Events Guide.
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