Missoni is partnering with Filipino real estate developer Century Properties to design the interior decor and amenity spaces of a condominium building in Manila.

Missoni Home is not new to commercial real estate. It designed the Hotel Missoni line with Rezidor Hotel Group, with hotels open or opening in Scotland, Kuwait, Turkey, Omanan and Brazil.

But the collaboration with Century Properties marks the first time the fashion house is venturing out into residential real estate.

Yacht owners can now buy a penthouse condo, complete with a private indoor boat garage, that allows them to step straight from yacht to luxury playpad.

The penthouse condo is part of Royal Phuket Marina’s 15-unit Aquaminium waterfront complex overlooking Phang Nga Bay in southern Thailand.

The private yacht berth, which is big enough to house a 12-meter boat, is only available in the two penthouses — one of which is currently for sale ($3.1 million).

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Giorgio Armani’s home division is to deck out the interior of exclusive apartments in Rome, as part of a project to convert a historical building into a complex of luxury serviced flats.

Some 62 apartments are planned in the Cavour220 project, a residential block occupying 12,000 sq m and composed of 6 linked buildings surrounding a garden.

Owners will be able to customize the units personal tastes on the basis of layouts and finishes proposed by Armani Casa, admittedly likely a narrow range.

Located at one of the world’s most famous intersections at Hollywood and Vine, the W Hollywood will neighbor the world-famous Kodak theatre.

The W Hollywood Hotel & Residences will include a 300 room W Hotel, 143 residences, 374 apartments, approximately 60,000 square feet of retail space, and a 9,200 square foot Bliss Spa.

Residents will have all the benefits of being attached to a W Hotel, including private in-home catering, maid service, room service and more.

You can choose the design of your phone, your computer, and your car – so why not your condominium?

That’s what Chad Oppenheim, head of Miami-based Oppenheim Architecture & Design, asked himself while putting together his architectural thesis at Brown University.

The question became the impetus for his latest project: a condominium complex, set to be completed by the end of 2010, that takes a bottom-up, user-generated approach to constructing residential space.