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One of the few vestiges of the original house is the doubleheight living room fireplace.A variety of textures now play off the roughness of its Texas shell-stone surround—smooth limestone floos,wenge-wood cabinetry,stainless-steel tiles.Clean-lined pieces,many designed by TempleHome,help maintain the balance between open and contained space.As for the four elements,the rooms are airy,the materials are earthy,and a water feature at the rear complement the fireplace and pool.
Well before the house was done,it had a new owner—the resident of that small house next door,Bill Block,a film financier and producer (his Spring Break in Bosnia,with Richard Gere and Terrence Howard,comes out this winter)."I loved the first house," Block says of his previous Balbes-designed residence."It was like the perfect penthouse suite.This is more of a house house.It's a similar feeling,though,because of Xorin's taste,which is a wonderful combination of dramatic and conservative." Block had no qualms about starting over—again."Xorin told me what to do:'Bring the glass table,a couple of pairs of chairs.' Everything else was new." Everything,that is,but his art collection—the Serra in the new living room; the Warhol at the foot of the stairs; the Bleckner that shares space in the dining room with a photograph by Richard Misrach.
"I always find it interesting who buys my properties," muses Balbes."It's like I knew their vision in advance.The they step into it,and it's a very soulful thing."If so,ThempleHome is about to give shape to Bill Block's vision yet again.To expand his work space,the team is designing a bold glass bridge,that will float above the garage—a wall-less office.Talk about indoor-outdoor living.
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