LOS ANGELES _ Even in real estate, Pharrell Williams' style stands out. The Grammy-winning artist's Hollywood Hills home _ a dazzling glass-covered compound known as the Skyline Residence _ has come up for sale at $11.95 million.
Williams has a penchant for buying architecturally interesting estates. Earlier this year, he put his 17,000-square-foot mansion that looks like a supervillain's lair on the market for $16.95 million in Beverly Hills.
The Skyline Residence boasts a similar dramatic look, stretching across 1.5 acres on a ridgetop setting with sweeping views of the city and valley below. The home was designed and built in 2007 by Hagy Belzberg, the architect responsible for the striking subterranean Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan Pacific Park.
Covered in concrete and glass, the low-slung abode boasts vast open living spaces with clean lines, hardwood floors and white gallery walls. Highlights include a spacious foyer, minimalist kitchen and dining area anchored by a garden wall. The master suite, one of five bedrooms, tacks on a built-in fireplace and green marble bathroom.
Walls of glass open out back, where a thin stretch of lawn adjoins an infinity pool. The scenic estate also includes a two-story guesthouse with a bedroom and kitchen and a front garden with a movie projector.
A singer, rapper, producer and fashion designer, Williams, known simply as Pharrell, formed the hip-hop production duo the Neptunes in the mid-'90s and started the band N.E.R.D. later that decade. The 47-year-old has won 13 Grammys and received two Oscar nominations, including one for his hit song "Happy."
