It required 1,200 tonnes of concrete and 200 tonnes of steel to create. Its architect Tadao Ando is a Pritzker prize winner who is best known for building the Church of the Light in his native Osaka. He has also built a small number of houses in North America including this one which Dubliner Tyrone McKillen is selling for $75 million. The owner of the house is Richard Sachs, a Wall Street financier who became briefly famous for dating Ashley Olsen, a fashion designer and former actress. McKillen, the son of well-known property developer Paddy McKillen, has carved out a…

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