The Bob Hope house, Palm Springs, California

Bob and Dolores Hope’s John Lautner-designed house in Palm Springs was on the the market and rumored to be asking $50 million, it was bought for $47 Million. The house was designed in 1973 and built in 1979 (the first effort burnt down right before it was finished); it’s about 22,000 square feet and sits on the architecturally-rich Southridge Drive (it’s just above the Elrod House, which hit the market in 2009 asking $13.89 million but failed to sell until now, when @VampireStan Bought it); Mossler calls it “one of the most distinctive works of architecture in the entire Coachella Valley.” According to The Desert Sun, the house has six bedrooms, ten bathrooms, a “mushroom-shaped roof,” and “a huge boulder jutting out of the floorof the living room.” However, Triangle Modernist Houses says that “Dolores Hope made sweeping changes to the second design - so much so that Lautner eventually distanced himself from the project.

The Elrod House, Palm Springs, CA  $13.89 million (Part 2)

Measuring almost 9000 sq ft, this 5-Bed 5-Bath Palm Springs iconic home, designed by architect John Lautner, was built in 1968 for interior designer Arthur Elrod.

The home features some unique design elements like two 25-foot-wide hanging glass curtain walls that that retract to open the living room to the outside at the touch of a button. 

Palm Springs is located in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles, 136 miles (225 km) northeast of San Diego, and 269 miles (218 km) west of Phoenix, Arizona. The population was 44,552 at the 2010 census. 

The Elrod House, Palm Springs, CA  $13.89 million (Part 1)

Designed in 1968 by John Lautner for interior designer, Arthur Elrod. The Elrod House looks out at Mount Jacinto and Palm Springs Valley through plate glass walls and sliding doors precisely cut to fit the contours of the rock the house is built on.

The Elrod House, with its circular living room and retractable glass curtain walls, actually served as the villain’s headquarters in the James Bond movie “Diamonds Are Forever.”

Palm Springs is a resort city in the California desert.. It became a destination during the 1950s and 1960s when Hollywood movie stars flocked there in droves. Nowadays, the area offers entertainment for all ages, although the most common demographics consists of retirees. Palm Springs offers a wealth of indoor and outdoor activities. Known for its hiking, mid-century modern architecture, stunning natural beauty and sparkling pools, Palm Springs has the perfect blend of outdoor activities and casual relaxation. Rain is scarce, so the weather is often very nice and dry.

Golf, swimming, tennis, horseback riding, biking, and hiking in the nearby desert and mountain areas are major forms of recreation in Palm Springs

The Island, Newquay, Cornwall, U.K.

List price: 1.5 million

Sitting atop a rock outcropping that high tide completely surrounds with water, this oceanfront three-bedroom house is accessible solely by way of a private 100-foot-long suspension bridge that must be crossed on foot.

A hideaway perfect for a James Bond villain, surrounded by water with the only way to gain access via Britain’s lone privately-owned suspension bridge.   ‘The bridge was built in 1901 and is the only privately-owned suspension bridge in the country.
While navigating the 100ft long bridge, suspended some 90ft off the ground, might excite our fantasies of international espionage.

 The three bedroom house was built on the top ofTowanIslandon the beach at Newquay,Cornwall, in the 1930s. When the tide is in the island is completely surrounded by water and from the top of the granite rock there are 360 degree views. Terracing means that whoever buys the property can follow the sun all day. ‘The bridge was built in 1901 and is the only privately-owned suspension bridge in the country.

Newquay is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port in Cornwall, England. It is situated on the North Atlantic coast of Cornwall approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Bodmin and 12 miles (19 km) north of Truro. The town is bounded to the west by the River Gannel and its associated salt marsh, and to the east by thePorthValley. Newquay has been expanding inland (south) since it was founded.

Newquay has been a major tourist destination for more than a century, principally on account of its coastline and nine long and accessible sandy beaches, including Fistral. Around 22,000 people live in Newquay, but the population can increase to 100,000 or more in the summer because Newquay has a large stock of holiday accommodation.

Established in sections throughout the 20th century, TrenanceLeisureGardensare sited in a wooded, formerly marshy valley on the quieter edge of Newquay, stretching down to the Gannel Estuary. From the Edwardian era it provided recreation for tourists with walks, tennis courts and a bowling green, all still popular today. In the gardens, which are spanned by the arches of the stone railway viaduct, visitors have long been able to enjoy a stroll through the beautiful Trenance Gardens with their mature trees and heritage cottages, leading to the boating lake. This was dug during the depression of the 1930s as a work creation scheme. In the late 1960s, further enterprises were established by the council, including mini-golf, a swimming pool, the “Little Western” miniature railway and Newquay Zoo, which opened in 1969.

Newquay is also known for the “Run to the Sun” event, which always takes place during the public holiday on the last weekend in May at TrevelgueHolidayPark. People visit the town inVolkswagen camper vans, Beetles and other custom cars.

