Kim Kardashian has hired two of the world’s most celebrated Japanese architects to design vacation homes for her family, including a lakeside retreat she says she’ll use exclusively for Fourth of July celebrations. Imagine. In a recent interview with Vogue, Kardashian revealed that Tadao Ando is crafting a two-story mansion in California, and Kengo Kuma is working on a “glass and wood lake house” in an undisclosed location. It’s all part of Kardashian’s divorce from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), in which the former couple is divvying up or selling their many co-owned properties.

The floor plan has already been revealed for the Ando-designed mansion in a private gated community south of Palm Springs. Kardashian and Ye bought the $6.3 million plot of land together before their split, and in November 2021, Kardashian filed for a permit to build a new single-family residence with a pool and spa. Architectural drawings reveal an unusual, futuristic-looking home with a large central courtyard and a triangular roof shaped sort of like a Ouija planchette. Others have compared it to a spaceship. The home will be located just down the street from properties owned by Kardashian’s mother Kris and sister Kourtney, and Kardashian says it will be “concrete, gray-toned, and really zen.” Ye recently acquired a Tadao Ando-designed home of his own in Malibu, custom-built for investment manager Richard Sachs in 2013.

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