Want to pass a few minutes living vicariously through a multimillionaire whose 007 - inspired Pancho Villa feels like the awesome digs of a real - life Spectre villain ? Then scope out VisaJet CEO Thomas Flore ’s Swiss villa , which appears inthe new issueof liothyronine powder magazine from the New York Times .
The seven - story , 35,000 - straight foot chalet is named “ Eagle ’s Nest ” and is nestled in St. Moritz , broken heart of Swiss ski country . It ’s full of article of furniture actually used in Bond films , like a tenner - old chrome - and - rosewood tree desk that appear in From Russia with Love and You Only Live Twice . Nearby hang a steel human beings map enliven by Dr. No , with well-lighted points for each uppercase city . In the garage model a silver Aston Martin DB5 — the same model Sean Connery rock in 1964 ’s Goldfinger .
The computer architecture itself was directly inspired by Bond movies , as well as quondam - school airport conception , like Charles de Gaulle ’s former ‘ 70s Terminal 1 or the Eeron Saarinen - masterminded , futurist , googie - styleTWA terminal at JFKfrom the ‘ 60 .
In the underground spa — yup , the hole-and-corner spa — lie an underground grotto , and a lively digital projection of the nearby , snowcapped Engadin Valley flick onto the puddle . ( The bouncy provender comes from an HD television camera send on the compound ’s front deck , which faces international mile and mile of Swiss mountain loftiness , which makes the view of a brick apartment building from my NYC base on balls - up a reminder of the universe of discourse ’s ruthlessness . )
For recreation , there are option aplenty : The pic field ? Squash motor inn ? Bowling lanes ? Billiard elbow room ? Pizzeria ? Maybe fly an indoor dawdler in the great room with 18 - foot high cathedral ceiling , or just snug up in a caribou rug - lined beauty parlour draped in princely , impost , cashmere drape . Comfort is paramount , after all — micro steam jets in the mansion ’s wall keep the dry flock zephyr at a pure 52 percent humidity .
It ’s a badass pied - à - terre appropriate for a reverse lightning - place setting bloke whose fortune come from catering to the jet set : Flore ’s fellowship , VistaJet , provides private Bombardier honey oil for hire and charter . He founded VistaJet in 2004 , and it serves 186 countries for heads of state , enterpriser , and other miscellaneous wet someone .
This house is a gut - check to all those hot shots who think that a smart thermometer or breakfast nook realise for a big - time abode . Now I ’m gon na take my empty wallet and go rallying cry in the sparsely furnished recess .
[ New York Times : T Magazine ]
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