Property, Famous Buildings, Landmarks

"It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate. - Donald Trump.

"No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave." - Mark Twain.

Property is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of persons. Depending on the nature of the property, an owner of property has the right to consume, sell, rent, mortgage, transfer, exchange or destroy his or her property, and/or to exclude others from doing these things. Important widely-recognized types of property include real property (land), personal property (physical possessions belonging to a person), private property (property owned by legal persons or business entities), public property (state owned or publicly owned and available possessions) and intellectual property (exclusive rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.), although the latter is not always as widely recognized or enforced. A title, or a right of ownership, is associated with property that establishes the relation between the goods/services and other persons, assuring the owner the right to dispense with the property in a manner he or she sees fit. Some philosophers assert that property rights arise from social convention. Others find origins for them in morality or natural law.

• MOBILE WEALTHY RESIDENCY INDEX - see the 11 preferred jurisdictions.
• PROPERTY LAW - Wikipedia.

10 Most Expensive Streets in the World

• 10 MOST EXPENSIVE STREETS IN THE WORLD - survey by Wealth Bulletin.
• Avenue Princess Grace, Monte-Carlo, Monaco - US$190,000 per sq/m.
• Severn Road, The Peak, Hong Kong - US$121,000 per sq/m.
• Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY, U.S.A. - US$80,000 per sq/m.
• Kensington Palace Gardens, London, U.K. - US$77,000 per sq/m.
• Avenue Montaigne, Paris, France - US$54,000 per sq/m.
• Ostozhenka, Moscow, Russia - US$40,000 per sq/m.
• Via Suvretta, St. Moritz, Switzerland - US$38,000 per sq/m.
• Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. - US$30,000 per sq/m.
• Wolseley Road, Sydney, NSW, Australia - US$28,000 per sq/m.
• Altamount Road, Mumbai, India - US$25,000 per sq/m.

