One of the largest residences designed by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is now up for sale for $8 million
to the Wall Street Journal, which involved repairing its facade, updating the kitchen, getting rid of carpeted floors and restoring the pool and grounds. The home's exterior is composed of stacks of patterned concrete blocks — now known as Wright's"textile block" construction system — as well as 5,200 glass panes, providing sun-drenched rooms and views of the surrounding landscape.
Inside, the airy open plan includes five bedrooms and four baths, with some original wood furniture included in the sale.Wright's most famous residences include the iconic Fallingwater in the Pennsylvania mountains, his former desert vacation home and studio Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona, and the quintessential prairie-style Robie House in Chicago. All of these properties have since been opened to the public.
Around 400 of Wright's homes remain today and, with most still in private hands, they often resurface on the market. In February, the architect's sole oceanfront California home sold off-market for $22 million,
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