The Parisian Pyramid

The first skyscraper to be erected in Paris in 30 years has been unveiled by Mayor Bertrand Delanoe. Designed by Swiss architecture agency Herzog & De Meuron, the 50-storey pyramid-like tower rising 180 meters will be built at the Porte de Versailles in Paris.

The building is expected to include offices, a luxury hotel, luxury [...]

Aussie Grabs Wizard At The Eleventh Hour

The battle to take control of Wizard Home Loans, as reported a few weeks ago by Marquette Turner, is over. Despite expectations that National Australia Bank would take control of the brand and franchise network, the race has been won by Aussie Home Loans.

GE Money has offloaded its Australia and New Zealand mortgage offshoot [...]

Barack Obama’s Hawaiian Hideaway

Returning to his former home of Hawaii as President-elect, Barack Obama and his family are enjoying a 13-day vacation.
Obama is secluded at a compound of oceanfront estates, guarded by seven-foot walls made of stone and lava rock and situated along a quiet sliver of snow-white-sandy beach.

The Kailua Estate seems is ideal for a Presidential retreat, [...]

COMPETITION: Calling All Designers!

Marquette Turner Luxury Homes were awarded the World’s Most Outstanding Luxury Agency Under 2 Years Old in 2008 by the Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate, and we would like a design to use on our marketing material.
Any one from anywhere can enter this competition via the award winning 99designs website.
Read the DESIGN BRIEF to [...]

The Most Livable (and Unlivable) Cities In The World

The annual survey for 2008 by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has found Vancouver, Canada to be the most livable city in the world.

Vancouver

The EIU ranked 127 cities, based on their personal risk, infrastructure and the availability of goods and services.
All the cities that fell into the “most livable” bracket were based in Canada, Australia [...]

Live In A Gangster’s Paradise

You can soon own a notorious piece of history from Chicago, Illinois, according to the Chicago Tribune.
No, this story isn’t related to Governor Blagojevich, as timely as this might be.
The modest, red-brick home once owned by prohibition gangster, Al Capone, will go on the market in early 2009  for approximately $450,000 USD.
The South Side, two-flat [...]

The Road Home: Cutting Homelessness In Half

The number of Australians living on the streets will be halved in the next 12 years, Prime Minister has asserted recently.
Launching the Government’s White Paper on Homelessness, “The Road Home”, Mr Rudd outlined the Federal Government’s plans for reducing homelessness in Australia by 2020, with specific goals to cut homelessness by half and provide accommodation [...]

When Confronted With Asbestos, All Is Not Lost

When purchasing an older home, there are many things of course to consider. Asbestos is certainly one of them.
Used for more than a century as a form of building insulation and piping, homes more than approximately 30 years old have the potential to harbor asbestos. Exposure to asbestos fibers becomes a health concern [...]

The House That Jacqui Built!

The head of the German division of IKEA, the Swedish home products retailer, has stated that it is the company’s female customers that excel when it comes to assembling its furniture.

It won’t come as a surprise to many to learn that the reason for this is that the men rarely look at the assembly instructions, [...]

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Simon Turner
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