June 22nd, 2009

Billionaire Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich is topping other high fliers with private jets - by splashing out on his own airport, it was reported today (monday).
Abramovich is heading a syndicate of Russian tycoons in a bid to snap up Tassignano airport in northern Italy as an investment.
The terminal - worth more than 4 million GBP - is near a settlement of exclusive villas and holiday homes, reports Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper.

April 8th, 2009

Paris-based Agence Jouin Manku took on its first large-scale integrated architectural and interior design commission in 2003, when YTL Design Group from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, invited it to design the residence of a Malaysian power family.

Completed in the latter part of 2008, the residence is the ultimate expression of the taste, influence and industrial-scale capabilities of the prominent family whose entrepreneurial activities have shaped Kuala Lumpur’s skyline.
Three generations of the family inhabit the 3,000 square-meter residence designed to accommodate both private and public functions.


March 31st, 2009

Melanie Brown, the artist formerly known as “Scary Spice” or “Mel B”, a key member of the planet’s most successful all-girl band, Spice Girls, is selling her Los Angeles house with an asking price of $2,999,999.
Located on Mount Olympus Drive, Los Angeles, the residence measures 3,476 square feet and includes 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.

March 26th, 2009

Swede Hill is next project from Newport, RI based design+build firm, Aquidneck Fine Properties.
This 3000 sqft LEED registered home is designed by award winning architects Estes/ Twombly and promises to be one of Southern New England’s truly “green” luxury homes.
Set on four protected acres, this stunning private hilltop retreat offers breath-taking southerly and westerly ocean views towards Montauk Point and Long Island Sound.


March 22nd, 2009

Belzberg Architects designed the Skyline Residence, which is perched atop a ridgeline in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California
The project consists of a main house combined with a guest house. Both buildings are enclosed by a single folded surface with infill glazing and screened walls.


March 21st, 2009

Villa Altachiara is an exceptional home situated on the Promontory above Portofino, a stunning panoramic spots on the Tigullio Gulf.
The villa, one of the loveliest oasi of charm in the world, belonged to the late rich countess Francesca Vacca Agusta.

Surrounded on three sides by the beautiful Mediterranean Sea, Villa Altachiara perfumes by pine resin mingled with the aroma of the salt sea, flanked by the imperious wild beauty of the waves and the cliffs.
