The splendid Santa Monica Sears building in California is about to get a new lease of life as its owners prepare to shutter the struggling shop and turn it into a mixed-use creative-and-retail space. The two-storey Late…
Commercial-property developers in Hong Kong are being required to allocate space for cinemas in new properties as the government looks to increase box-office numbers in what was once the world’s third-largest film industry…
Toronto’s construction boom has been criticised for the uniformity of the structures it has produced, namely cookie-cutter glass condominium towers that loom above the city. However, there have been welcome signs that…
It seems Thailand’s push to generate much-needed capital through transport infrastructure is off to a good start. A new section of Bangkok’s MRT network, which runs new Japanese-made trains, has already brought a swathe of…
This year a clear theme at leading real-estate event Mipim has been how climate change is registering in the property market, so it was perhaps fitting that Cannes’ typically sunny trade show turned to heavy downpours and…
With yachts lining the marina outside the Palais des Festivals, more than 20,000 property developers, builders, architects and investors descend on Cannes this week as Mipim rolls into town. The annual four-day property…
Despite eyebrow-raising growth since starting in 2010, 25hours hotel group hasn’t strayed far from its Hamburg flagship for its latest property, which opens in March. The tasteful 49-room stopover is located in a former…
The Royal Institute of British Architects – Riba to its friends – is currently warming up to announce the winner of its House of the Year award and there are truly glorious properties in the mix (you can see them all at…
The phrase “altered state” is set to take on a whole new meaning for a handful of North Carolina and South Carolina residents. Due to a boundary-drawing error between the states back in 1735, a chunk of land was mistakenly…
Expo Milano 2015 draws to a close at the end of the month and the dash for remaining tickets has reached fever pitch. Hundreds of thousands of eager visitors turn up each weekend and the turnout is a rebuff to the cynicism…
As Art Basel gets into full swing at the usually drab Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, architects and property developers are moving in on the art space with their own elaborately designed lounges and quirky café…
As part of Japan’s great push to attract 30 million visitors a year by the time the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rolls around, the government will open up two of its prized properties – Akasaka Palace and the Kyoto State Guest House…
The governor of Nara prefecture in western Japan has two years left of his term but is already planning on vacating his official residence. He’s not being kicked out: his administration will lease the 95-year-old home, and…
From star architects to start-ups, designers from around the globe descend on Singapore this week for the annual World Architecture Festival. As the developing Southeast Asian property market heats up, the event’s awards…
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) has acquired its very first piece of architecture. The Sheats-Goldstein House, sat in the hills of Beverley Crest, was designed by John Lautner and built in 1963 for university…
It is hard to see what the point was of the Israeli and Palestinian peace talks that took place in Paris this week. For a start, neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians turned up. It felt like a last-gasp effort from two…
