"Frank Lloyd Wright 's final residential design-a desert gem of curves and circles, built into a mountainside in Phoenix, Arizona-is up for sale. Designed in 1959 for Norman and Aimee Lykes, the home has come to be known as the Circular Sun House for good reason. It rises atop a hillside in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve, its curves following the rocky backdrop and its circular windows looking out over the desert landscape. Spanning 3,095 sq ft, it's a monument to Wright's philosophy of organic architecture."
"Wright is probably better known for his Prairie Style residences, distinct for their rectilinear forms and horizontal lines. His entry into circular geometry came late in his career, most prominently with his spiral invention for the Guggenheim Museum in New York, which was in gestation since 1943 and only realized in 1959. The Lykes project followed the Guggenheim, offering Wright another outlet to explore this new design language."
The Circular Sun House is a 3,095 sq ft residence built into a mountainside in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve and listed for $8.8 million. Designed in 1959 for Norman and Aimee Lykes and completed in 1967 after Wright's death, the plan uses overlapping concentric circles and curvilinear motifs throughout. Rooms radiate from a central core with semicircular and circular windows, sinuous walls, and a crescent-shaped pool outside. The house contains three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a den, a library, and a study, with custom Philippine mahogany cabinetry and Wright-designed furniture. Expansive windows frame desert landscape views.
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