My Hong Kong: Architect Mike Atkin

Mike Atkin stopped painting people when architecture started calling. Here, the Director of HEAD Architecture in Hong Kong shares some surprising insights into this most storied of cities as it enters the Year of the Dragon. The Hong Kong of 2024 is very different from when I arrived in 1996 – just

Fashion King Marc Ecko Lists His Castle For $13.7 Million

After turning $5,000 in seed money into a billion-dollar empire, buying a Gilded Age estate named Stronghold seemed the right move for fashion mogul Marc Eckō. The wunderkind, a former graffiti artist and pharmacy school dropout, purchased the Bernardsville, New Jersey, castle in 2005. The 20,000-sq

Film Spotlight: Seaside Dutch Colonial In Newport Beach

Exploring the most exceptional properties in premier destinations across the globe. Looking at an image of this charming Dutch Colonial home, one might be surprised to learn that the 1947 residence is located just a block away from the Pacific Ocean. With a classic gambrel roof, sash windows and woo

New Villa Follows A Queen’s Footsteps In Cascais, Portugal

To say a stretch of coast in Cascais, on the north shore of Lisbon, Portugal, is fit for a queen is true. Queen Maria Pia of Savoy used to spend her summer days here after she acquired a residence atop a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in 1893 for use as a seaside summer house. She would later