Up for sale in Santa Fe, New Mexico is Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Pottery House’, the only adobe structure ever designed by the celebrated architect. Listed for $4.75 million, Wright conceived the ‘Pottery House’ model for newspaperman Lloyd Burlingham in 1942, but was unable to finish the project before his death in 1959. Developer Charles Klotsche would later retrieve Wright’s constructs from Taliesin Architects and created an updated design that increased the original 2,400-square-foot floor plan to 4,900. Taliesin’s Charles Montooth, a former apprentice of Wright’s, was eventually commissioned to oversee construction and final planning – keeping with many of Wright’s original details, while adding a swimming pool and an underground two-car garage – and the ‘Pottery House’ was completed in 1985.
Resting on an elevated plot of land, the adobe structure enjoys pristine 360-degree views of the Santa Fe desert landscape and spans a total of nine acres. A truly unique architectural concept, the spheroid design of the home was said to be inspired by Native American pottery and curves to envelop a central patio within its wall. The east wing includes a swimming pool that seems to disappear into the side of the home, finished with an arched bridge running across. Underneath the pool lies a hidden spa facility complete with a grand hot tub, steam sauna and private library. The interior touts the same level of organic architecture, highlighted by incredible hardwood ceilings and barrel-esque fireplaces, and is comprised of four-bedrooms and four full baths, a sprawling great room, sitting room and kitchen.
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