The Ultimate Pool/Outdoor Entertainment Space

July 26, 2010

Voting is over, and our readers overwhelmingly selected Frank McKinney’s Acqua Liana as having the Ultimate Pool/Outdoor Entertainment Space as part of our yearlong Ultimate series. Built on spec and listed for $22.9 million by Pascal J. G. Liguori of Premier Estate Properties, the home was featured on our November 2009 cover as “The Greenest [...]

The Ultimate Pool/Outdoor Entertainment Space

June 28, 2010

We continue our yearlong “Ultimate” series this issue with the Ultimate Pool/Outdoor Entertainment Space contest. Realtors were invited to submit luxury listings with amazing pools and/or spaces for entertaining outdoors. We sorted through terrific entries from coast to coast, and we narrowed the field to about two-dozen finalists. Our editors were tasked with selecting five [...]

Grand European Elegance

April 19, 2010

By Camilla McLaughlin “The most incredible home we’ve ever seen,” was the reaction from Chicago’s luxury real estate brokers when they viewed this month’s cover property located in the city’s North Shore. Constructed over four years with painstaking attention to detail, this home follows in the tradition of the great estates of the industrial era [...]

Cover Story: Peace, Balance & Comfort in Colorado

February 25, 2010

By Camilla McLaughlin The magnificence of the landscape of the West, particularly in Colorado, is hard to surpass. But the property featured on our cover does. The setting is stunning: 72 acres about 40 minutes from Denver offering sweeping views of notable peaks along the eastern slopes of the Rockies. Even more gorgeous is the [...]

2010 Luxury Outlook: The Road to Recovery

December 22, 2009

By Camilla McLaughlin It’s going to be a long road back to the top for luxury real estate. In some areas, the journey has begun. In others, we’re still “skimming along the bottom.” We asked the country’s real estate leaders what we should expect to see in 2010. What to expect in 2010: Expect a [...]

Fairs in China, Miami to Showcase Lifestyle Products, Art

October 14, 2009

Residents and visitors in Shanghai, China, and Miami, Fla., will have the opportunity to interact with international dealers at two different fairs in November and January. Interior Lifestyle China 2009, part of the China International Trade Fair, will open November 11 at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre for four days. It will showcase the latest trends, [...]

Charming Elegance

August 20, 2009

Nothing personifies luxury more than an English Manor. This alone would make this issue’s cover, an up-to-date refined interpretation of this classic, perfect for Unique Homes. But its Newport Beach, Calif., location paired with refined execution of Georgian architecture on a grand scale make it unusually exceptional. Not only is such a property a rarity [...]

Step Into Another World

July 2, 2009

Lots of magnificent homes grace our covers but few merit the “Ultimate” accolade. This issue features Le Belvédère, a stunning Bel Air estate that ranks among our top Ultimate homes. As with most exceptional properties, the many over-the-top features, such as the opulent materials, a ballroom that seats 200 or more or the traditional Turkish [...]

Editor’s Letter

May 27, 2009

Going green can be grand, at least as far as today’s design trends are concerned. New building products, a heightened awareness and specialized training and education for key professionals involved in the home process (did you know there are Eco-Realtors?) have created a new wave of more eco-friendly high-end homes to hit the market. Take [...]