The snazzy abode late PoMo kingpin John Portman used to call home in Sea Island, Georgia, is up for sale. For anyone with an extra $40 million lying around, Entelechy II can be yours. Just call Sotheby’s.
The estate, Entelechy II, was finished in 1986 on the isle between Savannah, Georgia, and Jacksonville, Florida. It gets its name from a philosophical concept by Aristotle, Entelechy, or έντελέχεια, that pertains to form giving and realizing potential.
Vegetation adorns and is draped across much of the exterior. (Bartolotti Media)
Portman himself was enthralled by the concept his entire life, or with “having one’s end within.” He was also
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