International Properties
Fashion designer acquires iconic Lake Maggiore estate
Donatella Versace has shelled out €5m for the Mondadori Villa, which has been in the hands of the Mondadori publishing dynasty since the 1920s and hosted luminaries including Walt Disney and Ernest Hem…
The $100m+ Club: Putting last week’s French Riviera & Singapore mega-deals in context
How do the sales of Villa ‘Les Cèdres’ and Nassim Road rank amongst all the publicly-recorded $100m+ transactions since 2006?
Singapore bungalow sets new price record
The chairman of developer Wing Tai Holdings has been linked with a record-breaking £137m purchase in the wealthy city-state
The Riviera’s magnificent Villa ‘Les Cèdres’ sells for €200m
Italian drinks firm Campari has found a private buyer for the remarkable Villa 'Les Cèdres' in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, which was once listed for sale at €350m
Watch: US design agency ‘reinvents’ the high-end real estate ad
A US design agency has put a new spin on the traditional real estate ad with a set of ultra-cool shorts for a luxury developer in Thailand
Inside the eye-popping Dolce & Gabbana villa on Stromboli
The Italian fashion icons' amazing Aeolian holiday home is up for sale, asking £5.8m
Hong Kong sells Kai Tak’s biggest residential plot at discount as city’s unrest drives investors to sidelines
The South China Morning Post reports that a consortium has acquired the biggest resi development site on the former Kai Tak Airport - paying less than the low-end market valuation
NYC apartment owners pay $11m to keep their views
Residents of a high-end block in west Manhattan have managed to prevent a new development from obstructing their views of the Empire State Building - without a court case in sight...
Italian government to auction off historic palazzi and villas in €1bn ‘fire sale’
93 buildings - including an 11th Century former convent in Venice, and a 15th Century palazzo in Florence - are being sold off by the populist League and Five Star parties to help trim the country's €2.4
The Tailored Home: Exploring the lavish world of design duo Collett Zarzycki
Anthony Collett and Andrzej Zarzycki have created exceptional luxury living spaces in some of the world's most desirable enclaves over the last 30 years, from African safari lodges and Tuscan farmhouses …
Bauhaus Influence Runs Deep in Modern Luxury Home Design, 100 Years Later
Mareesa Nicosia explores the 'pervasive' legacy of the German design movement - founded by architect Walter Gropius in 1919 - in an extended feature for WSJ's Mansion Global
FCO seeks designer for British ambassador’s new residence in Beijing
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office is looking to appoint a practice 'of the highest calibre' to create a 'showcase for design and products that fully reflect Britain and its values'