Property | Famous Buildings | Landmarks

• AMERICA'S FAVORITE ARCHITECTURE - the top 150 chosen by The American Institute of Architects.
• PROPERTY - Wikipedia.
• SKYSCRAPER NEWS - skyscrapers, cathedrals, modern architecture database, news, information and images.
• SKYSCRAPERPAGE.COM - "The world's finest resource for skyscraper and urbanism enthusiasts. A one-stop resource for the skyscraper enthusiast in everyone."
• WORLD'S TALLEST SCYCRAPERS - top 100.
• 10 MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES IN THE WORLD - Times Online.
• 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE - "America's main street."
• AT ST JAMES'S SQUARE - world's most expensive flat: £115 mio. (London, U.K.).
• BEIJING NATIONAL STADIUM | "BIRD'S NEST" - a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The world's largest steel structure.
• BILTMORE HOUSE & ESTATE - "America's Largest Home and More!" (Asheville, NC, U.S.A.).
• BOB GUCCIONE 27-room Beaux Arts-style MANSION - 14-16 East 67th Street, Manhattan’s Upper East Side sold in March 2008 for $49 mio. to hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone.
• BURJ KHALIFA - (formerly known as Burj Dubai) the tallest building in the world: 2,717 ft / 828 m 160 floors.
• CASTLES FOR SALE
• CASTLES OF THE WORLD
• CHAMP D'OR - Denton, TX, U.S.A.
• CHESA FUTURA - Norman + Partner's masterpiece in St. Moritz: Chesa Futura apartment building in Switzerland's Engadin Valley.
• CHRYSLER BUILDING - 1,046 ft / 318.9 m 77 floors (New York City, NY, U.S.A.).
• CN TOWER - 1,815,4 ft / 553,33 m 147 floors (Toronto, Canada).
• COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE - the home of premium property.
• DUBAI MARINA
• DUBAI PROPERTY GROUP
• DUKE-SEMANS MANSION - Manhattans most expensive townhouse: US$44 mio. Current owner: Carlos Slim. (1009 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY, U.S.A.).
• EMAAR PROPERTIES - property developer (Dubai).
• EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - 1,453 ft / 443 m 102 floors (New York City, NY, U.S.A.).
• FALLINGWATER - aka the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence, is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1934 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• FISHER ISLAND - Florida, U.S.A.
• FLATIRON BUILDING - New York City, NY, U.S.A.
• FLEUR DE LYS - currently for sale: US$125 mio. (Holmby Hills, CA, U.S.A.).
• GLOBAL PROPERTY GUIDE - the investor's guide to residential property buying worldwide.
• GOSMAN ESTATE - Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
• HALA RANCH - currently for sale: US$135 mio. (Aspen, CO, U.S.A.).
• HEARST CASTLE | SAN SIMEON - San Simeon, CA, U.S.A.
• HOMES OF THE RICH - a journey into the world of expensive real estate.
• HYDRA PROPERTIES - United Arab Emirates.
• INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTER - 1,364 ft / 415 m 88 floors (Hong Kong).
• JIN MAO TOWER - 1,380 ft / 421 m 88 floors (Shanghai, China).
• JOYCE REY - Beverly Hills' most distinguised luxury realtor.
• JUMEIRAH GROUP - Dubai.
• JUPITER ISLAND - Florida, U.S.A.
• LARRY HAGMAN ESTATE - actor Larry (JR) Hagman has listed his longtime mountaintop home in Ojai, CA, U.S.A. for sale for US$9,5 million
• LE BELVÉDÈRE - Bel Air, CA, U.S.A. One of the most expensive homes in the world for sale at US$72 mio.
• LE PROVENCAL RESIDENCE - Cap d'Antibes, France.
• LOCKSLEY HALL - most expensive home in California (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.).
• LUNAR EMBASSY - the founders and leaders of extraterrestrial real estate market.
• MAISON DE L'AMITIÉ - Florida's second-most expensive home.
• MIAPOLIS - the proposed world's (new) tallest building at 3,200 ft / 975 m high. Miapolis is a metropolis in the sky, self-sufficient, "platinum green" sustainable, environmentally friendly and with a remarkable economic impact leaving no one behind.
• MULHOLLAND ESTATES - Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
• NAKHEEL - property developer. (Has postponed the construction of the world's new tallest building: Nakheel Tower). Dubai.
• NEW AMERICAN HOME 2009 - "Net zero-energy home covered in a blanket of green."
• NEW YORK'S CLOCK TOWER BUILDING PENTHOUSE - US$25 mio.
• NEWPORT MANSIONS - Newport County, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Official website of The Preservation Society of Newport County.
• ONE HYDE PARK - Knightsbridge, London SW1, U.K. Apartments: £20-£100 mio.
• ONE HYDE PARK (PENTHOUSE) - world's most expensive apartment: £140 mio. Knightsbridge, London W1, U.K.
• ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER - the name for the replacement of New York's former World Trade Center's Twin Towers to be finished by 2012.
• PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS - 1,482.6 ft / 451.9 m 88 floors (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
• PRIVATE ISLANDS MAGAZINE - showcasing the world's most exclusive island properties.
• RAZOR - "Residence as Art." Offered at US$32 mio (La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.).
• RESIDENCE ANTILLA - two billion dollar home being built in Mumbai, India.
• RUBLYOVKA - Moscow's "Beverly Hills" (Moscow, Russia).
• SEAGRAM BUILDING - 516 ft / 157 m 38 floors (New York City, NY, U.S.A.).
• SHANGHAI WORLD FINANCE CENTER - 1,614 ft / 492 m 101 floors. Otherwise known as "The Vertical Complex City".
• SIERRA TOWERS - Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
• TAIPEI 101 - 1,670.60 ft / 509.2 m 101 floors (Taipei, Taiwan).
• THE BREAKERS - Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, RI, U.S.A.
• THE GHERKIN | 30 ST MARY AXE - 591 ft / 180 m 40 floors (architects: Foster + Partners) (London, U.K.).
• "THE MANOR" - currently for sale: US$150 mio. (Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.).
• THE PALM - Dubai.
• THE PLAYBOY MANSION - Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
• THE SHARD - also known as London Bridge Tower (London, U.K.).
• THE UNIVERSE - Dubai.
• THE WORLD - Dubai.
• THREE PONDS - Bridgehampton North, Bridgehampton, NY, U.S.A.
• TRANQUILITY - Lake Tahoe, NV, U.S.A.
• TRUMP ORGANIZATION
• UPDOWN COURT - UK's most expensive and luxurious private residence: US$140 mio. (Windlesham, Surrey, England).
• UTOPIA - luxury residential ocean liner: US$1.1 billion. Due to be delivered by Samsung Heavy Industries by 2013.
• VILLA LEOPOLDA - world's most expensive home: US$506 mio. (present owner: Lily Safra). (Villefranche-sur-Mer, France).
• WILLIS TOWER - 1,450 ft / 447 m 110 floors (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.). Formerly known as Sears Tower.
• WITANHURST - Highgate, North London, U.K.
• WONDERLAND - get a tour of Michael Jackson's planned US$16.5 mio. "Wonderland" on YouTube complete with its own state-of-the-art Panic Room (Las Vegas, NY, U.S.A.).