Frank Lloyd Wright’s One-of-a-Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Built in 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright’s classic hemicycle house, TIRRANNA, has just been listed for sale by Houlihan Lawrence for a cool US$8 million. Located in New Canaan, Connecticut, “Tirranna” (an Aboriginal word meaning (‘running waters’), sits above a waterfall surrounded by 15 acres of natural beauty.
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Just shy of 7,000 sq ft, the 7 bedroom, 8.5 bathroom home has double master baths, a rooftop observatory with telescope, an interior courtyard, caretakers suite, guest studio, pool, tennis court, large barn and sculpture paths through the woods leading down to the river.
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Original gardens and plantings around the property were designed by Frank Okamura and Charles Middeleer. Okamura was also the landscape architect for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
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