Who can say what was going through the mind of the legendary art collector Doris Lockhart Saatchi when she separated from her husband, Charles Saatchi in 1987. Maybe find a new place to call home? Or a place to home Your hidden treasure of a contemporary art collection? Killing two birds with a single commission, Saatchi hired the now legendary architect John Pawson to build him a mayfair house where he could not only rest his head, but also hang Damian Hurst.

Now the wonder of Hay’s Mews, which has also been called home by art patron Ralph I Goldenberg, has sold through Wetherell for £6.5 million. An architectural marvel, the house has witnessed some of the most emblematic names and works of the world. London art scene, including Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and Willem DeKooning.

Samson Pfeiffer, sales director at Wetherell, called the Hay’s Mews house “a masterpiece of minimalist architecture” and added that “there really is no other artistic residence like it in Mayfair.”

Hay’s Mews house is a “masterpiece of minimalist architecture”, housing some of the art world’s most iconic pieces.

However, with its pure white interiors, clean-lined walls and full-height windows, the home is a work of art in itself. Pawson, who would later design houses for Karl Lagerfeld and Calvin Klein, decorated Hay’s Mews with elements that are now architectural classics. From the iconic handleless door to the Pawson Saatchi marble sinks in the bathroom and the integrated stainless steel center island in the kitchen, the Mayfair home is an aesthete’s dream, no matter what you choose to hang on its mirrored walls.

The collaboration between Saatchi and Pawson was enormously productive, but the couple fell out toward the end of the house’s construction, she revealed in a 2017 report. Sunday schedule interview. Pawson wanted black ebony floors, but Saatchi, whom many consider the discerning eye behind her husband’s famous Saatchi collection, was adamant: “John,” she told the legendary architect, “I’m not going to ask my friends to remove the ground.” her beautiful Manolo Blahnik heels and left them at the door.