https://www.wsj.com/articles/barton-myers-is-selling-his-award-winning-santa-barbara-home-for-8-2-million-11590671427

“My original plan was that we would spend the rest of our lives here,” says architect Barton Myers, 85, standing in front of his longtime home, a striking glass-and-steel compound on the outskirts of Montecito, Calif. It is a quintessentially crisp and clear Santa Barbara afternoon, and the views stretch down over the hills and straight out to sea. Oil rigs dot the Pacific Ocean, stationed like guardsmen in front of the Channel Islands, birds chirp incessantly and a lone paraglider sails overhead. “But things are different now.”

A year ago, Mr. Myers’s wife, Victoria, died after a brief illness. “She’s so present here, she’s so much of this house,” he says. After much contemplation, Myers has decided to list the award-winning property for $8.2 million.

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