What makes a house famous? Its inhabitants, its history, that it has appeared in the movies many times or simply its architectural design? It all depends on who is making the list world famous houses.
Thinking a little about all these possible answers that we have listed today, we have in Actualidad Viajes a small list of the most famous houses in the world. If you don't know any of them, it will be a good opportunity to broaden your knowledge of popular culture, and if you know them all, well, you're congratulated.
The White House
Is the official residence of the president of the united states and his family, also representing the House of the People, home to all citizens. On a project of George Washington the house it was built in 1790 in Neoclassical style and under the plans of the Irish architect James Hoban,
The White House is in Washington D.C. and although at the beginning it was known as the presidential palace, but it was in 1902 that the name White House was definitively and officially adopted. The construction lasted eight years and suffered a fire during the war of 1812 with the British troops.
The house soon became a bit small, and since it was near a swamp and a canal there were mosquitoes in the summer and people got malaria, so they took matters into their own hands. Was the presidential residence abandoned or was it enlarged? The second idea was the one that won and thus the West Wing was added, which came in handy for the large family of President Roosevelt. By 1909 one of the most famous offices in the world had taken shape: the Oval Office.
Later, throughout the XNUMXth century, other transformations and extensions and each First Lady also changed the decoration, as was the style then. The best known was the one carried out by Jackie Kennedy, the most luxurious and "Frenchified".
Today the original residence has remained in the very center of the White House, between the columns designed by President Jefferson, connecting the offices between the East and West Wings. The White House currently has six floors in a total of 5100 square meters, 28 fireplaces, 60 stairs and seven elevators.
Casa Mila
It is the most famous house in Barcelona, one of the most famous in Spain and without a doubt, one of the world famous houses and the one that all tourists visit when they step on Barcelona. She is known as La Pedrera and is modernist in style. It was built under the design of Antoni Gaudi between 1906 and 1910 in the Ensanche, on Paseo de Gracia, for the marriage of Pedro Milà i Camps and Roser Segimon, millionaire entrepreneurs.
Architecture tells us that the house It is part of the naturalist stage of the architect, very personal, with clear inspiration in nature and using ruled geometry. The couple gave the project to Gaudí after buying the site with the idea of occupying one floor as a residence and putting the rest for rent, but the relationship between the owners and the architect was not easy as fines had to be paid and there were dissents regarding the interior decoration, for which Gaudí slammed the door in 1909.
In fact, in addition to the problems between Milà and Gaudí there was also a lot of trouble between Gaudí and the City Council because the work did not respect some municipal issues, maximum height, built volume, etc. The controversy, as we see, was not exempt. But how is this building so famous? Have six floors arranged around two internal patios, one oval and one round, has a roof terrace, a basement and a loft. There are two semi-detached and independent buildings that communicate only on the ground floor.
You have three facades, with a stylistic continuity and that famous wavy and sinuous shape like the waves of the sea. The three facades are 30 meters high and have 150 windows. It has 33 wrought iron balconies and a rare beauty. The interior is also striking.
The houses are accessed by elevators and the stairs are only auxiliary. Nature is also present in the interior design, there are mural paintings, a lot of mythological inspiration, floral motifs, undulating ceilings and in the case of the original furniture and decoration objects, they are very luxurious. The furniture bears the signature of Josep Maria Jujol but they were supervised by Gaudí.
Finally, in 1940 Milà died and in 1964 it was the turn of his wife who had previously sold the property to a real estate company. Unfortunately, the 1927th century was not very generous with the house and in 30 the original decoration signed by Guadí was lost, in the XNUMXs the coal cellars became shops, thirteen apartments were built in the attic, the main floor be a set of offices...
In 1969 Casa Milà was declared a National Historic-Artistic Monument and in 1984 UNESCO declared it in turn Heritage along with other remains of Gaudí such as the Güell Park, the Güell Palace and the Crypt of the Güell Colony.
downton abbey mansion
This case between world famous houses it's movie good. Although the White House is the presidential residence of the United States, we all know it, not because we have visited it, but because we have seen it countless times in the movies. This is the case of this other famous house: Downton Abbey.
The popular TV series was filmed at Highclere Castle, a country mansion that is in the county of Hampshire, on a large plot of 2 hectares. It is the country home of the Herbert family, Earls of Carnarvon.
This elegant residence was built on an earlier house which itself was built on the ruins of a medieval religious palace, that of the Bishops of Winchester. The title of Earls of Carnarvon was given to the family by King George III, but before that they were Barons of Porchester. Of course a house of these dimensions changed a lot over time and the current appearance was obtained after the renovations of the XNUMXth century.
Highclere Palace thus has a High Elizabethan style, half Italian style. Although he has gained worldwide fame thanks to the Downton Abbey series, he had already appeared on the screen before: in Poor little rich girl, in The Four Feathers, in Eyes Wide Shut y in many Batman movies like Wayne Manor.
Today you can visit the interior, the gardens and the Egyptian Exhibition that contains the treasures found by Howard Carter in the tomb of Tutankhamun at the beginning of the XNUMXth century.
Cascade House
This is a house that you have surely seen in photographs many times. This in the United States, in the state of Pennsylvania, and in English it is known by the name of Falling water. It is a work of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright and was built in the 30s of the XNUMXth century on a waterfall of the Bear Run river.
Frank Lloyd Wright is considered best american architect and this house is his masterpiece, an icon of the time. Nothing else thinks it dates from the '30s! Its very surprising modern style, It is not true?
The waterfall house it was the country house of Edgar Kaufmann and his family, businessman owner of a department store. It was the summer credence until 1963 when the couple died and the house was donated with all the surrounding land to a heritage conservation association.
A year later it was opened to the public and millions of people have visited it since then. The Cascade House is a example of organic architecture, that is, the integration of the building to environmental factors. since 2019 is Heritage.
These are just some of the world famous houses. Of course, there are many more on all continents. History has made many of them protagonists, or their beauty or architectural ingenuity, but also, since the existence of cinema and television, being film sets has given them impressive popularity.