Odds: 9/2 Outhouse, Gloucestershire by Loyn & Co Architects Consecutive winner of the Welsh Gold Medal for the last two years, for two similarly spectacular residences, Loyn & Co have once again crafted a seductive, minimalist lair in a rural setting.
Many of the grandest houses face or back onto the bike trail, which separates the mansions from their docks on Lake Worth, and behind the clipped ficus hedges, as you ride, you can catch tantalizing glimpses of some of America's most lavish and spectacular residences.
A team of classical archaeologists has done just that for Hadrian's villa, a spectacular hilltop residence about 30 kilometers from Rome constructed 1900 years ago as a residence for the emperor.
Until you get there, here are five of the world's most spectacular top floor residences to give you a quick taste of the high life.
Mingling tradition and novelty to a festive fare-thee-well, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular has taken up residence through Dec. 30 in the 6,000-seat 6,000-seatuditorium.
They renovated the turreted castle as a residence, with spectacular mock medieval towers and spires added in the late 19th century by architect William Burges, and sold land adjoining it for the creation of a Civic Centre in the early 20th century.
According to a Trump Organization press release, a hotel with "expansive guest rooms" would occupy the first thirteen floors; higher stories would feature residences with "spectacular views of the city and Caspian Sea".
The di Portanova residence in Acapulco, a spectacular villa named Arabesque, was at one time said to be the largest in Acapulco.
TAMPA, Fla .— Jill and Scott Kelley moved here about a decade ago, taking up residence in a huge redbrick home with a spectacular view of the water on Bayshore Boulevard, the city's most fashionable street.
Metal, Wood, Skin The Southbank Centre's big autumn spectacular is a percussion extravaganza centred on its current artist-in-residence, Colin Currie, and showcasing pieces specially composed for the phenomenal instrumentalist, some of them specially commissioned for the festival.
