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toggle between the openness and withdrawal
experienced throughout the house.
This study in contrasts comes to
full flower in the private bedroom wing.
Uniquely, while many modern houses are
designed with a glass wall for every possi-
ble view, "Green was more selective," Cole
says of the architect's decision to offer occa-
sional respite from its enormity, designing
the smaller guest bedrooms to open to a
serene Japanese garden, for example. In
the master bedroom, though, where metic-
ulous closets and built-ins draw one into
the space with a quarried stone fireplace at
bedside, a wall of magnificent windows face
the blue beyond, culminating to jaw-drop-
ping effect in the corner with two soaring
glass doors. The master bath, meanwhile,
was upgraded by Eric Lloyd Wright (grand-
son of Frank Lloyd Wright). Seamless in its
execution and faithful to the spirit of the
home's original design, this "nearly invisi-
ble addition," as Cole describes it, "must be
pointed out to see where it begins and ends."
It is a testament to the architectural
integrity and quality of the house that few
fundamental changes have ever been made
or were thought necessary. Of those that
were, however, is Eric Lloyd Wright's updat-
ing of the pool and addition of a spa, which
he deftly handled in a way that honored
Green's original plan. Complementing the
home's spectacular linear rooflines, it is a
work of extraordinary skill and strikes just
the right aesthetic chord against a backdrop
of splendid stone and lush greenery.
"There are just not many properties, espe-
cially with this level of pedigree, that have
been this well cared for," Cole says of the
Anderson Residence. "It is miraculous that
the home presents almost as it was built."
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