Actor and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger dismantle 1950 Zimmerman house designed by architect Craig EllwoodChris Pratt has drawn ire from architecture aficionados after news broke that the actor and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, razed a historic, mid-century modern home to make way for a sprawling 15,000-sq-ft mansion.Last year, the couple purchased the 1950 Zimmerman house, designed by the architect Craig Ellwood, in Los Angeles’s Brentwood neighborhood for $12.5m. The residence, with landscaping by Garrett Eckbo – who has been described as the pioneer of modern landscaping – had previously been featured in Progressive Architecture magazine. Continue reading…
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