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The Maximos Mansion has the benefit of being located at the heart of Athens and very close to the Hellenic Parliament, but otherwise its use as the prime minister's office has been described as problematic in recent years, due to its rather small size; as a result, since the late 2000s, various proposals for moving the prime minister's office ...
The Presidential Mansion (Greek: Προεδρικό Μέγαρο, romanized: Proedrikó Mégaro) in Athens, Greece, is the official residence of the president of the Hellenic Republic. It served previously as the Royal Palace (often known as the New Royal Palace, Greek : Νέα Ανάκτορα , romanized : Néa Anáktora ), until the ...
The five-block-long eastern side of the street is lined with luxurious apartments and mansions, foremost among them the Presidential Palace, the official workplace and residence of the president of the Hellenic Republic, and the Maximos Mansion (Μέγαρο Μαξίμου, Megaro Maximou), the official workplace of the prime minister.
The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.
The officeholder's official seat (but not residence) is the Maximos Mansion in the centre of Athens. After the Presidency of the Government ( Προεδρία της Κυβερνήσεως , Proedría tis Kyverníseos ) was established, the office is referred to either as Prime Minister or President of the Government ( Πρόεδρος της ...
The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounce Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially rooms decorated with heavy window curtains, Victorian bric-a-brac and overstuffed furniture. They argue ...
The house, located at 1006 Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, is on 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) of land. The building is slightly more than 16,000 square feet (1,500 m 2) in size. [2] The house was designed by Minneapolis architect William Channing Whitney for Saint Paul lumber businessman Horace Hills Irvine and his family.
Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room Neoclassical Revival mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.It was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer for industrialist Peter A. B. Widener and built between 1897 and 1899.