Famous Buildings | Landmarks | Trophy Properties
"No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave." - Mark Twain.
"It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate. - Donald Trump.
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.
Originally, a LANDMARK literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area. In modern usage, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure. In American English it is the main term used to designate places that might be of interest to tourists due to notable physical features or historical significance.
A TROPHY PROPERTY is a real estate term sometimes used to describe the top 2% of properties within a given subcategory, although the term is typically used in reference to residences, architecturally or historically preserved properties, high-amenity natural land and properties with spectacular views or other extraordinary amenities.
- GLOBAL PROPERTY GUIDE - site for residential property investors who want to buy houses or apartments in other countries.
- List of largest houses in the United States - Wikipedia.
- MOBILE WEALTHY RESIDENCY INDEX - see the 11 preferred jurisdictions.
- MONSTER BILLIONAIRE MANSIONS - Forbes.
- The Most Expensive Buildings In The World - Business Insider.
- THE WEALTH REPORT 2011 - produced by Knight Frank in conjunction with Citi Private Bank. Offers a unique perspective on the key luxury property markets around the world.
- WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BUILDING - Yongsan Landmark Tower (2016), Seoul, South Korea: US$3.45 billion.
- WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SHOPPING LOCATIONS - survey by Cushman & Wakefield.
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: A-Z
 - AMERICA'S FAVORITE ARCHITECTURE - the top 150 chosen by The American Institute of Architects.
- AMERICA'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES - Newsweek.
- EMPORIS - "#1 in Global Commercial Building Information. The goal of Emporis is to index all buildings worldwide which are of public or commercial interest and make the data universally accessible and useful."
- LANDMARK - Wikipedia.
- LIST OF BUILDINGS WITH 100 FLOORS OR MORE - Wikipedia.
- LIST OF LANDMARKS - Wikipedia.
- MONSTER BILLIONAIRE MANSIONS - Forbes.com.
- 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 200.
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- 8 Spruce Street - New York City, NY 10038, U.S.A. Originally known as Beekman Tower and currently marketed as New York by Gehry, the 76-story skyscraper designed by architect Frank Gehry. New York by Gehry is the 11th tallest residential tower in the world and the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere as of date 2011. The tower contains only rental units (898 in total), something of a rarity in New York’s Financial District and somewhat resembles Aqua, a Chicago skyscraper, in height and form.
 - 15 Central Park West, NYC - New York City's most expensive apartment (US$88 million, 6,744 sq. ft., 10 rooms, , including four bedrooms, a wrap-around terrace (that is over 2,000-square feet), a gallery, a wet bar, walk-in closets, a library and two wood-burning fireplaces). Purchased by Ekaterina Rybolovleva, the 22-year-old daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. Paid the full US$88 million sticker price in December 2011.
 - (1600) PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE - "America's main street."
- ANTILIA - world's largest home: 400,000 square feet, and most valuable residential building: between US$1 billion and $2 billion (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India).
- Apple's New Spaceship Headquarters - Business Insider.
- AT ST JAMES'S SQUARE - London, U.K. World's third most expensive flat: £115 mio. (2008).
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- 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 man-made structure ever built: 2,717 ft / 828 m, 163 habitable floors, plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement.
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- CASTLES FOR SALE
- CASTLES OF THE WORLD
- CELEBRITY HOUSES - Hooked on Houses.
- CHAMP D'OR - Denton, TX, U.S.A.
- CHÂTEAU DE LA CROË - Cap d'Antibes, France. Built in 1927, it has been home to: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Aristotle Onassis and Stavros Niarchos. In 2004 it was bought by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for a reported £15 million.
- 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.
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- 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.).
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- EIFFEL TOWER - Paris, France.
- EMAAR PROPERTIES - property developer (Dubai).
- EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - 1,453 ft / 443 m 102 floors (New York City, NY, U.S.A.).
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 - FALLINGWATER - aka the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence, is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1934 in rural southwestern Mill Run, 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.).
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- GLOBAL PROPERTY GUIDE - the investor's guide to residential property buying worldwide.
- GOLD COAST CHICAGO - Lake Shore Drive.
- GOSMAN ESTATE - Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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- 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 - "The Web's #1 Luxury Real Estate Blog."
 - HÔTEL LAMBERT - hôtel particulier, a grand mansion townhouse, on the Quai Anjou, Île Saint-Louis, Paris IVème, France. In September 2007, Prince Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani, brother of the Emir of Qatar bought the Hôtel Lambert from the Rothschilds for the purported sum of about 80 million euros ($111 million).
- HYDRA PROPERTIES - United Arab Emirates.
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- INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTER - 1,364 ft / 415 m 88 floors (Hong Kong).
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- Jackson Land & Cattle Ranch - Jackson Hole, Teton County, Wyoming, U.S.A. 1,750 acres, US$175 million. America's most expensive home for cowboys.
- JIN MAO TOWER - 1,380 ft / 421 m 88 floors (Shanghai, China).
- JOYCE REY REAL ESTATE - Beverly Hills' most distinguised luxury realtor.
- JUMEIRAH GROUP - Dubai.
- JUPITER ISLAND - Florida, U.S.A.
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 - KINGDOM TOWER - skyscraper proposed for construction near Jeddah (in the new Kingdom City), Saudi Arabia. At 1 mile (1,600 m; 5,280 ft) tall, it would be the tallest building built to date.
