'Rare' Robert A.M. Stern-Designed Gold Coast Estate Hits the Market for First Time in Decades

Miramar, a four-bedroom, 4.5-bath Robert A.M. Stern-designed estate in Mill Neck, NY, is listed for $8.3 million near the Oyster Bay Harbor waterfront. Built in 1982, the property underwent a multiyear renovation completed in 2025, giving the home a refreshed presentation while preserving Stern’s design hallmarks. The estate has not been on the market since the late 1980s and was owned by the same family for decades. The listing describes the home as a true turnkey option with top-quality improvements. Stern’s postmodern approach blends historical context, classical tradition, and modern functionality, which the estate reflects despite being different from his landmark New York City projects.

"Known as Miramar, the four-bedroom estate was built in 1982, but recently underwent a multiyear renovation that was completed in 2025-bringing a fresh perspective to Stern's jaw-dropping design. This marks the first time that the Mill Neck, NY, dwelling has been put on the market since the late 1980s, having been owned by the same family for decades."

""This is the first time the property has been available in nearly 40 years," said listing agent Paul Mateyunas of Douglas Elliman. "The current owners renovated it to a personal level, so everything that was done is top quality and it is one of the truest turnkey houses on the market.""

"Though the dwelling is a far cry from Stern's landmark designs-which include 220 Central Park South and 15 Central Park West-it still bears many of the most prominent hallmarks of his work, which famously combined historical context with contemporary functionality. The four-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom is also one of the first of Stern's designs to come to the market since his death in November at the age of 86."

""Stern is considered a leading postmodernist architect known for blending historical context, classical tradition, and modern functionality," the listing notes. "[This is] a rare opportunity to a"

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