The famous Atlantic Beach Dune House is up for sale for $1.85 million, according to a release from Watson Realty Corp.
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This home was designed and built in 1975 by local, high-profile modernist architect, William Morgan.
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The home has been featured in many magazines, news sites and on HGTV.
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The subterranean duplex-style townhome takes the natural shape of oceanfront sand dunes with grassed roof lines.
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Curved wood and glass doors open to the two-story living room with coiled staircase and glass doors to oceanfront patios and rooftop decks.
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The home has also been recently updated with modern touches and is fully furnished, too.
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The duplexes were built by Morgan to use as vacation rentals, as he lived right next door.
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He did not want the dwelling to block his view of the ocean, so he decided to bury the house in an existing sand dune.
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“I built it like a seashell,” Morgan said to Roadtrippers.com. "It’s a little like being in a submarine.”
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The mass of sand over the two homes moderates inside temperatures year-round, and the home itself is constructed out of gunite, a material used for swimming pools, so very little heating or cooling is needed to stay comfortable.
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The home last sold for $1.2 million to a South Florida couple who were fans of Morgan’s design work. For more information, visit the listing on Watson’s website.
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