Adam Kalkin designed the Push Button House that was first displayed at Art Basel Miami in 2005. It is a very innovative design that starts out as a shipping container and after the button is pushed, it transforms into a house. The motorized walls open up to reveal a functional house with elegant and stylish furniture. The mechanism includes hydraulic power to lift and lower the sides of the shipping container. Another good thing about the concept is that...

Art collectors in Asia have a good reason to cheer as they are soon going to get a place to park their pieces. Singapore Freeport, a company which operates a round-the-clock free trade modeled after the Swiss Freeports in Zurich and Geneva, are to open a storage facility near Changi Airport worth $70 million in January next year. A storage space of 22,500 sq m (equivalent to five football fields) will be offered by the facility located near the...

The point of a trailer park is because you can't afford somewhere better and posh or so I thought until I stumbled upon this gem. This luxury trailer park in the the Paradise Cove are of Malibu is a completely ironic. The plot has mobile houses that are homes of stars like Pamela Anderson and Minnie Driver. It's also very close to local attractions and offers stunning views of the Pacific Ocean. Paradise Cove is definitely a hot selling...

Singapore is all set to sizzle up the gloomy economic/real estate market with its most expensive accommodation. Moving towards completion, this latest iconic architecture brings avant-garde technology and luxury under one roof. Comprising of Singapore’s first monocoque façade and canopy structure and one of the largest LED media walls in Asia, ION Orchard project has already received many significant green awards. Designed by Benoy along with RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, the ION Orchard will house more than 400...

If you love architecture, you have to check out this stunning dream home. It's nothing short of breathtaking with the design and construction coming from Temple Home, whose co-owner, Xorin Balbes, has earned recognition for his restoration of famous Los Angeles-area homes. The location among the Hollywood Hills is certainly enviable. This house is especially kick-ass in the department of audio-visual pyrotechnics that were taken care of by DSI Entertainment Systems. “They developed it as the ultimate bachelor pad,...

The Pod House by Hans Haus looks extremely sleek and classy from with outside with its wood exterior. However, this is nothing when compared to the spectacular interior of the house. The show stopper of the house is the rotating cylinder adjacent to the living area. This amazing 20 feet cylinder is nothing ordinary as it contains four rooms that can be rotated into view. It is controlled by a remote and this makes the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen...

Some homes just leave you breathless and this baby is a good example of that. YTL Design Group from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia invited Agence Jouin Manku to design this house in 2003. The project was completed in 2008 with fabulous results. The residence is the epitome of style, elegance and beauty. It is obvious that it has to be inhabited by someone powerful and influential like the Malaysian family who lives there and has been responsible in shaping Kuala...

The most expensive condominium ever sold is the Skyloft Penthouse in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood. Downtown Manhattan certainly has a lot of wonders. This contemporary duplex loft is the idea of James Carpenter Design Associates. It has some stunning glass constructions and what makes it special is that it sits on top of a building dating from the 1920s. As if that's not all, you have some pretty awesome views of the city that never sleeps from here....

The Lufthansa’s $10 million lounge in JFK Airport’s Terminal 1 brings a taste of its spectacular Frankfurt lounge stateside and features a triple-decker glass walled space that has three buffets, showers, a bar with actual bartenders and Wi-Fi everywhere. The Lufthansa Airport is one of the many lounges that are about to make their way across Washington Dulles to Mumbai in the next several months. This news brings optimism to the aviation industry as most of the carriers are...

By the looks of it the current recession is going to be bringing all the air drafting money-minting individuals a little lower to earth with the prick of a pin on their ballooned lives. The tallest residential building in San Francisco has just proven the fact. The builders Millennium Partners LLC has cut down rates of their sky-smacking 60-storey luxury nest, the Millennium Tower 15 per cent. This also includes refund on the units that are already sold. They...

Are the soaring real estate prices and the recession coercing you to think of a better alternative? Swiss company Wall AG has the perfect solution for your problem. It has come up with the Universal World House which is a 390- square foot modular home made out of paper shell,(resin soaked cellulose) made from recycled paper. It is outfitted with plumbing and boarding facilities to support upto 8 residents each....

If you love houses or just want to see if your house is in one of the world's best, you might want to check out the latest volume in teNeues' Luxury series called Luxury Houses : Top of the World. You can be sure that they've careful selected only the very best houses from all over the world. It isn't something that just shows the most expensive houses, instead it emphasizes of the dwellings of people who have built...

Designer Dinesh Doshi is intent on keeping the Z10 Tower in the limelight of cutting edge technology. It is a seven star hotel, luxury residential apartments, and satellite offices all in one place. The Z10 towers are not only stunning, but they are noticeable for miles. The main towers are backed with a group of six complexes consisting of high-end living, providing its residents with their own elevators/party terraces, pools and Jacuzzis for private use and all this while...

Underground data centers seem like they only belong in movies. However, here's real one that is complete with greenhouses, waterfalls, German submarine engines, simulated daylight and can withstand a hit from a hydrogen bomb. It looks like something out of a super hero or spy themed flick. It is a security center that is run by one of Sweden's largest ISPs. It is newly opened and positioned deep below the bedrock of Stockholm city, in an abandoned nuclear bunker....

If you thought the only thing Istanbul is famous for is carpets, you couldn't be more wrong. Istanbul is developing and turning very cosmopolitan at a fast rate. A proof of this is the Istanbul Sapphire which is a 261-meter skyscraper. It will be completed in late 2009 and will then be the tallest residential building in all of Europe. That is quite an achievement. It has taken almost 3 years to reach its full height. There will be...