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"A Landmark Home by Oscar Niemeyer\nModernism enthusiasts revive a unique Santa Monica residence\nNestled in a Santa Monica, California, neighborhood is the only residential structure Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer built in the United States. Designed in 1963, it was recently restored by owners Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, who collect midcentury modern furnishings.\nThe front walkway runs alongside a garden Niemeyer created and Michael Boyd updated, using tropical plants and trees.\nIn the living room are a 1956 Hans Wegner Ox chair and ottoman, left, a 1958 Arne Jacobsen Egg chair and an untitled 1957 John McLaughlin oil.\nThe couple chose to minimize alterations, preferring instead to \"install new surfaces and remove previous add-ons,\" Michael Boyd says. A 1952 Charlotte Perriand wall cabinet, with a Josef Hoffmann vase atop it, and a 1950 Andr\u00E9 Bloc chair are near the front door.\nWindow walls in the living area make the most of exterior sightlines, including the lush foliage and distant mountains beyond the pool and terrace. The Boyds replaced linoleum flooring with palm planks and arranged an Alvar Aalto armchair and Frederick Kiesler tables by the stairs.\nAlexandre Noll wood pieces and Georges Jouve ceramics are on a 1950 Jean Prouv\u00E9 dining table. Donald Judd's 1987 Untitled (Swiss Box) is above Gerrit Rietveld's 1930 buffet.\nEero Saarinen Tulip stools and a George Nelson Ball clock are in the kitchen.\nA glimpse into the climate-controlled storage room off the first floor of the library reveals a Josef Hoffmann chair and stools by, top to bottom, Marcel Breuer, Charles and Ray Eames and Frank Gehry. The door was designed by Perriand; a 1942 Rietveld chair is at right.\nYayoi Kusama's 1959 Infinity Net hangs above the bed in the master bedroom. Also in the room are a 1954 night table and 1949 stool by Isamu Noguchi, a 1948 untitled McLaughlin oil and a 1902 Frank Lloyd Wright chair, rear, and a 1950 Eames storage unit.\n\"No major alterations were done to the house, except to the library, which was extended into the garage below,\" says Michael Boyd. \"No other walls were moved.\" On the upper floor of the library, a Pierre Chareau desk and stool are under a 1965 Judd work.\nAt the rear of the house, Niemeyer established two distinct, circular seating areas amid concrete pathways, which Michael Boyd reproduced using travertine. \"The pool area works as a room and feels like an extension of the living room,\" notes Gabrielle Boyd."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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