  'Home' is that intimate, closed, secret space where we impose our own laws and give shape to our own particular concept of the world. My House, My Paradise is a collection of houses in which the 'residents-cum-creators' have devoted all of their ingenuity, energy and determination into constructing what they perceive to be the ideal domestic universe. They include Ludwig II of Bavaria's Linderhof, the Cesar Manrique Villa in Lanzarote, Salvador Dali's villa in Spain, Edward James' villa in Mexico, Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, Ian Hamilton Finlay's Little Sparta, Alex Jordan's house on the rock and William Randolph Hearst's Xanadu. | Introduction |
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Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo Pier Francesco Vicino Orsini, Prince of Orsini, Viterbo, Italy, 1552 |
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20 | (3) |
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Villa Palagonia The Prince of Palagonia, Bagheria, Sicily, Italy, 1746-1792 |
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23 | (13) |
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Le Desert de Retz Monsieur de Monville, Retz, Chambourcy, France, 1774-1789 |
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36 | (8) |
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Linderhof Ludwig II of Bavaria, Linderhof, Germany, 1869-1879 |
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44 | (10) |
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Le Palais Ideal Facteur Cheval, Hauterives, France, 1879-1912 |
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54 | (8) |
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Winchester Mystery House Sarah L. Winchester, San Jose, California, USA, 1884-1922 |
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62 | (6) |
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Quinta da Regaleira Antonio Carvalho Monteiro, Sintra, Portugal, ca. 1892-1910 |
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68 | (8) |
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Hearst Castle William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, California, USA, 1917-1937 |
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76 | (6) |
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Il Vittoriale degli Italiani Gabriele d'Annunzio, Lago di Garda, Italy, 1921-1952 |
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82 | (8) |
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Watts Towers Simon Rodia, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1921-1954 |
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90 | (8) |
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La Maison de Picassiette Raymond Isidore, Chartres, France, 1928-1964 |
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98 | (6) |
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Casa Salvador Dali Salvador Dali, Port LLigat, Cadaques, Spain, 1930-ca. 1971 |
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104 | (10) |
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Haw Par Villa Tiger Balm Gardens Aw Boon Haw, Hong Kong and Singapore, ca. 1935 |
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114 | (6) |
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La Conchita Edward James, Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, ca. 1945-1984 |
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120 | (6) |
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The House on the Rock Alex Jordan, Spring Green, Wisconsin, USA, 1945- |
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126 | (4) |
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Tour Eben-Ezer Robert Garcet, Eben-Emael, Belgium, 1950-1964 |
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130 | (6) |
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Casa O'Gorman Juan O'Gorman, El Pedregal de San Angel, Mexico City, 1956-1961 |
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136 | (4) |
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Bottle Village Grandma Prisbrey, Simi Valley, California, USA, 1956-1981 |
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140 | (8) |
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Paradise Garden Howard Finster, Pennville, Georgia, USA, 1961- |
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148 | (6) |
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Little Sparta Ian Hamilton Finlay, Dunsyre, Strathclyde Region, Scotland, 1966- |
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154 | (6) |
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Villa Spies Simon Spies, Toro, Sweden, 1967-1969 |
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160 | (6) |
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Casa-estudio Cesar Manrique Cesar Manrique, Taro de Tahiche, Lanzarote, Spain, 1968-1992 |
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166 | (10) |
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Villa Principe Vittorio Emmanuele di Savoia Prince Vittorio Emmanuele di Savoia, Island of Cavallo, Italy, 1980 |
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176 | (6) |
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Das Paradies Cornelius Kolig, Vorderberg, Gailtal, Carinthia, Austria, 1980- |
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182 | (8) |
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