Credit: Wright began to design the Norman Lykes House in Phoenix in 1959 but died before completion. His apprentice, John Rattenbury, finished the plans per details that Wright had provided. Construction began roughly seven years later, and Rattenbury supervised building of the 2,849-square-foot home, which was finished in 1967.
Nearly 30 years later, the apprentice was tasked with a redesign: expanding the master bedroom, converting a workshop into a media room and combining two other bedrooms into a guest room. Rattenbury did so without disrupting the overall design.
The circular, futuristic look remains an influence for modern designers and builders, and features a signature large living room, home offices, walls of shelving and a curved kitchen. (Wright designed the home’s furniture and built-ins as well.) A generous amount of windows offers views of the surrounding desert and mountains.
The home, which had been listed at $3.6 million last year, is off the market.
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