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News of castles, mansions, palaces and more… |
Published:
10:10 EST, 14 April 2016
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Updated:
15:20 EST, 14 April 2016
A historic Scottish castle with 40 bedrooms has gone up for sale for just £900,000.
Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland, north west Highlands, was originally put on the market after it was discovered the castle would require extensive repairs.
A developer had planned to spend £6.5million on transforming the 40,000 square feet property, which comes complete with a grand hall, ballroom and bill… (View original article)
For years, tech entrepreneur Scott Jones has opened his 30,000-square-foot Carmel mansion to the public for events. Starting this week, he began turning it into a luxury rental property.
Jones, who made a fortune selling companies that power voicemail and music-recognition software, on Monday listed five of the seven bedrooms at his estate on home-sharing site Airbnb. The weekday room rates range from $95 a night to $295 a night—and he’s asking for $5,000 a night for folks who want… (View original article)
A widely criticised restoration of an ancient Spanish castle has won a prestigious international architecture prize.
The five-year refurbishment of Matrera castle, a 1,000-year-old fortress near Cádiz, was the focus of a bitter clash between traditionalists and modernists.
Its dilapidated structure was shored up and returned to its original dimensions in a project many saw as a botched attempt to impose a modernist white cube on the original fabric.
Related: Spain’… (View original article)
Beverly Hills Mansion Set on Barbra Streisand’s Former Estate Hits Market for $150M
5:36 PM PDT 4/12/2016
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Natalie Stone
Natalie Stone
Carolwood Drive has been home to Hollywood royalty — including Walt Disney, Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra and Sonny and Cher — for decades.
Walt Disney, Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley have each called Carolwood Drive in Beverly Hills home, and now a $150 million newly constructed mansion is availabl… (View original article)
Saddam’s former palace in Basra boasts a heart-shaped lake and extensive grounds. Officials are now turning it into a museum.
Photograph by Essam Al-Sundai, AFP, Getty Images
By Andrew Lawler
BASRA, Iraq—Mahdi al-Musawi has a problem. His construction company is rushing to complete work on Iraq’s newest and most ambitious museum, which is slated to open by September. But above … (View original article)
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The Magic Castle.Wikimedia Commons
These days, it’s not a movie unless it’s a franchise, and it’s not a franchise unless it’s transmedia. So Monday’s Hollywood Reporter story that Ridley Scott is co-producing a film about Hollywood’s Magic Castle makes sense in two ways. First, it’s technically already a film franchise, because it’s the second film about the famous private club for magicians. The first was 1988’s A Night at the Magic Castle, in which the ghost of Ha… (View original article)
The Hume Castle at 2900 Buena Vista Way. Photo: The Grubb Company
Described as a “magical architectural masterpiece,” the 5-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom home that’s known as the Hume Castle at 2900 Buena Vista Way has been listed for sale, priced at $5 million.
The medieval-style marvel was designed by John Hudson Thomas and built in 1929 for Samuel and Portia Bell Hume. Thomas took his inspiration from the 13th-century Convent of the Augustines in Toulouse, and it certain… (View original article)
POSTED April 12, 2016
This fall, the Basra mansion of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will debut as an art museum, reports The Observer’s Alanna Martinez. Qahtan al-Abeed, director of Iraq’s State Board of Antiquities and Heritage for Basra, has been leading the project, according to National Geographic. “The Iraqi government, a UK-based charity, and oil company donations” are all helping to finance the project, writes Martinez.
Operation Iraqi … (View original article)
Paging all Roman Abramovich types: A new $120M mega mansion could be coming to the UES
Properties are owned by National Academy Museum & School and can be combined into 54K sf spread
April 11, 2016 12:50PM
By
Katherine Clarke
The three properties, at 1083 Fifth Avenue, 3 East 89th Street and 5-7 East 89th Street
A collection of three gilded Upper East Side properties once comprising the enormous private mansion of art patron … (View original article)