manalapan

Acqua Liana is the latest home from Florida developer Frank McKinney. The home in Manalapan Beach, Florida takes its name from the Tahitian and Fijian word for "Water Flower," and the home incorporates water in a variety of ways. Acqua Liana is set upon 1.6 acres with 150 feet fronting direct Atlantic Ocean-to-Intracoastal Waterway property. You can stroll along the beach on one side and keep your yacht on the dock on the Intracoastal Waterway immediately across from the home.

The home's water features are numerous. It has a glass "water floor"with handpainted tiles in a Lotus garden motif illuminated below the shimmering surface. An aquarium wet bar offers the chance to walk below with exotic fish swimming above. There are 24-foot oceanfront sheeting water walls and a nine-foot hand blown glass chandelier designed to look as if it melts into the reflecting pond below. The kitchen has a 10-foot water wall and the garage features windows that peer into the pool above. The rest of the decor is resort like. The home has a double helix glass staircase, exotic tropical hardwood floors and rooms on a grand scale including a huge 2,180 sq.ft. oceanfront master bedroom suite with his/hers oceanview baths. Other features include a fitness studio, an oceanfront glass office, two glass elevators, a glass wine cellar, movie theater, an oceanfront summer kitchen, swimmable water gardens and a waterfall spa with a fire feature.

The three story home is also certified green and has solar panels, energy efficient appliances and an automated bio-feedback system will display its energy efficiency in real time. This home is listed at $29 million.

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Today's estate comes from The Real Estate Journal. Veronica Hearst and Randolph Apperson Hearst bought this stunning home in 2000 for nearly $30 million. The nine-bedroom stone mansion was built in 1929 by the Vanderbilt family and was formerly known as Eastover. The home is now called Villa Venezio and has more than 30,000 square feet of space on 3.5 acres in Manalapan, Florida. It fronts both the ocean and the intracoastal waterway. The estate also has a guest house, dock and a six-car garage. This classic Maurice Fatio-designed home is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The most stunning feature of the home, aside from the location and the size, is the ornate carved stonework on the columns, ceilings and walls. It is listed at $27 million. After the jump, buy your own pedigree.