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"Homes for Sale Around the World\nAD editors select extraordinary homes for sale around the world\nWoodstock, Vermont  \n\nStats:\n\n 4 Bedrooms\n\n 4 Baths\n\n 3,900 sq. ft.\n\n $8.75 million\n\nCelebrated for desert dwellings that incorporate rammed earth, Arizona architect Rick Joy embraced an altogether different\u00A0vernacular for this 210-acre compound.\n\n Contact: Four Seasons Sotheby's International Realty, 802-291-0436\nWoodstock, Vermont  \n\nCompleted in 2009, the main house and guest barn put a fresh spin on traditional New England gabled roofs and cedar shingles, and feature masonry constructed of rocks dredged from Lake Champlain.\nWoodstock, Vermont  \n\nDesigned for a hockey-loving client and his sporty family, the property boasts a basement rink with synthetic ice and an indoor basketball court. Come winter, one can skate on the plot's pond\u2014also a lovely spot for dips in summer.\nOlympia Fields, Illinois\n\nStats:\n\n 4 Bedrooms\n\n 3 Baths\n\n 3,600 sq. ft.\n\n $619,000\n\nArchitect H. P. Davis \"Deever\" Rockwell,\u00A0a prot\u00E9g\u00E9 of Mies van der Rohe's, devised\u00A0this Chicago-area home for his own family in 1964. One look at the place and his mentor's influence is clear: Half-dug into\u00A0a woodland bluff, the two-story glass-and-concrete building evokes International Style icons. But Rockwell distinguished himself through a number of striking details, including a forecourt paved with the same kind of river pebbles embedded in the interior's terrazzo floors.\n\nContact:\u00A0Baird &amp;amp; Warner, 847-277-8965\nOlympia Fields, Illinois\n\nThe architect lived here until 2006, when the 2.5-acre estate was sold to the current owners. Though the house has since been renovated, its layout remains true to the original floor plan.\nVolterra, Italy\n\nStats:\n\n 11 Bedrooms\n\n 9.5 Baths\n\n 12,000 sq. ft.\n\n $8.7 million\n\nIn the 17th century a nobleman in want\u00A0of a lavish retreat enlisted the Florentine architect Gherardo Silvani to craft this three-story villa, situated on a 20-acre hilltop parcel overlooking the Tuscan countryside. The residence fell into ruin and was eventually abandoned, but in the 1960s, it caught the eye of Franco Cristaldi, the movie producer now best known for 1988's\u00A0Cinema Paradiso.\u00A0He bought and refurbished the estate, adding a pool complex and updating a pair of guesthouses, among other elegant interventions.\n\nContact: Tuscany Sotheby's International Realty, +39-055-075-1888"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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