Unique, Efficient Design Combines Privacy And Convenience

LAKE FOREST, IL — This Richard Crowther-designed modern model of efficiency just off Green Bay Road at Deerpath saw its asking price drop last month. This 1979 gem features a sleek design on nearly full-acre lot, which is deceptively close to downtown. The 15 room design includes stone and hardwood flooring. It's got a sauna, a library, an exercise room, a rec room, sitting room, nursery and office.

Crowther, who died in 2006, was an advocate of energy efficient architecture and a proponent of passive solar design. He got his start as a designer of neon lights in California, where he worked on the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition. He designed innovative commercial and residential properties in Colorado and throughout the Midwest, according to a 2009 profile from a Denver real estate firm.

» An open house is scheduled for Sunday, May 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

• Address: 431 Hastings Rd, Lake Forest, Illinois
• Price: $1,295,000
• Square Feet: 6758
• Bedrooms: 5
• Bathrooms: 6 Full and 2 Half Baths
• Built: 1979
• Features: Featured in Architectural Digest this custom-designed contemporary home by a world-renowned Denver 'Green' architect Richard Crowther, offers 5 bedroom, 5 full, 2 half baths with Indiana limestone throughout. Centrally located near downtown Lake Forest, it is just steps from schools, Metra, recreation center and park. High ceilings throughout with hardwood and stone flooring. Luxurious master suite with his and her full baths, 2 large walk-in closets with custom built-in cabinetry. Includes main floor bedroom with full bath, elegant atrium living room with Texas fossil-stone walls, fireplace and wet bar. Additional features include sauna and outdoor sprinkler system. This is an incredible value!

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