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Seems like a low price, doesn’t it, for a place that was Architectural Record’s house of the month in 2004? This is the home of the late architect Seymour Rutkin, set on five hilltop acres in the ever-hippifying town of Roxbury. The Glass Shell House has 2,300 square feet, three beds and two-and-a-half baths. The half-dome is south facing and passive solar (the overhang keeps out overheating summer sun in summer, lets in direct sunlight to heat you, utility-free, in winter). It looks a wee bit awkward inside, something that might be cured with more careful furniture placement. But it’s a contender for coolest eco-house upstate, right up there with the New Paltz Dome. Last we checked, it was over a million for that one, making the Glass Shell House a downright bargain.
Category: $500000 to $749999, Architecture, Delaware County, Roxbury, Rural, upstate new york
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by kandyharris
17 May 2012 2:50 PM
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Stunning architecture! I want to know more too! It reminds me a bit of my new home, which suffered from bad interior design and layout as well hampering the price tag and days spent on the market. It is all the way out in Roxbury though, so I am assuming this is part of the reason. The distance seems to keep the prices down a bit even though it is a cute community that is getting hipper each day. I hope the realtor gets back to you, I agree on it being a contendor!