See How A$AP Rocky Furnished a Famous Modernist Home for Basic.Space LA

This weekend, Paul Rudolph’s influential Walker Guest House is animated anew at Basic.Space LA—with some help from A$AP Rocky. Famous for its system of adjustable exterior wooden panels (which toggle between serving as shutters and shaded canopies) maneuvered by 77-pound cannonball counterweights, Rudolph’s 75-year-old modernist gem is the central installation that the three-day event, held at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, orbits around. The unique invite-only shopping experience offers visitors the chance to purchase objects from over 80 participating designers, artists, and galleries in-person and through an online platform. And not only is the famous house on view for fans of mid-century American modernism, it is also being offered for sale at $2 million. “The theme of this event is ‘Own the Future’—it speaks to our mission which is all about discovery, finding what’s new and next, but the definition of what’s new and next isn’t necessarily what’s brand new. You can discover cool vintage [too]. Our definition of discovery is finding something that you fall in love with and can perhaps own a piece of,” says Jesse Lee, founder of Basic.Space and owner of the Design Miami collector’s fair. This marks the second time the Basic.Space marketplace has offered a 20th century architectural marvel for sale (last year the Jean Prouvé Gas Station sold at the design fair for $1.5 million), and the Walker Guest House is being presented with all of its original furnishings— plus a twist. A$AP Rocky, musical artist, multi-hyphenate creative, and founder of Hommemade, a furniture interior design studio, is activating the Walker Guest House with a tightly curated edit of items from his personal collection (including a 2021 Tom Sachs Shop Lounge Chair and a 1971 Super Studio Onos Bed, which Rocky purchased at Basic.Space LA in 2025) along with an eclectic mix of other design objects he selected to fill out the space: a marigold-colored Estudio Compana Bolotas sofa from the 70s, psychedelic Gaetano Pesce dining chairs from the 90s, and a vibrant, oversized Gufram Cactus for added flair. “HOMMEMADE isn’t about decorating, it’s about storytelling through space,” A$AP Rocky shared over email. “I like when something feels intentional, but still lived in. It can be playful, it can be luxurious, but it should always feel real. I want people to experience design the same way they experience music—fully immersed.” This is the first significant public presentation for Hommemade as a studio, and all of the design objects within the white wood and glass home are for sale, making it not only an expression of Rocky’s curatorial vision but also, because everything is shoppable online and in-person, a contemporary approach to bringing design to consumers’ fingertips. “LA’s got the energy and the vibe where people are more open to collaborations and maybe a different way of doing things,” Lee says. “And also the climate allows us to do things inside-outside. There’s a physical aspect of LA that makes it interesting…there are less boundaries.” The Walker Guest House is situated in the Pacific Design Center’s outdoor plaza, and the partnership with Hommemade exemplifies Basic.Space’s conceptual ethos of blending interests by blurring the lines between art, fashion, design, architecture—which also mirrors Rocky’s career as a rapper, designer, model, and entrepreneur. The current owner of the Walker Guest House purchased it six years ago at auction through Sotheby’s, but it has been sitting in storage (partially due to pandemic construction complications) ever since. For this reason, the house has not been on public view since its creation for the Walker family, who privately owned it until the Sotheby’s sale. The Basic.Space and Hommemade approach to presenting and staging the home introduces architectural and object design histories to new audiences, breathing new life into pieces that are foundational for creativity in the marketplace seen today.