Banff National Park is a well-known and highly desirable place to live in Alberta. But residency restrictions and government leasing arrangements are big drawbacks. Now, a development adjacent to Banff allows residents a luxury lifestyle with the park’s amenities but without the restrictions. The latest over on the Language of Luxury blog details Canmore and [...]
WindMark Beach, Northwest Florida’s newest, largest luxury beach community stretching some four miles along the Gulf of Mexico, is gearing up to draw second-home buyers, thanks to new, competitively priced luxury model homes designed by the nation’s top architects, a new casual, gourmet restaurant serving modern Southern cuisine, eclectic boutique shopping, and luxury loft homes [...]
KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII – July 15, 2009 – Concierge Auctions will conduct a luxury real estate auction on August 10 of two expansive homes overlooking the Pacific Ocean, located in the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai on Hawaii’s Big Island, the company announced. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with Hualalai Realty. No minimum bid is [...]
In an article this week in the Los Angeles Times, architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne discusses the intriguing architectural makeup of Dubai and presents the case for the emirate’s recovery. Dubai, says Hawthorne, is composed of separate mini cities within a city, each a near-exact architectural replica of another city or development around the world, thus [...]
Unique Homes is visiting Barbados to tour new luxury real estate opportunities. This is the final blog from our press trip: Throughout the week, Unique Homes has taken its readers down the west coast of Barbados to fine restaurants, across inland parishes to gullies, and to the east coast where the rough Atlantic waters make [...]
Unique Homes is visiting Barbados to tour new luxury real estate opportunities. This is the third blog from our press trip: It is said that rum has been produced on the island of Barbados since 1663. A legal deed provides evidence that Tyrell field—today known as Mount Gay—had in its possession the necessary equipment to [...]
Unique Homes is visiting Barbados to tour new luxury real estate opportunities. This is the first blog from our press trip: We touched down on Barbados‘ west coast—known as the Platinum Coast for its powder-soft beaches, crystal clear waters and manicured properties—in the parish of Christ Church at 1:10 p.m. (EST). The Barbadians wasted no [...]
Since I frequently write about green homes, anything related to energy efficient real estate grabs my attention, as did the recent release by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment’s (COTE) top 10 examples of sustainable architecture for 2009. These projects will be honored at the annual AIA convention in [...]
Losing oneself in a secluded, peaceful rainforest on the island of Costa Rica never sounded so luxurious. Tranquilo, a luxury quarter-ownership development in the gated enclave of Punta Leona along the central coast of Costa Rica, spans 15 acres of jungle, beaches and natural surroundings. Punta Leona lives up to any resident’s expectations with three [...]
MIAMI – The World is the first and only private residential community at sea. This extraordinary 12-deck, 644-foot vessel first set sail in 2002, and officially sold out four years later. As is the case with any private community, select apartments become available for resale from time to time. One such apartment that is now [...]
