Austin’s Weird and Wonderful Sand Dollar House Can Be Yours for $2.2M Clams

Here’s your chance to scoop up a splendid seashell house by the seashore.

Oct 13, 2020 - 22:17

Austin’s Weird and Wonderful Sand Dollar House Can Be Yours for $2.2M Clams

Here’s your chance to scoop up a splendid seashell house by the seashore.

Built in 1979 by John Covert Watson, the Sand Dollar House is one of the most architecturally significant homes on Lake Travis.

One of Austin’s most unique homes is now on the market. Located in Lakeway on the south shore of Lake Travis, the Sand Dollar House has some of the best views in town. The home was completed in 1979 by John Covert Watson, an architect who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright while he was building NYC’s Guggenheim Museum in the 1950s. Today, those Guggenheim influences are evident throughout the home’s organic design, with its curved interior walls and circular roofline.

"People boat by the house all the time just to park and look up at it," says broker associate Michelle Jones.

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The home’s curved walls make hanging art tough, so the lake is the main focal point.

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Watson has designed a handful of other Austin residences that show off his love of organic architecture, including his own home off Redbud Isle and the Grotto Dome—a 1978 home in West Lake Hills that’s designed to complement a 1,000-year-old rock. "He’s well known for building interesting, one-of-a-kind houses that are more like works of art instead of homes," says broker associate Michelle Jones.