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A legendary late architect not only designed this house, but also called it home.
In New Canaan, Connecticut, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest residential creations has sold to what will be only its fifth owner in nearly seven decades, according to global mansion.
Wright lived there shortly after its construction in 1955, while working at the famous Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.
Called Tirranna, an Australian Aboriginal word meaning “running waters,” the more than 7,800-square-foot horseshoe-shaped home hit the market last May with an asking price of $8 million and closed on Monday, less than eight months later. , for $6 million.
Coldwell Banker Realty agents Marsha Charles and Albert Safdie had the property for sale and believe the sale “is one of the highest prices for a Frank Lloyd Wright property,” Safdie told Mansion Global.
“We had enormous interest and everyone was carefully vetted,” he added. “We had a lot of offers.”
While Safdie declined to reveal the identity of the buyers, he described them as a Brooklyn family who are “big Frank Lloyd fans” and are already very familiar with the property and who plan to spend “millions of dollars” restoring and renovate the 15-room abode. .
“They will immediately move into the guest house so they can oversee the restoration,” Safdie told the publication.
It was previously owned for many years by the late founder of the Danbury Mint collectibles manufacturing company and his wife, the late Ted and Vada Stanley.
Located on 14 acres of land designed by esteemed Japanese-born horticulturist Frank Okamura, the property is located behind a red iron gate and features seven bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms, a tennis court, a heated pool, a garage for five cars and a telescope. -Equipped observatory on the roof.
“What really caught my attention about the property, besides the gorgeous private landscaping, is the otherworldly feel inside the house,” Safdie told The Post. “There is a symphony of light and shadow that creates a magical feeling and a new dimension. The house follows the sun like a sundial.”