Rumors have it that the ace fashion photographer, Steven Meisel, is shopping out his Beverly Hills mansion with a quiet pocket listing. Apparently, the home sports a price tag of $15 million.
According to the Real Estalker, Meisel purchased the home sometime in the fall of 2001 for around $2.7 million. The home was featured in the October 2012 issue of the Architectural Digest as well.
The home was originally built by famous architect George MacLean in 1963 and was later renovated and expanded under the watch of a L.A. based construction firm, Marmol Radizner.
Excerpts from the Architectural Digest:
"I was looking at houses in Los Angeles, and I fell in love with Trousdale Estates," the photographer says, referring to the neighborhood that inspired his Versace images. "Back then it wasn't popular at all. I remember asking my friend Herb Ritts about it and he told me, 'It's for old 1960s movie stars. Nobody lives there."
"The architects added 2,300 square feet to the existing 4,000-square-foot dwelling, extending the structure to the east and west so that it zigzags along the top of the ridge in the same rhythm as the existing house. As you move through it and make various turns, you reengage with different parts of the garden," Radziner explains. "We installed large water features on both sides of the entry and remade the pool following the same contours of the original. Then we brought in dense tropical plantings that play off the new marble, onyx, teak, and walnut. Everything feels very lush and generous."
Check out the photos of the home, here.
