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Photo: Crosby Doe LOS ANGELES—House hunters in Southern California have a rare opportunity this weekend to see a Pierre Koenig house, one of the iconic architects last, up close and personal. T...
In honor or Vivid Sydney (a "Festival of Light, Music, & Ideas"), a German firm that specializes in large-scale urban projections has turned their attention to the famed Sydney Opera House. I...
Photos: Dan Chavkin for Dwell The design mag Dwell unveiled their first interior design issue this month, with a brand new column, Hotel Registry, aimed at bringing readers the best in design from th...
In a strong indication that American real estate continues to be an attractive investment for foreigners, the Wehba Mansion on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles has just been sold to a Chinese milliona...
Here now, Past Lives, in which Curbed contributor Chris Berger explores what some of the countrys most interesting residential buildings used to be before they became livable homes. Care to suggest a...
Cant afford to buy a celebrity-owned home? Consider renting one, instead. To wit, actor Paul Reisers—hes the guy from Mad About You—beachfront bungalow in Malibu just hit the market. The ...
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. Wed love to see what youve got. Location: Indian Hil...
Rumor has it that reality television wunderkind Kim Kardashian and multimedia mogul Kanye West both just listed their respective homes. Coincidence? Or does this mean that the two lovebirds have deci...
A full-floor apartment in one of Manhattans most distinguished co-ops has just hit the market for $50M. The 18-room apartment at 944 Fifth Ave features a 27 long living room, a 23 long dining room, a...
Set high on a lush hill overlooking the Gulf of Thailand, this villa might have the peaked roof and beamed construction of a traditional Thai dwelling, but the interiors skew far more contemporary, w...
How much is a view worth? For the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, about $7.25M. Thats around the price they just paid to secure a 140-acre greenbelt adjacent to their property thatll f...
It might be located along a guard-gated street in posh Beverly Hills, but Kimora Lee Simmons home is hardly the fabulous, over-the-top mansion we would have expected. Instead, the place is mostly dev...
Actress Ashley Judd and her husband, the racing driver Dario Franchitti, have listed a darling spread in Scotland. Why, might you ask, do an Indy 500 winner and American actress keep a castle in the ...
Photo: Contemporist · A modern mansion in the hills of South Africa. [Contemporist] · Eisenhower family still at odds with Gehry over memorial. [Arch Record] · One weird looking German...
Wes Andersons warmly-received new flick, Moonrise Kingdom, hit theaters last weekend in all its vintage WASPy glory. While the on-screen tale was centered around the fictional island of New Penzance,...
NEW YORK CITY—Details are emerging about the upcoming renovation to Times Square, set to introduce a permanent pedestrian way, paved with some slick looking stone tile, along with broadcast tec...
Designed by starchitects Herzog & de Meuron in collaboration with Chinese artist Ai Wei-Wei, the Serpentine Pavilion has been unveiled in Londons Kensington Gardens, with time to spare before the Oly...
The penthouse perched at the top of Chicagos Trump Tower has had a price increase: Its now $32M, making it the most expensive active listing in the area (easily bumping Michael Jordans currently-list...
At a certain point, the world will simply run out of fresh design ideas. To accelerate this inevitability, copies of the new HGTV Magazine hit newsstands this week. The publication is a joint venture...
The London home where singer Amy Winehouse lived and died is now on the market, officially ending speculation that the building might instead be turned into the headquarters for the Amy Winehouse Fou...
When the prime minister of Qatar wanted to buy one of the late copper heiress Huguette Clarks apartments at 907 Fifth Avenue, the co-op board wasnt thrilled by the size of his security entourage and ...
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. Wed love to see what youve got. Location: Tuxedo Par...
NBA shooting guard Jason "JET" Terry has just listed his 6,325-sq-ft Atlanta home for $1.89M. The 7 bed, 10 bath traditional has all the amenities youd expect from a professional basketball p...
Feeling like "the world has lost its way a little bit and gotten a little bit more tame, a little more beige and white," designer Jonathan Adler is now hoping to spice up Americas drab enamel...
Another former Yahoo! executive is trying to unload their house. First, past chairman and CEO Terry Semel listed his jaw-dropping Malibu estate earlier this month for $50M and now ex-president and Ch...
Something like an Indian Julius Shulman, the Delhi-based photographer Madan Mahatta captured the modernist architecture of the moment in pitch-perfect black and white photographs. Now his work is see...
The Louisiana house made famous by Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, and Dolly Parton in the oft-quotted 1989 hit film Steel Magnolias just hit the market for $1.175M. Portions of the h...
The fast food chain McDonalds is most frequently associated with suburban sprawl, ho-hum architecture, and food thats godawful for you. Well, they havent done much to make the food healthier, but, in...
Photo: Architizer · Filmmaker David Lynch designs a not-very-Lynchian hotel suite. [Architizer] · A Venice property with tear down home, fully functional neon shop. [Curbed LA] · Grown...
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