Price: $13.5 million
Beds: 6
Baths: 7 and 3 halfs
Square feet: 13,500
Description: This is an ultra-modern building perched on 8.5 acres of Long Island's North Shore, about 55 miles east of Manhattan. The semi-circular outdoor pool fringed with potted palms has an arched bridge to a 14-foot center island. The views are of the lovely Long Island Sound. There's also a free-form indoor pool with slide and whirlpool.
Other notable exterior features include a pool house, an outdoor kitchen, a wood deck with self-irrigating planters, tennis court, gazebo, hot tub and a cottage with fireplace.
Luxury amenities indoors include cedar closets, a sweeping circular stairs, and high-ceilinged rooms with double tiers of windows.
For further information: Sotheby's International Realty 
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