Max Hoffman House

Max Hoffman House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed waterfront home in Rye, New York, United States, built in 1955 for European automobile importer Max Hoffman.^[1][2]

Max Hoffman House
General information
Type	House
Architectural style	Modern architecture
Location	58 Island Drive, Rye, New York
Coordinates	40.982006°N 73.658247°W / 40.982006; -73.658247
Construction started	1955
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Frank Lloyd Wright

History

Hoffman had commissioned Wright to design the Hoffman Auto Showroom for his Jaguar dealership at 430 Park Avenue in New York City in 1954. The following year, Wright designed a large single-story L-shaped home and garden for the Hoffmans on the shore of North Manursing Island overlooking Long Island Sound.

The Max Hoffman House was later owned by Emily Fisher Landeau and Alice and Thomas Tisch. In 2019, Marc Jacobs acquired the home for $9.175 million.^[2][3]

Design

Constructed of stone, plaster, and slate roof, with a copper-trimmed fascia, the 5,791 sq ft (538.0 m²) single-story home^[3] sits on a 1.97-acre lot and features a Japanese-style garden designed by Stephen Morrell, curator of the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Locust Valley, New York. In 1972 Taliesin Associated Architects built an additional wing to the north. An interior renovation in 1995 was designed by architect Emanuela Frattini Magnusson.^[4]

Ownership history

• 1955–1972: Built and expanded for Hoffman
• 1972–1993: Purchased by Emily Fisher Landau
• 1993–2019: Purchased by Tom & Alice Tisch (son and daughter-in-law of former CBS president and CEO Laurence Tisch)
• 2019–present: Purchased by Marc Jacobs^[2][5]

See also

• List of Frank Lloyd Wright works

References

• Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.390)

1. Donald Osborne (18 March 2007). "Max Hoffman Made Imports Less Foreign to Americans". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Wikidata Q120195294. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
2. Katherine Clarke (8 April 2019). "Marc Jacobs Buys a Frank Lloyd Wright for $9.175 Million". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Wikidata Q120196707. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
3. Morgan Halberg (April 9, 2019), Marc Jacobs’ Newlywed Life Includes a $9.18 Million Frank Lloyd Wright House New York Observer.
4. New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 1995-03-27.
5. Joyce Chen (April 9, 2019). "Marc Jacobs Drops $9.17 Million on Frank Lloyd Wright–Designed Home Outside NYC". Architectural Digest. Retrieved February 16, 2020.

External links

• Max Hoffman House at archINFORM
• Photo on Arcaid