Headlines for Wednesday 20th November 2019
Positive reaction for Chelsea apartment with air quality ‘similar to the open countryside’
RBKC architect Philip Challinor reports successful result after coating a mansion flat on Park Walk with a colourless and odourless solution of titanium dioxide
London named the world’s most ‘comprehensively attractive’ city for the eighth year
London, New York, Tokyo and Paris are the most “comprehensively attractive” and “magnetic” cities in the world, according to 2019’s Global Power City Index
Luxury lifestyle prices are rising twice as fast as mainstream consumer inflation
Coutts bank’s measure of luxury price inflation has risen by 4.7% a year since 2016; twice the rate of the mainstream Consumer Prices Index
In Pictures: Five interior design options for the new-look Buckingham Palace
As the Queen’s official residence undergoes a £369m refurbishment, a firm has imagined how the iconic White Drawing Room could respond to five different interior styles, ranging from Memphis Revival to Botanical Bohemia…
Engel & Völkers appoints new COO
Paloma Pérez Bravo has taken on responsibility for the entire franchise business and all market centre operations in the EMEA region
Paul White of Four Seasons on branded residences & the new world of luxury living
INTERVIEW: One of the biggest names in luxury, Canadian hospitality giant Four Seasons has pioneered the concept and delivery of branded residences since 1985, and now operates 41 such schemes across 19 countries around the world – including the recently-launched Twenty Grosvenor Square in London’s Mayfair; PrimeResi spoke with the man now in charge of the global residential rollout about choosing the right development partners, setting new benchmarks, and the shift in expectations at the top of the market…
