Behold the Taghkanic House, presiding over a gentleman’s farm in
upstate New York’s Hudson Valley, a two-hour drive from New York City.
The most visible part of this largely invisible contemporary home
consists of an 1,800-square-foot glass pavilion. Glass houses always
raise questions of privacy. However, in this case such practical
concerns are addressed so that the majority of the home’s living space
consists of hidden subterranean
Two Price Options
The 8,800-square-foot home has six bedrooms, six full and three partial bathrooms. It has an asking price of either $6.75 million for 200 acres of protected property, or $8.25 million for an additional 150 acres and a three-bedroom renovated farmhouse. The listing is held by Heather Croner Real Estate and Sotheby’s International Realty.
Glass, steel and skylights
This minimalist habitation of glass and white-painted steel was built in 2001 as the first major project by architect Tom Phifer. The architect is known for his facility with light, as exemplified in the sun-filled, sky-lighted galleries he designed for the North Carolina Museum of Art.
The glass rectangular shapes seen in the sod here are skylights for Taghkanic House’s
Celebratory space
The above-ground glass living area allows 360-degree views of the surrounding Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountains. Phifer designed another glass structure, Fishers Island House, for a client who wanted to sit in his house and look at his garden and his art at the same time, according to Dwell magazine.
Taghkanic owner Moyra Mulholland, a makeup
Substructure
The substructure nestled into the gently sloping hillside is 7,000 square feet and includes the bedrooms, kitchen, media room, wine cellar and a refrigerated cheese room.
Modernist landscape design
The grounds were designed by the modernist landscape architect Dan Kiley, whose projects include New York City’s Lincoln Center, the Chicago Botanic Garden and the St. Louis Gateway Arch.
Grounds
Also on the grounds are a tennis court, bocce court, an organic garden, streams and ponds, hills and meadows, riding and hiking trails, three traditional red barns (located across cattle grazing pastures from the main living area) and a three-bedroom guesthouse, pictured here.
Pools
Taghkanic House has an indoor and an outdoor swimming pool.
Screens
The home is designed to get light from the east and west. Screens of aluminum mesh pivot to control the day’s changing flow of light
via
Two Price Options
The 8,800-square-foot home has six bedrooms, six full and three partial bathrooms. It has an asking price of either $6.75 million for 200 acres of protected property, or $8.25 million for an additional 150 acres and a three-bedroom renovated farmhouse. The listing is held by Heather Croner Real Estate and Sotheby’s International Realty.
Glass, steel and skylights
This minimalist habitation of glass and white-painted steel was built in 2001 as the first major project by architect Tom Phifer. The architect is known for his facility with light, as exemplified in the sun-filled, sky-lighted galleries he designed for the North Carolina Museum of Art.
The glass rectangular shapes seen in the sod here are skylights for Taghkanic House’s
Celebratory space
The above-ground glass living area allows 360-degree views of the surrounding Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountains. Phifer designed another glass structure, Fishers Island House, for a client who wanted to sit in his house and look at his garden and his art at the same time, according to Dwell magazine.
Taghkanic owner Moyra Mulholland, a makeup
Substructure
The substructure nestled into the gently sloping hillside is 7,000 square feet and includes the bedrooms, kitchen, media room, wine cellar and a refrigerated cheese room.
Modernist landscape design
The grounds were designed by the modernist landscape architect Dan Kiley, whose projects include New York City’s Lincoln Center, the Chicago Botanic Garden and the St. Louis Gateway Arch.
Grounds
Also on the grounds are a tennis court, bocce court, an organic garden, streams and ponds, hills and meadows, riding and hiking trails, three traditional red barns (located across cattle grazing pastures from the main living area) and a three-bedroom guesthouse, pictured here.
Pools
Taghkanic House has an indoor and an outdoor swimming pool.
Screens
The home is designed to get light from the east and west. Screens of aluminum mesh pivot to control the day’s changing flow of light
via
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