Metamorphosed Butterfly House at Dover Heights on market again
The metamorphosed Butterfly House, on Military Road, Dover Heights, has been listed by BHR Estate Agents Edgecliff.
Offers close May 2 through Daniel Baran and Reece Coleman who are expecting above $6.5 million for the house, which Baran sold in late 2010 for $5.05 million.
Its been fully renovated since purchase.
Its now being marketed as one of Sydney’s most extraordinarily unique and beautiful homes - on the market after receiving the final finishing touches.
"More than a decade after the well-known Dover Heights residence broke new ground with its curved walls and glass structure, the home is complete with the most advanced home automation, a world-class cinema and fittings that give this property international qualities rarely seen in this country," Baran says.
Spread over six split levels, the location has views over both the ocean and harbour.
Five bedrooms are in the eastern wing while the living areas take full advantage of vistas towards the Opera House, city skyline and Bridge.
The residence’s north facing aspect allows light to flow throughout the home, along with the natural ventilation system.
It was 1996 when the architect Ed Lippmann received a request to create a home with “no straight lines” - one he did not believe was serious but the client was a firm believer in feng shui, Chinese laws governing how spatial arrangement affects energy flow.
But he was also as visionary as Mr Lippmann. The plans, which took countless hours, created a residence never before built in Australia with no harsh angles or corners.
It is suggested the requirement for all glass panels to be curved even prompted glass manufacturing into new territory.
The home was built by 2005. “It’s not really a house,” Mr Lippmann says in the BHR marketing. “It’s a piece of sculpture that works as a house.”
“In terms of a house this is the most outstanding I’ve done as it doesn’t follow any normal structure,” he continues.
“This house changes the way the people inside it feel – it has an intangible quality that comes from the fluid shapes. There is no other house like it in Australia.”
The initial owner sold the home before final details were completed, and Mr Lippmann has worked with the current owner to complete the finishes in the home add such fixtures as the Crestron home automation, custom joinery and panelling before adding the gym, cinema room and final joinery in recent months.
He says the Butterfly House masterpiece is now complete.
