Montecito area that was ever designed by Richard Neutra — the legendary Tremaine house, which has been heralded by some Neutra experts as one of the master architect’s best works.
Though the property hasn’t been on the market in decades, records reveal it quietly swapped hands earlier this month in an off-market deal for exactly $12 million.
Fittingly, the property’s new steward is a man also renowned for his craftsmanship: Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s Malibu-based design chief.After a career start at Volkswagen in the 1990s, von Holzhausen worked on the New Beetle before migrating to GM, and subsequently Mazda.
But it’s his work at Tesla that transformed him into a global auto design rockstar; the 52-year-old Syracuse grad has designed.
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