Английская Википедия:Champ d'Or Estate
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The Champ d'Or estate is a pseudo-French Baroque residential building located in Hickory Creek, Texas. Inspired by Vaux-le-Vicomte[1] near Paris, France.Шаблон:Citation needed The building situated at 1851 Turbeville Road, in Denton County, Champ d'Or—literally, "Field of Gold," from the surname of Alan and Shirley Goldfield, who built the house in 2002s 17th century architecture and design.Шаблон:Citation needed
Champ d'Or was one of the more unusual architectural works in North Texas, featured not only in countless news articles,[2] most notably being Forbes Magazine,[3] but also gaining notoriety through its appearance in at least one book on French architecture and interior design.[4] Champ d'Or's dominance of the Hickory Creek landscapeШаблон:Citation needed has made the place of a tourist attraction.Шаблон:Citation needed The estate has been re branded as "The Olana" and is now a wedding venue under Walters Wedding Estates.[5]
The building
Champ d'Or took five years to plan[6] and construct[7]—using materials from all over the nation.[8] The Шаблон:Convert estate includes the Шаблон:Convert mansion,Шаблон:Citation needed an adjacent one-and-a-half-acre lake,Шаблон:Citation needed formal gardens, indoor and outdoor swimming area,Шаблон:Citation needed a tennis court, a tennis houseШаблон:Citation needed and two small and symmetrical guard buildings.Шаблон:Citation needed The sprawling house features a dome with a ceiling height of Шаблон:Convert;Шаблон:Citation needed a ballroom with Versailles-style mirrors;Шаблон:Citation needed a garden room with windows which descend electronically,Шаблон:Citation needed opening to a veranda which seats 450 for dinner;Шаблон:Citation needed a two-story Chanel-styled closet in the master;Шаблон:Citation needed a theater;Шаблон:Citation needed a bowling alley,Шаблон:Citation needed and a racquetball court.Шаблон:Citation needed
Controversy
Because of its size, soaring price tag,[9] and what critics see as a gaudy interior, Champ d'Or has been depicted as one of the region's most glaring displays of wealth-driven foppery. In April 2009, D Magazine named the property "The Biggest Little Teardown in Texas",[10] scathingly writing:
In the distance, you’ll see something so huge and so incongruous in its French-baroque-meets-Plano-McMansion mashup that it seems more hallucination than house.
The chateau's ornate design, including marble floors, gold plated elevator, and hand-carved spiral staircase did not appeal to prospective buyers for several years. The house passed from listing agent to listing agent, from 2003 to 2009, with no serious offers.[11]
History
In April 2012, Champ d'Or Estate sold to the highest bidder through a luxury real estate auction by Concierge Auctions, a national luxury real estate auction firm.[12] Following 433 auction inquiries,Шаблон:Citation needed over 500 showings and over 10,000 website visitors,Шаблон:Citation needed the estate, named Champ d'Or, which translates to "Field of Gold", was sold in cooperation with listing agent Joan EleazerШаблон:Citation needed of Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International RealtyШаблон:Citation needed and the buyer's agent, Clay Stapp.Шаблон:Citation needed
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- ↑ The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a famous French Château located in Maincy, in the Seine-et-Marne département of France. It was built from 1658 to 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle-Isle (Belle-Ile-en-Mer), Viscount of Melun and Vaux, the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV.Шаблон:Citation needed
- ↑ See http://www.luxist.com/2004/10/15/champ-dor/ Шаблон:Webarchive and Шаблон:Cite web and
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- ↑ The book of Betty Lou Phillip; "Unmistakably French," in which the author devoted 10 pages to Champ d'Or Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ champdorestate.com Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ The Dome particularly was mimicked after early to mid-century French architecture Vaux-le-Vicomte
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- ↑ The home has been listed for sale multiple times, with prices ranging between 60 million and 27.5 million. Шаблон:Cite web
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