Bubble Palace by Antti Lovag, built for Pierre Bernard, bought by Cardin in 1991

Pierre Cardin's House near Cannes.

The Bubble Palace was built for the French industrialist and patron of the arts Pierre Bernard to the design of the architect Antti Lovag. But the couturier found this masterpiece a much better fit.

Cardin bought the house, with a floor area of 1,200 square metres, in 1991. Today it is considered one of the most expensive houses in Europe and is valued at almost half a billion euros

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