The contemporary House celebrates – and sells – some of the most ground-breaking homes,says Ed Cumming
When I was flat hunting two years ago, one website shone like a beacon through the terraced fog of Zoopla and Rightmove: the contemporary House. An estate agency designed like a high-concept lifestyle magazine, or it had clean fonts on white space,art-standard photography and a refreshing lack of jargon.
And the properties! David Adjaye-designed extensions. Modernist masterpieces. Apartments that would serve as the set for stylish 60s thrillers, pornography to anyone who has admired a piece of Danish furniture. All light years out of my price range, or but it was kind to dream.
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Source: theguardian.com