Glass Houses

During the past three years more people have been requesting homes with lots of windows to get a greater amount of natural light, says Allyson Bernard, regional vice president of New England, for the National Association of Realtors. Here’s a look at three glass houses at a broad range of prices.

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LOCATION: Stillwater, Minn.

PRICE/PROPERTY TAX: $399,900 / $2,364 annually

THE PROPERTY: 2,752 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 3 bath on ¾-acre

DESCRIPTION: This 1972 home has several three-story-high windows, a freestanding wood-burning fireplace in the living room and a patio overlooking a protected wildlife area.

NOTABLE: A trout stream encircles this home designed by local contemporary architect John Cunningham. It is one block to marinas on the St. Croix River.

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LOCATION: Roxbury, Conn.

PRICE/PROPERTY TAX: $4,800,000 / $14,781 annually

THE PROPERTY: 4,000 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 4½ baths on 10 acres

DESCRIPTION: Master bath in 1988 home has a view of the sky from the Jacuzzi tub. Living room has two-story fireplace opposite a 1,400 square foot wall of windows.

NOTABLE: Winner of 1989 Design Award of American Institute of Architects, this contemporary Palladian villa designed by Anthony Ames has a two-stall horse barn, three-hole golf course and two three-car heated garages.

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LOCATION: Tucson, Ariz.

PRICE/PROPERTY TAX: $17,500,000 / $50,226 annually

THE PROPERTY: 25,000 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 9 baths and a 3-bedroom guest quarter on 20 acres

DESCRIPTION: This 2004 built home has outdoor pool with spa and indoor gym with sauna. It also has basketball and tennis courts and indoor gun range.

NOTABLE: Embedded in the Catalina Mountains, this Les Wallach designed 24-room home has two elevators and boasts 8,000 square feet of windows, 35 skylights and backyard view of the Coronado National Forest.

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Photo by: Alec Marshall

LOCATION: New Castle, N.Y.

PRICE/PROPERTY TAX: $4,900,000 / $44,945 annually

THE PROPERTY: 6,600 square-feet with 4 bedrooms, 5 baths on 6.9 acres

DESCRIPTION: 1972 home has three kitchens, a media room with a 4-foot stone wall, a gym and a terrace overlooking an outdoor pool and a reflecting pool.

NOTABLE: One of only 18 houses designed by Getty Center architect Richard Meier, this hilltop home with 23-foot high ceilings has 6,000-plus square feet of glass-wrapped spaces. It is 35 miles from New York City.

Sources: cbburnet.com, sothebysinternationalrealty.com, campbellcliffs.com

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