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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater House Offers Exclusive Access

Designer — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:02:36 +0000

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the most famed American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works. He is best known for designing Fallingwater. Fans of Frank Lloyd Wright’s house Fallingwater have long been able to visit the architect’s modernist masterpiece as a museum, but soon they can enjoy the house almost as if they were living in it. Right now regular visitors pay $18 admission to visit the house, but for $1,195, these exclusive visitors will feel what living in Fallingwater is truly like, although they will sleep in a new Frank Lloyd Wright style home on the property grounds. Four million people have visited the home since it’s public open, about ninety minutes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but now for that exclusive price tag you can have a new unique ( and expensive ) experience. You can find more info about this from here. – Via – Reuters

Modern Beach House with Glass Walls

Designer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:56:47 +0000

This spectacular house is located in Laguna Beach and it is up for sale at the price of $11,850,000. With amazing view over the Pacific, see-through windows and a lavishing interior design, one does not have to question its price. You would think that with this fabulous exterior design, this house can be spotted miles away. But the special architecture planes don’t allow it to be seen from the near-by highway, which makes it a perfect place for relaxation and getting away from it all. The house includes 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, a game room, a family room with a fireplace, subterranean parking and terraces with unbelievable views. Truly something to dream about!

Shaquille O’Neal’s House in Miami

Designer — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:46:52 +0000

Shaquille O’Neal or “Shaq” is a famous American basketball player (he has won five NBA championships so far), and is also an actor and a rapper. This is one of Shaq’s homes, located in Star Island, between Miami and Miami Beach. With gargantuan proportions, this particular dream house was built by Rony Seikaly in 1992 and has eight bedrooms, a gym, an indoor basketball court, a steam room, and a sauna. The outdoor decor (on 2.5 acres) includes a garage with parking for six cars, a dock, a tennis court, a two-bedroom guest house, and a swimming pool with the Superman logo.

The house is currently up for sale for the sum of $22,5 Million.

Universe Beach House in Mexico by Tatiana Bilbao

Designer — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:41:44 +0000

Tastefully designed by architect Tatiana Bilbao, this exotic beach house is located on the pretty shoreline of Mexico. The structure was built more on the concept of a camp with separate interconnected rooms where you basically, enter one to exit another. Although it looks like a downside, it saves space and when you get to see the amazing outdoor roof pool, it suddenly changes your mind. Excellent to throw a few parties with all your buddies, the Universal House looks like the place we’d like to be this summer. – via

The Cullen House from Twilight – The Hoke House

Designer — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:40:08 +0000

Not long ago everyone was crazy about a movie called Twilight, which is a love story movie between a human and a vampire. The story revolves around modern vampires that live in a modern house. The Hoke House was designed by architect Jeff Kovel via ‘Skylab Architecture’ it’s 4300 squares, built by Metcalf Construction, with Lucy Metcalf as the interior designer and landscaper. The house was designed for Nike executive John Hoke and his family and appeared in the film Twilight. Hoke really liked the idea of his house being used as the home to a family of sophisticated vampires and allowed filming to proceed in both the interiors and exteriors. Because of his profession, members of the production team dubbed the structure the “Nike House.” The Cullen house is supposedly located just outside of Forks, WA.