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with book-matched marble plinths for
beautiful bouquets.
The home's layout is another
conspicuous hat tip to hotel hospitality.
Moving through the central core on
the main level, the floor plan flows
into a sweeping common space
anchored by a sculptural grand piano
from Hungarian virtuoso Gergely
Boganyi (one of only three in the
world at the time). To the left of the
space, the dining area showcases
an alluring wine feature wall, backlit
with herringbone shelving, as well as a
22-foot-long dining table designed by
Philip Nimmo. The adjacent great room,
meanwhile, combines a clubby living
room and a lounge area for a warm
and gracious social space that opens
to the rear yard with a "grand lawn"
and covered loggia via a retractable
50-foot expanse of glass.
Just off the central core on the main
level are more intimate spaces
including home offices, a home
of arrival, its debonair circular
driveway with modern water features
an impeccable prelude to a strikingly
symmetrical, limestone-clad edifice
highlighting strong geometries, vast
glass, water walls behind circular
screens and light slots in the limestone
for a lit-from-within exquisiteness.
The owner calls the house Papillon
(French for butterfly), symbolizing
a new life, and the theme is subtly
repeated theme throughout, from
the 9-foot butterfly sculpture "Dream
Machine" by Rubem Robierb to the
opalescent butterfly door handles by
Savoy Studios. Most breathtakingly,
this motif is seen in the 18-foot-long
spiral chandelier by Philip Nimmo
and Windfall Contemporary, an
ethereal array of 350 hand-blown
glass butterflies swirling at all different
heights in the showcase foyer. More
set piece than space, the foyer is
carved out of a simple block form and
highlights a gorgeous glass-topped
rotunda and two double staircases
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