{"id":586754,"date":"2026-04-16T00:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586754\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:41:12","slug":"mansion-designed-by-i-m-pei-hitting-market-at-22m-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586754\/","title":{"rendered":"Mansion designed by I.M. Pei hitting market at $22M in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mansion designed by the architect I. M. Pei is on the market in Fort Worth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-channels-pixel.ex.co\/events\/0012000001fxZm9AAE?integrationType=DEFAULT&amp;template=design%2Farticle%2Fplatypus_two_column.tpl\" alt=\"\" class=\"x1px y1px vh abs\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The mansion in the Westover Hills neighborhood of Fort Worth is an angular concrete building built in 1969.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The over 19,000-square-foot home is priced at $22 million and is listed as coming soon, according to a statement from its listing agents. The Wall Street Journal first reported the estate\u2019s listing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese-American architect Pei is famous for designing structures like the Louvre\u2019s Pyramid in Paris and Dallas landmarks like the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and Dallas City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>However, Pei didn\u2019t design many homes in his career. He is credited with building the Fort Worth mansion, the <a href=\"https:\/\/historicsites.dcpreservation.org\/items\/show\/558\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William L. Slayton House<\/a> in Washington, D.C., and a weekend house that he built for himself in Katonah, N.Y.<\/p>\n<p>Make Dallas News a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=dallasnews.com\" data-link=\"native\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Add Preferred Source\" class=\"td300 cp f aic jcc disabled:cd wsn px24 y40px px16 py8 buttonSm fs13 xs:fs16 xs:buttonLg bg-primaryAccessible hover:o80 c-white disabled:bg-gray300 disabled:c-gray600 border bn tac br2\"><\/p>\n<p>Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Fort Worth home, at 1400 Shady Oaks Lane, stretches across nearly 4 acres. Madeline Jobst, Ralph Randall and Ashley Mooring of Briggs Freeman Sotheby\u2019s International Realty share the listing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Portions of the mansion\u2019s roof are triangular, designed by Pei to grab light for paintings and large rooms.\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:4 \/ 3\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Portions of the mansion\u2019s roof are triangular, designed by Pei to grab light for paintings and large rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Anderson (JA2 Photo)<\/p>\n<p>The mansion includes seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms. Additionally, the property also includes three kitchens, two formal living rooms, two dining rooms, a garden room and an art gallery, according to the listing agents.<\/p>\n<p>Outside, the property also has a pool, a greenhouse and a putting green.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Portions of the mansion\u2019s roof are triangular, designed by Pei to grab light for paintings and large rooms, according to listing agents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"z\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv f bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><img alt=\"z\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv f bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Westover Hills mansion includes seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, three kitchens, two formal living rooms, two dining rooms, a garden room and an art gallery. The home&#8217;s former owner, Anne Tandy, was also an art collector. The home has contained works from artists like Pablo Picasso, Joan Mir\u00f3, Georgia O\u2019Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and others.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Anderson (JA2 Photo)<\/p>\n<p>The mansion was designed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshaonline.org\/handbook\/entries\/tandy-anne-valliant-burnett\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anne\u00a0Tandy<\/a> and her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshaonline.org\/handbook\/entries\/tandy-charles-david\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Tandy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anne Tandy was the daughter of the Texas rancher Thomas Lloyd Burnett. She was a leader in the livestock industry and served as the director of First National Bank, according to the Texas State Historical Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anne Tandy was also an art collector. The home has contained works from artists like Pablo Picasso, Joan Mir\u00f3, Georgia O\u2019Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and others, according to the listing agents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Charles Tandy was the founder of the Tandy Corp., a retailer that grew to include multiple brands like RadioShack.<\/p>\n<p>The mansion was later home to Anne Tandy\u2019s daughter, Anne Marion, keeping the home in the family. <a href=\"https:\/\/obits.dallasnews.com\/us\/obituaries\/dallasmorningnews\/name\/anne-marion-obituary?id=2129617\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Marion<\/a> died in 2020 and is listed as the current owner of the home by the Tarrant Appraisal District.<\/p>\n<p>The home\u2019s $22 million listing price would be the most expensive listing in Fort Worth, according to the area\u2019s current Zillow listings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"z\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv f bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><img alt=\"z\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv f bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The home, at 1400 Shady Oaks Lane, was designed by architect I.M. Pei and stretches across nearly four acres. The outside has a pool, a greenhouse and a putting green.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Anderson (JA2 Photo)<\/p>\n<p>The mansion was valued at $7.96 million by the appraisal district in 2025 for tax purposes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The home hosted intimate and grand parties under the\u00a0Tandy\u2019s ownership, according to the listing agents. In a 1970s edition of the magazine House &amp; Garden, Pei said Anne Tandy needed a home that would be comfortable for two people \u2013 or two or three hundred people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775059158_807_rawImage.jpg\" alt=\"image\" title=\"#\" class=\"x100\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall c-gray600\">By signing up, you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/terms\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"underlinedButton fw500 tuo1px tdu tuo2px tdc-secondary tdt-px hover:o70 td300\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms Of Use<\/a> and acknowledge that your information will be used as described in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/privacy\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"underlinedButton fw500 tuo1px tdu tuo2px tdc-secondary tdt-px hover:o70 td300\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another D-FW building designed by Pei, Dallas City Hall, has come under scrutiny in recent months as Dallas officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/03\/08\/inside-dallas-city-hall-sixteen-hours-frayed-tempers-and-a-split-vote-on-its-future\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">explore the possibility of moving<\/a> out of the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>In March, the Dallas City Council voted to consider funding plans to repair the building and relocate. An assessment placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/real-estate\/2026\/03\/17\/dallas-city-hall-review-turned-to-real-estate-experts-who-ultimately-backed-relocation\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the cost of repairs<\/a> and upgrades at $329 million and the cost to fully modernize City Hall at more than $1 billion over 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/architecture\/2019\/05\/16\/i-m-pei-was-a-quiet-architect-whose-sharp-edged-modernist-work-in-dallas-and-beyond-made-headlines\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pei died in 2019<\/a> at the age of 102. Other buildings created by Pei include the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame Museum, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Pei didn\u2019t design many homes in his career. He is credited with building the Fort Worth mansion, the William L. Slayton House\u00a0in Washington, D.C., and a weekend house that he built for himself in Katonah, New York.\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:4 \/ 3\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pei didn\u2019t design many homes in his career. He is credited with building the Fort Worth mansion, the William L. Slayton House\u00a0in Washington, D.C., and a weekend house that he built for himself in Katonah, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Anderson (JA2 Photo)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mansion designed by the architect I. M. 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