We may be in a plush Mississippi mansion that, in Frances O'Connor's design, is surrounded by standing water and bedecked with hanging greenery.
The five pilot projects include mowing a William Morris pattern into a wild flower meadow at Compton Verney, in a garden created by the landscape designer Dan Pearson - who will be making the first big intervention in the parkland of the Warwickshire mansion since Capability Brown's designs of the 18th century.
One former Enron executive has described the upper managerial ranks of the company as a "yes-man culture". CFO Andrew Fastow the alleged designer of the off-the-books partnerships that proved central to Enron's downfall was so enamored of Skilling that he reportedly named one of his children after him and hired the architect who designed the CEO's Houston mansion to design his house.
Although Hockersmith, who decorated for the Clintons at the Arkansas governor's mansion, has been designing the Oval Office and the Clintons' private quarters since before the inauguration, the White House has steadfastly refused to release information on specific costs or who is raising or donating the money for the work that spokesmen say will be paid for by private funds.
The gates that lead to the Young family's mansion, Tyersall Park, are designed to resemble ancient Chinese coins with a square hole.
The walk-in replica of Barbie's iconic Malibu mansion is designed to provide fans "a completely new insight into the living interior and lifestlye of the most famous doll in the world," according to the Barbie Dreamhouse website.
As well as the late eighteenth-century mansion designed by George III's architect, there's a landscape crafted by Capability Brown and the award-winning SPC Spa - perfect for polishing your toned body while the media camp outside.
7. Check out the scrimshaw and finely decorated whalebone corset stays at the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, set inside a Greek-Temple style mansion designed by 1800's starchitect, Minard Lafever.
He had the veteran mansion architect Charles P. H. Gilbert design a 45-foot-wide limestone structure of impeccable bearing.
The mansion was designed by McKim, Mead & White, completed in 1896.
