Thank Sottsass for the Most Memphis House Imaginable

Though seemingly whimsical and freewheeling, Sottsass was exacting in his designs: He had forbidden the Olabuenagas from repainting the home’s stucco facade, insisting that they let it "metamorph into what it wants to be," but the couple ultimately decided to restore its faded colors last fall, using new elastomeric Behr paints that were blended to original specifications.