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- LA BELLE EPOQUE PENTHOUSE - Monaco. World's (new) most expensive apartment / penthouse: 17,500 square feet sold for €240 million by British developers Christian and Nick Candy on September 13, 2010, reputedly to Greek billionaire Constantine Alexander-Goulandris.
- 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.
 - LIPSTICK BUILDING - 453 ft / 138 m tall skyscraper located at 885 Third Avenue, between East 53rd Street and 54th Street, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
- LOCKSLEY HALL - most expensive home in California (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.).
- LONDON BRIDGE TOWER - also known as Shard London Bridge (Southwark, London, U.K.). Under construction. When completed in May 2012, it will be the tallest building in the European Union and the 45th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall.
- LUNAR EMBASSY - "Buy yourself some space!" The founders and leaders of the extraterrestrial real estate market. THE ONLY COMPANY in the world to posess a legal basis and copyright for the sale of lunar, and other extraterrestrial property within the confines of our solar system.
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 - MAISON DE L'AMITIÉ - Palm Beach. 80,000 square feet (7,432 square meters). Florida's second-most expensive home: US$95 million (2008). Owner: Dmitriy Rybolovlev.
- 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.
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- 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 BY GEHRY - 8 Spruce Street, New York City, NY 10038, U.S.A. The 76-story skyscraper designed by architect Frank Gehry. New York by Gehry is the 11th tallest residential tower in the world and the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere as of date 2011. The tower contains only rental units (898 in total), something of a rarity in New York’s Financial District and somewhat resembles Aqua, a Chicago skyscraper, in height and form.
- 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.
- NORMAN MAILER'S HOME - Brooklyn Heights, NY, U.S.A.
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 - ONE HYDE PARK - Knightsbridge, London SW1, U.K. Apartments: £20-£100 mio.
- ONE HYDE PARK (PENTHOUSE) - world's second most expensive apartment: £140 mio. Knightsbridge, London W1, U.K.
- ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER | FREEDOM TOWER - the name for the replacement of New York's former World Trade Center's Twin Towers to be finished by april 2013. Upon completion, One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the United States, standing at a height of 1,776 feet (541.32 m), and among the tallest buildings in the world.
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- PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS - 1,482.6 ft / 451.9 m 88 floors (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
- PICKFAIR - mansion in Beverly Hills, California named as an amalgamation of the names of its original residents, silent film actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. US$60 mio.
- PRIVATE ISLANDS MAGAZINE - showcasing the world's most exclusive island properties.
 - PROJECT UTOPIA - BMT Nigel Gee Ltd.
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- 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).
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- 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".
- SHEATS GOLDSTEIN RESIDENCE - designed and built between 1961 and 1963 by American architect John Lautner in Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
- SIERRA TOWERS - Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
 - SKORPIOS - private island in the Ionian Sea, Greece. ;ainly known as the private island of the late Greek shipping billionaire Aristotle Onassis.
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- TAIPEI 101 - 1,670.60 ft / 509.2 m 101 floors (Taipei, Taiwan).
- TELEVISION & MOVIE HOUSES - Hooked on Houses.
- THE BREAKERS - Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, RI, U.S.A.
 - THE DAKOTA - 1 West 72nd Street, New York City, NY, U.S.A. John Lennon was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of The Dakota where he lived, on Monday, 8 December 1980.
- THE GOLDEN MILE - Marbella, Spain.
- THE GHERKIN | 30 ST MARY AXE - 591 ft / 180 m 40 floors (architects: Foster + Partners) (London, U.K.).
- THE PALM - Dubai.
- THE PLATINUM TRIANGLE - Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
 - THE PLAYBOY MANSION - 10236 Charing Cross Road, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, CA 90024, U.S.A. The house is 21,987 sq ft and sits on 5.3 acres. It was built by architect Arthur R. Kelly in 1927 and acquired by Playboy from Louis D. Statham in 1971 for $1.1 million.
- THE RAZOR - "Residence as Art": La Jolla, CA, U.S.A. Designed by architect Wallace E. Cunningham. $32,000,000.
- THE SHARD - also known as London Bridge Tower (Southwark, London, U.K.). Under construction. When completed in May 2012, it will be the tallest building in the European Union and the 45th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall.
- THE SPACE NEEDLE - Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
 - THE (SPELLING) MANOR - the late Aaron Spelling's Mansion, 56,000-square-foot (5,250 m2), 123-room Los Angeles 6-acres estate, the largest house in California. US$150 mio. (594 S Mapleton Drive, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California). Owner: Petra Ecclestone (06.2011).
- THE UNIVERSE - Dubai.
- THE WORLD - Dubai.
- THREE PONDS - Bridgehampton North, Bridgehampton, NY, U.S.A.
- TRANQUILITY - Lake Tahoe, NV, U.S.A.
- TRUMP ORGANIZATION
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- 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.
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 - VILLA LEOPOLDA - world's most expensive home: US$506 mio. (present owner: Lily Safra). (Villefranche-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur, France).
- VILLA SAVOIE - 82, Rue de Villiers, F-78300 Poissy, France. Designed by Le Corbusier 1931.
- VILLA WINDSOR - Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. Leased from the City of Paris in 1952-1986 by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Then leased to Mohamed Al-Fayed in 1986 who has restored it to its former glory. The result was an extensive catalogue of the life and times of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
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- 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.).
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 - Yongsan Landmark Tower - Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea. World's most expensive building (2016): US$3.45 billion.
- Your very own, portable, Tropical Island Paradise - gizmag.
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