Iowa’s Most Expensive Home Is a Contemporary!

Iowa’s Most Expensive Home Is a Contemporary!

Iowa's Most Expensive Home Is a Contemporary!

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Des Moines, Iowa might surprise a lot of people. Between being the third largest insurance capital of the world and recognized by top executives as a great place to do business, such as Microsoft, Wells-Fargo, large numbers of Fortune 500 companies including financial, publishing, technology and more, this kind of business power demands a high rate of cultural venues. And it has almost everything cultural anyone could desire: live theatre and Broadway shows, opera, ballet, art, botanical gardens, fabulous shops and top-rated restaurants. It’s where the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers conjoin giving the city an impressive water presence as well. Both children and adults will love the zoo and multiple festivals that go on all year.

Now for sale in Des Moines is a world-class property with architecture so inspired it would have caught the attention and praise of Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. Designed by Ken Kendall of Neumann Brothers, Inc., this house is everything Wright and Johnson believed good residential design should be, with multiple angles so cohesive that it brings a sense of calm and wonder that only the very best can deliver. It’s a house firmly rooted in nature both inside and out, an art form by itself made even more stunning as the perfect backdrop for an art collector as the current owners prove. Nestled inside six wooded acres on four levels at home in the treetops overlooking a private pond through the branches, it brings out the best in nature and nature brings out the best in it. Skylights in unexpected places, walkways in the air, and a drawbridge cordoning off the master suite if one so desires, yes, it definitely is one-of-a- kind, and as the listing agent, Heather Starr says, "It’s the kind of house that deserves a name of its own." The interior is bathed in natural wood with tree branches, multiple decks and the pond making up the lovely, natural views. With more than 9,400 square feet with an observation tower and a six car garage, the main level has a gourmet catering kitchen, formal dining with seating for 24 and a vaulted two-story great room with tree and water views. The third level is devoted to the master suite with his-and-her closets, a custom granite tub with waterfall and a sauna with fourth level lookout tower. The second level has three ensuite guest bedrooms, each with their own balcony, an indoor greenhouse, exercise room and secret hall to a massage room. The lower level has a second kitchen, a bar with an artsy built-in aquarium, a theater and a dance floor. For more information.

Des Moines’ contemporary worthy of the most architecturally educated connoisseur. Now for sale, priced at $3.9 million.

Source: heatherstarr.topproducerwebsite.com