A Rare Concrete Creation Designed by Renowned Late Architect Rafael Viñoly Lists in Ridgefield

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The bucolic town of Ridgefield is mostly known for its traditional estates, many of them antique Colonials with picket fences and American flags. So, an angular, strikingly modern Rafael Viñoly home presents a bracing contrast. And, while it’s been on and off the market for years, the current listing priced at $7.5 million also includes a property called High Meadow Farm featuring a farmhouse on a separate 7.46 acres.

The Uruguayan-born architect, who passed away last spring, has built airports in Dubai and Italy, stadiums in Tokyo and Argentina, and apartment buildings all over the world. What the high-profile firm is not known for is single-family homes—so this Ridgefield residence, built in 1990 for the widow of a Manhattan real estate developer, is an outlier in that regard as well.

The steel-glass-and-concrete structure was designed to showcase the original owner’s art collection—and offers just two bedrooms. Sleeping quarters aside, the amenities are extraordinary, including a 58-foot-long indoor pool and a 60-foot-long outdoor pool, a 360-degree observation deck, and an atrium with soaring ceilings. Karla Murtaugh of Compass

This article appears in the October 2023 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).