Americas
Scottsdale, Arizona
Anticipation builds when you first glimpse the nearly hidden Tuscan hideaway, its 11,477-square-foot form silhouetted on five magical acres of Scottsdale desert. A porte cochere introduces the soaring foyer. Beyond, a living room with cantera fireplace frames the panorama that…
Dallas, Texas
Already the recipient of multiple design awards, the recently minted Dallas castle in gated Glen Abbey nestles into graceful gardens orchestrated by Harold Leidner. Overlooking a lake and waterfalls past poolside terraces, the entertainment rooms and beautiful bedrooms revel in…
Fort Worth, Texas
In a rolling emerald-green pastorale between Fort Worth and Dallas, gates and a guardhouse open to a magnificent Old World villa conceived by one of America’s foremost entrepreneurs as his own private country club. Ingeniously orchestrated in the Italian style…
Houston, Texas
Amid venerable trees and graceful poolside gardens blessed with a gazebo and tennis court, the magnificent Georgian family home personifies the prestige and tradition that have long distinguished Houston’s River Oaks. Guests enter flowing formal rooms with high ceilings, crown…
Austin, Texas
From sunrise until sunset and deep into the starry Texas night, the soaring windows and poolside terrace drink in dramatic views of downtown Austin. The house, with four living areas, was clearly created to captivate family and friends in its…
Berman Buckskin Ranch, Telluride, Colorado
Berman Buckskin Ranch, a picture-postcard 16-mile drive from the historic heart of internationally renowned Telluride, is where the traditions of the Old West meet up with the comforts of the modern day. Arrayed across the 1,492 spectacular acres are two…
Las Vegas, Nevada
An Arabian Nights oasis in the Nevada desert, the soaring Mediterranean mansion in Spanish Hills eloquently expresses the palmy luxuriance of the tony Las Vegas enclave. Eleven resplendent rooms echo with high-voltage electricity the glamour and excitement of the minutes-away…
The Beech Tree House, Woodinville, Washington
The Beech Tree House is an Edenic ambrosia of mellifluous lakefront gardens and radiant rooms drenched in lighthearted romance. Arrayed across nearly two acres with 130 feet beside the water just to the north of Bellevue, the Washington estate delights…
Seattle, Washington
Crowned by a broad gambrel roof with flaring eaves under which paired shuttered windows look out on three acres of trellised fairy-tale gardens laden with fruit trees, the 1910 Dutch Colonial has become a welcoming gathering place in Seattle’s gated…
Black Oaks Estate, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Lake Tahoe’s majestic Black Oaks Estate toasts the beauty of the Sierra with the enchantment of noble Tudor architecture enveloped in storybook poolside gardens. From the soaring entrance stairhall and great room to the banquet room and gourmet kitchen—with one…
Honolulu, Hawaii
Bedazzling views of the Pacific simply take your breath away from the magnificent gated oceanfront oasis at Diamond Head. The Hawaiian drama reaches a zenith in a sweeping poolside living room and lanais that frame to perfection one of the…
North Kohala, Big Island, Hawaii
The dream of the visionary was to create a tropical perch to crown the dramatic cliffs of Honomakau on the Big Island, a spectacular 21-acre Shangri-La from which to savor the sunsets across the ocean to Maui along 2,400 feet…
Villa Azul, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Noted California architect Ed Giddings built several homes in Puerto Vallarta over two decades. Of the handful that remain, Villa Azul is the glowing jewel, regarded as an architectural marvel. And for good reason. Into a jungle-covered hillside contiguous to…
Villa Islas Bonitas, Punta Mita, Mexico
Silhouetted against a bright blue sky and swaying palms along an ocean scene you never forget, Villa Islas Bonitas sweeps you away with its full-blown tropical romance. The enchanted dreamworld perches regally atop pool-studded lawns along a diaphanous beach in…
Wind Song, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Wind Song. The home, like the name, stays on your mind. At one with the Pacific, the contemporary yet almost historic retreat of wood, stone, and glass captivates with soaring firelit entertainment spaces and private aeries, including an upper suite…