Inside the $8.9 Million Dallas Treehouse Estate Modeled After a Nautilus Shell, Complete With a Natatorium

A Preston Hollow estate modeled after a nautilus shell is back on the market in Dallas—this time asking $8,875,000. The property at 5110 Park Lane has been on and off the market since May, when it debuted at $9,999,000.The residence, a "limestone-and-copper nautilus" by architect Michael Murphy, totals more than 17,000 square feet across the 14,921-square-foot main house and a 2,378-square-foot attached natatorium. The estate is represented by Faisal Halum of Compass RE Texas. Loading...The living room inside the shell-shaped homeRealtor.comLoading...The kitchen and central elevatorRealtor.comLoading...The main entranceRealtor.comEven in a neighborhood as prestigious as Preston Hollow, where residents have included former President George W. Bush and Mark Cuban, the design of the estate is anything but conventional. Wedge-shaped rooms fan outward from a central elevator, an arrangement meant to give every room a view. With the house set among mature trees, the effect is something like living in a treehouse, suspended in the canopy. The 1.67-acre lot features rolling terrain, dense foliage, and a creek that winds through the grounds. Warm-toned Lueders limestone, quarried in Texas s...