Buy a houseat 103 South Lake Drive, Stamford, CT 06903

Featured in Architectural Digest and designed by Taliesin graduate John Gillis, this remarkable 5-bedroom, 5 full + 2 half-bath modern home suggests a Prairie-style ''village'' of adjoining rooms surrounding a courtyard opening to a pool, fountain, private lake and 2.2 lush acres in North Stamford. The double-height great room has a custom stone fireplace, a wall of doors to the terrace, and 25-ft cathedral ceiling with geometric pattern of birch beams repeating throughout the main floor, where each room has its own pitched and rafted roof. Formal dining room, updated eat-in gourmet kitchen, family room with stone fireplace. Primary suite overlooking the lake has a bath with stone shower and 2 dressing rooms. There are 4 additional bedrooms with baths, plus large office/library with stone fireplace. Lower level has 9-ft ceilings, refrigerated wine cellar for 2300 bottles, rec room with fireplace, media room, gym and bonus room. Large-format French rose limestone tile floors, wide-plank Brazilian cherry floors, gallery rails, copper roof shingles, copper-clad windows. 12-zone, in-floor radiant heat, front external snow melt, heated 3-car garage with Tesla charging.