Location: Asia
London’s ‘first beautiful resi high rise’ launches on Regent’s Canal
Canaletto, Orion Capital and UNStudio's eye-catching development on London's City Road Basin, is launching to the public this weekend with the hope of bringing some Dutch high-design aesthetic to that…
Earls Court Masterplan scoops World Architecture Festival Award
London masterplans featured heavily at this year's World Architecture Awards in Singapore, with both Earls Court and the BBC redevelopment in White City being shortlisted
Homage to Barcelona wins World Interior of the Year 2013
An Spanish apartment designed by David Kohn Architects has beaten 55 other nominations to scoop the top gong at the INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors award ceremony in Singapore.
New global luxury hotel and residences brand launches
GLH, the London-based hotel subsidiary of the Singapore-listed GuocoLeisure Group, has just launched a fairly ambitious new global luxury hotel and private residences brand in London, Singapore and Kuala…
Knight Frank to hit $1bn turnover in 2017
Knight Frank LLP, the self-proclaimed "world’s leading independent property advisor", has had a rather good year.
Magic Castle: Extraordinary holiday home in Warwickshire bags the RIBA Stirling Prize
An extraordinary modern holiday home shoehorned into the crumbling walls of an ancient moated castle has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2013 for the best new building of the year.
London developers turning to Thai buyers
Bangkok will see an increase in the number of London property exhibitions over the coming months as more UK developers include the Thai capital on their Southeast Asia sales events, says PropertyGuru's…
Winkworth opens in Guildford
Winkworth has opened its 93rd UK office, and fifth new one this year, in Guildford, Surrey
Foxtons floats for £649m
Foxtons will start life on the London Stock Exchange with a value of £649m (a cool $1bn), right at the top-end of the expected £550-650m range.
Shares in the estate agency were valued at £2.30
Osborne: “Let’s not pretend there’s a housing boom”
George Osborne has told the Institute of Directors that the property market is not overheating
Asia’s UHNW population to eclipse Europe’s in eight years
The global UHNW population is bigger than ever, with 199,235 individuals holding a combined wealth of US$27.8 trillion, according to a report by UBS and Wealth X
The battle of Britain goes on in Singapore
No less than six London property projects exhibited their developments in Singapore last weekend – with two further projects from outside the capital trying to tempt local buyers and investors to splash t…