The private home considered to be Frank Lloyd Wright’s final residential design has hit the market in Arizona for $8.95 million, according to the Robb Report and several local real estate listings.
The 3,095-square-foot Norman Lykes House, also known as the "Circular Sun House," was first designed by Wright shortly prior to his death in April 1959 and eventually completed by Taliesin architect John Rattenbury nine years later.
It stands on a 1.3-acre plot overlooking the Phoenix Mountain Preserve in Palm Canyon and had previously been sold at an auction for $1.7 million in 2019 before being re-listed in September of 2020 for just under $8 million.
Rattenbury’s 1994 renovation reduced the home’s capacity to three bedrooms from the original five. Its circular design was credited by Wright to the surrounding landscape.
The home includes original furnishings made by Wright along with Philippine mahogany-clad walls, custom built-ins, and a crescent-shaped pool. Its circular construction evokes the form of the Guggenheim and nearby David and Gladys Wright House, which Wright completed for his son in 1952.
The home joins another recently-listed property in California’s Central Valley. A virtual tour of the Norman Lykes House can be found on Zillow.
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With lots of respect for FLW's work.
I'm curious what was going on in Frank's mind with regard to the client. For some strange reason, it oddly looks like a penis and balls in this overhead plan view. Must be an architectural tradition. Maybe that should be a requirement for architectural licensure.
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