The news is the acquisition of a house in Los Feliz (Los Angeles) by Brad Pitt and that we have photos of its interior. But the subtitle is for a separate chapter: its previous owner is Aileen Getty, granddaughter of oil magnate J. Paul Getty, and the main economic asset of the Climate Emergency Fund, an American foundation that finances the environmental activism of the British Just Stop Oil. This is the environmental group that poured tomato on Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
That is, Aileen is using a portion of her inheritance to combat the effects of the industry that generated that same inheritance. There is more: last week it was the protagonist of Babylon who sold his Hollywood Hills complex to Aileen Getty for 30 million euros. We are facing a most curious exchange.
Built in 1960, this Los Feliz property is known as the Steel House, for being constructed largely of steel and glass. It is 185 m2 and until Pitt reforms it, which the American press takes for granted, its decoration is the one chosen by James Valentine, member of Maroon 5 and the owner before Getty: in the three bedrooms there are cobalt blue carpets while In the kitchen, main bathroom and dressing room we find custom cabinets painted pale blue.
Highlights include a fireplace in the living/dining room, a cozy deck overlooking a tropical landscape and the lights of Los Angeles, a redwood hot tub hidden among the property's thick foliage, and a separate sauna. The L-shaped house partially wraps around a sunny rear garden, so most rooms overlook the pool and courtyard.
Pitt is very fond of architecture, as evidenced by his works in properties such as the modernist house in Malibu -which he sold to Ellen DeGeneres- or the one he bought last year in Carmel Highlands (California) and which belonged to the writer D. L. James, today , your primary residence.