The Fred Flinstone House in Mailbu - listed at 3.5 Million

Malibu is an affluent beachfront city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,645. Malibu consists of a 21-mile (34 km) strip of prime Pacific coastline. Nicknamed “the ‘Bu” by surfers and locals, the community is famous for its warm, sandy beaches, and for being the home of many Hollywood movie stars and others associated with the entertainment industry. Signs around the city proclaim “27 miles of scenic beauty”, referring to Malibu’s original length of 27 miles (43 km) before the city was incorporated in 1991.

Most Malibu residents live within a few hundred yards of Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1), which traverses the city, with some residents living up to a mile away from the beach up narrow canyons, and many more residents of the unincorporated canyon areas identifying Malibu as their hometown. The city is also bounded (more or less) by Topanga Canyon to the East, the Santa Monica Mountains consisting of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, and Woodland Hills to the North, the Pacific Ocean to the South, and Ventura County to the West.

Malibu’s beaches include Surfrider Beach, Zuma Beach, Malibu State Beach, Topanga State Beach, Point Dume State Beach and Dan Blocker Beach; its local parks include Malibu Bluffs Park (formerly Malibu Bluffs State Park), Trancas Canyon Park, Las Flores Creek Park, and Legacy Park,^] with neighboring parks Malibu Creek State Park, Leo Carrillo State Beach and Park, Point Mugu State Park, and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and neighboring state beach Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach, that was once part of Old Malibu (before Malibu became a city), and better known as pristine beaches, El Pescador, La Piedra and El Matador.

Malibu Romantic Flintstones Retreat House was owned by American television and radio legend, Dick Clark. This house sits on a 23 acres lot in Malibu giving one a 360 degree view of mountains, seas and cityscapes.

 This home would make you say “Yabaa-Dabba-Doo” like the famous expression of Fred Flintstone. One would have the feeling of being a modern day Fred with the aura and design of this house. One look at it would make you think that it is a massive structure but it is actually built using light materials combined with concrete. The inner walls are made of wood while the ceilings used steel beams covered with concrete to get that rock-like appearance. It has one bedroom and two bathrooms that both made use of modern appliances despite retaining a pre-historic look. The interior design of the house used irregular shapes and stone colors. While the exterior really looked like real rock especially that real stones where integrated to the concrete and scrubbed to expose it.

The house came from the idea of Architect Phillip Jon Brown who suggested to create a house that looked like a rock formation since it is situated next to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area. The prehistoric design was dictated by circumstance. The 23-acre site is next to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area, which originally objected to Clark building a home on the property. The idea was then made real with this home. Aside from its impressive design, this home also offers a breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean, Boney Mountains and Los Angeles. One will love the place for it is like a secluded retreat right in the center of nature’s gift of beauty, peace and serenity.

The one-bedroom Malibu home is listed for $3.5 million

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Le Palais - Marrakech

Marrakech or Marrakesh (Berber: ⵎⴻⵕⵕⴰⴽⴻⵛ Merrakec or Murakuc,Arabic: مراكش‎ Murrākuš, local pronunciation: Mərrakəš), known as the “Ochre City”, with a population of over 1,000,000 inhabitants  is the most important former imperial city in Morocco’s history. The city of Marrakesh is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains, being also the third largest city in Morocco according to the 2004 census.

Like many Moroccan cities, the city of Marrakesh comprises both an old fortified city (the medina) and modern neighborhoods, the most prominent of which is Gueliz, for a total population of 794,620 and 1,063,415 in the metropolitan area (2004 census). It is served by Ménara International Airport(IATA code: RAK) and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.

Marrakesh has the largest traditional Berber market (souk) in Morocco and also has one of the busiest squares in Africa and the world, Djemaa el Fna. The square bustles with acrobats, story-tellers, water sellers, dancers and musicians. By night food stalls open in the square turning it into a huge busy open-air restaurant.

Since medieval times and until around the beginning of the 20th century, the entire country of Morocco, was known in English and other European literature as “Kindom Marrakesh” as the capital city back then was often Marrakesh.

Le Palais, located in Marrakech, is  the perfect setting for a modern version of ‘Arabian nights’. Truly extraordinary. . There are 25 rooms, and 40,000 square metres of gardens. Le Palais offers a whole range of amenities including a boutique, chic lounge, restaurant, Spa, recording studio, pool, terrace bar, conference room, fully equipped gym, and an amazing 13 pools.

Designed by world-renowned architect Imaad Rahmouni with no limitation on imagination and exclusivity, the palace is set to captivate and astound

Castle of Palatine Hills - interiors (Part 2)

This 10,000-square-foot Caribbean fortress inhabits its own private mountain on Vieques. Taking “off the grid” to new heights, it’s powered almost entirely by alternative energy methods like solar panels and a wind turbine. And there’s a private helicopter pad for easy arrival and departure. It has 4 bedrooms, 5 baths, on 55 acres approximately 10,000 square feet.